From 1e595bfaa6618a38859b3b88ba3ee36ba6b6d372 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Janet B. Anderson" <jba@aps.anl.gov>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 19:28:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Don't try to create directory if symbolic link of same name
 exists.

---
 configure/tools/installEpics.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/configure/tools/installEpics.pl b/configure/tools/installEpics.pl
index f4f84aa94..3e4c84054 100755
--- a/configure/tools/installEpics.pl
+++ b/configure/tools/installEpics.pl
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ $install_dir =~ s[/$][];	# remove trailing '/'
 $install_dir =~ s[//][/]g;	# replace '//' by '/'
 
 #	Do we have to create the directory?
-unless (-d $install_dir)
+unless ( (-d $install_dir) || (-l $install_dir) )
 {
 	#	Create dir only if -d option given
 	Usage ("$install_dir does not exist") unless ($opt_d);