gnulib-tool: don't give up on ln -s so easily

* gnulib-tool (func_ln_s): Don't give up on a later ln -s merely because an earlier one failed. The targets could be on different file systems. Problem reported by KO Myung-Hun in: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2016-01/msg00081.html
t8m · Jan 24, 2016 · d9958eb · d9958eb
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 2016-01-24  Paul Eggert  <[email protected]>
 
+	gnulib-tool: don't give up on ln -s so easily
+	* gnulib-tool (func_ln_s): Don't give up on a later ln -s merely
+	because an earlier one failed.  The targets could be on different
+	file systems.  Problem reported by KO Myung-Hun in:
+	http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2016-01/msg00081.html
+
 	closedir: fix OS/2-related typos
 	Problem reported by KO Myung-Hun in:
 	http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2016-01/msg00107.html

diff --git a/gnulib-tool b/gnulib-tool
@@ -773,9 +773,6 @@ func_ln_s ()
 {
   ln -s "$1" "$2" || {
     echo "$progname: ln -s failed; falling back on cp -p" >&2
-    symbolic=
-    lsymbolic=
-    do_copyrights=true
 
     case "$1" in
       /* | ?:*) # SRC is absolute.