Check for CreateSymbolicLink at configure time

This uses the system CreateSymbolicLink if it is available at compile time, and
if not, just acts as if the link failed (which is extremely likely anyway).
This removes the ugly wrapper code that has been a constant source of
compatibility headaches with weird toolchains.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 00bedf1..1aeb9dd 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -140,6 +140,14 @@ def configure(conf):
                   lib         = 'dl',
                   mandatory   = False)
 
+    if conf.env.DEST_OS == 'win32':
+        conf.check_function('c', 'CreateSymbolicLink',
+                            header_name = ['windows.h'],
+                            define_name = 'HAVE_CREATESYMBOLICLINK',
+                            return_type = 'BOOLEAN',
+                            arg_types   = 'LPCSTR, LPCSTR, DWORD',
+                            mandatory   = False)
+
     if Options.options.dyn_manifest:
         conf.define('LILV_DYN_MANIFEST', 1)