bash-3.2$ cvs diff -ua -r1.176 -r1.177 install.php
Index: install.php
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RCS file: /forum21/install.php,v
retrieving revision 1.176
retrieving revision 1.177
diff -u -a -r1.176 -r1.177
--- install.php 11 Jul 2009 11:15:56 -0000      1.176
+++ install.php 13 Jul 2009 17:20:17 -0000      1.177
@@ -621,8 +621,8 @@
        } while (($pos = strpos($data, "\n//", $pos)) !== false);
 }

-/* win32 does not have symlinks, so we use this crude emulation */
-if ($WINDOWS) {
+/* Older windows systems doesn't have symlinks and some hosts disable them - use crude emulation */
+if ($WINDOWS || !function_exists('symlink')) {
        function fud_symlink($src, $dest)
        {
                if (!($fp = fopen($dest, 'wb'))) {
@@ -783,14 +783,14 @@
                                @unlink($SERVER_DATA_ROOT . 'scripts/GLOBALS.php');

                                /* make symlinks to GLOBALS.php */
-                               if (!$WINDOWS) {
+                               if ($WINDOWS || !function_exists('symlink')) {
+                                       fud_symlink($INCLUDE . 'GLOBALS.php', $SERVER_ROOT . 'GLOBALS.php');
+                                       fud_symlink($INCLUDE . 'GLOBALS.php', $SERVER_ROOT . 'adm/GLOBALS.php');
+                                       fud_symlink($INCLUDE . 'GLOBALS.php', $SERVER_DATA_ROOT . 'scripts/GLOBALS.php');
+                               } else {
                                        symlink($INCLUDE . 'GLOBALS.php', $SERVER_ROOT . 'GLOBALS.php');
                                        symlink($INCLUDE . 'GLOBALS.php', $SERVER_ROOT . 'adm/GLOBALS.php');
                                        symlink($INCLUDE . 'GLOBALS.php', $SERVER_DATA_ROOT . 'scripts/GLOBALS.php');
-                               } else {
-                                       fud_symlink($INCLUDE . 'GLOBALS.php', $SERVER_ROOT . 'GLOBALS.php');
-                                       fud_symlink($INCLUDE . 'GLOBALS.php', $SERVER_ROOT . 'adm/GLOBALS.php');
-                                       fud_symlink($INCLUDE . 'GLOBALS.php', $SERVER_DATA_ROOT . 'scripts/GLOBALS.php');
                                }

                                $url_parts = parse_url($WWW_ROOT);