+ /* If O_NOFOLLOW is needed but does not work, check for a symlink
+ separately. There's a race condition, but that cannot be avoided
+ on hosts lacking O_NOFOLLOW. */
+ if (! HAVE_WORKING_O_NOFOLLOW
+ && overwriting_old_files && ! dereference_option)
+ {
+ struct stat st;
+ if (fstatat (chdir_fd, file_name, &st, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) == 0
+ && S_ISLNK (st.st_mode))
+ {
+ errno = ELOOP;
+ return -1;
+ }
+ }
+