There is no longer a need to check file->link_u.links at the start

of hard_link_check() (because the caller has already checked it).

diff --git a/hlink.c b/hlink.c
index 5a4077d..5c4cec0 100644 (file)
--- a/hlink.c
+++ b/hlink.c
@@ -173,8 +173,6 @@ int hard_link_check(struct file_struct *file, int ndx, char *fname,
 {
 #ifdef SUPPORT_HARD_LINKS
        int head;
-       if (!file->link_u.links)
-               return 0;
        if (skip && !(file->flags & FLAG_HLINK_EOL))
                head = hlink_list[file->F_HLINDEX] = file->F_NEXT;
        else