From f4795cc6b38772f2b241c7fc07fecdcc5d8feb48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 11:07:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] For both ln and install, when using `--backup=simple
 --suffix=S', the suffix `S' wasn't used.

(main): Actually use the local variable, `backup_suffix_string'.
---
 src/install.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/install.c b/src/install.c
index 1cae79e..5b919c4 100644
--- a/src/install.c
+++ b/src/install.c
@@ -273,8 +273,13 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
     error (1, 0,
 	   _("the strip option may not be used when installing a directory"));
 
-  if (make_backups)
-    x.backup_type = xget_version ("backup type", version_control_string);
+  if (backup_suffix_string)
+    simple_backup_suffix = xstrdup (backup_suffix_string);
+
+  x.backup_type = (make_backups
+		   ? xget_version (_("backup type"),
+				   version_control_string)
+		   : none);
 
   n_files = argc - optind;
   file = argv + optind;
-- 
2.7.4