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--add-missing --copy should replace symlinks with real files

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From: Bogdan <bogdro_rep <at> gmx.us>
To: automake-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#33573: Patch to replace symlinks with files
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2022 22:02:47 +0100

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Hello, Automake gurus.

Another simple patch from my side: when '--copy' given to 
'--add-missing', copy the standard files even if symlinks already exist.

Basically, the patch adds "if --copy given and a link exists, do NOT 
exit" (+ a double-check of the object type if that would be needed on 
some systems).

This may simplify the things for some users, although you may as well 
update the documentation to say that giving "--force-missing" would 
produce the same result.

Regards,
Bogdan Drozdowski

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