From 66bddcad5d8ccaf5e3a12484dc78b9f90dc0aa64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jbjohnso <jbjohnso@8638fb3e-16cb-4fca-ae20-7b5d299a9bcd>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 22:28:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] -Switch to using symbolic rather than hard links as possible

git-svn-id: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/xcat/code/xcat-core/trunk@2112 8638fb3e-16cb-4fca-ae20-7b5d299a9bcd
---
 xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/pxe.pm    | 7 ++++++-
 xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/yaboot.pm | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/pxe.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/pxe.pm
index 856ca8edd..5c684821c 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/pxe.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/pxe.pm
@@ -126,11 +126,16 @@ sub setstate {
          }
      }
   }
+  my $hassymlink = eval { symlink("",""); 1 };
   foreach $ip (keys %ipaddrs) {
    my @ipa=split(/\./,$ip);
    my $pname = sprintf("%02X%02X%02X%02X",@ipa);
    unlink($tftpdir."/pxelinux.cfg/".$pname);
-   link($tftpdir."/pxelinux.cfg/".$node,$tftpdir."/pxelinux.cfg/".$pname);
+   if ($hassymlink) { 
+    symlink($node,$tftpdir."/pxelinux.cfg/".$pname);
+   } else {
+    link($tftpdir."/pxelinux.cfg/".$node,$tftpdir."/pxelinux.cfg/".$pname);
+   }
   }
 }
   
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/yaboot.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/yaboot.pm
index 7bf460aa4..65a74deff 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/yaboot.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/yaboot.pm
@@ -135,11 +135,16 @@ sub setstate {
         }
      }
   }
+  my $hassymlink = eval { symlink("",""); 1 };
   foreach $ip (keys %ipaddrs) {
    my @ipa=split(/\./,$ip);
    my $pname = sprintf("%02x%02x%02x%02x",@ipa);
    unlink($tftpdir."/etc/".$pname);
-   link($tftpdir."/etc/".$node,$tftpdir."/etc/".$pname);
+   if ($hassymlink) { 
+    symlink($node,$tftpdir."/etc/".$pname);
+   } else {
+    link($tftpdir."/etc/".$node,$tftpdir."/etc/".$pname);
+   }
   }
 }