Plan 9 doesn't really have the symlink API, from Russ Cox.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@18584

diff --git a/plan9/plan9ish.h b/plan9/plan9ish.h
index 3df8bf5..9b32a7d 100644 (file)
--- a/plan9/plan9ish.h
+++ b/plan9/plan9ish.h
@@ -133,4 +133,8 @@ extern int tcsendbreak(int, int);
 
 #define CONDOP_SIZE 4 /* The Plan 9 compiler cannot return quads from ?: */
 
+#undef HAS_SYMLINK     /* Plan 9 doesn't really have these. */
+#undef HAS_LSTAT
+#undef HAS_READLINK
+
 #endif /* __PLAN9ISH_H__ */