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+# serial 7
+
+# Copyright (C) 2005-2007, 2009-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+
+# Written by Paul Eggert.
+
+AC_DEFUN([gl_UNLINKDIR],
+[
+ AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
+ AC_CHECK_HEADERS_ONCE([priv.h])
+
+ # The Hurd, the Linux kernel, the FreeBSD kernel version 2.2 and later,
+ # Cygwin, and mingw never let anyone (even root) unlink directories.
+ # If anyone knows of another system for which unlink can never
+ # remove a directory, please report it to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
+ # Unfortunately this is difficult to test for, since it requires root access
+ # and might create garbage in the file system,
+ # so the code below simply relies on the kernel name and version number.
+ case $host_os in
+ gnu[[0-9]]* | \
+ linux-* | linux | \
+ freebsd2.2* | freebsd[[3-9]]* | freebsd[[1-9]][[0-9]]* | \
+ cygwin | \
+ mingw*)
+ AC_DEFINE([UNLINK_CANNOT_UNLINK_DIR], [1],
+ [Define to 1 if unlink (dir) cannot possibly succeed.]);;
+ esac
+])