> I've built Groff 1.21 on MS-Windows using the MinGW tools, and hit a
> small snag when installing the result. The `install' target in the
> top-level Makefile ends with this command
>
> $(LN_S) $(version)$(revision) current
>
> Since native Windows does not support symlinks, LN_S is set to by
> the `configure' script "cp -p". However, "cp -p" by default skips
> directories, so this last command fails and the `current' directory
> is not produced.
>
> I fixed that by saying "make install LN_S='cp -pr'", but I suggest
> to modify the configury to DTRT out of the box in this case.
Thanks for the report. What fix do you suggest?
Werner
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