diff -uNr xauth-1.0.10/process.c xauth-1.0.10.mod/process.c
--- xauth-1.0.10/process.c	2017-01-29 23:00:12.000000000 +0200
+++ xauth-1.0.10.mod/process.c	2018-10-03 02:07:13.062110327 +0300
@@ -891,15 +891,10 @@
 			 ProgramName, temp_name);
 	    } else {
 		(void) unlink (xauth_filename);
-#if defined(WIN32) || defined(__UNIXOS2__)
 		if (rename(temp_name, xauth_filename) == -1)
-#else
-		/* Attempt to rename() if link() fails, since this may be on a FS that does not support hard links */
-		if (link (temp_name, xauth_filename) == -1 && rename(temp_name, xauth_filename) == -1)
-#endif
 		{
 		    fprintf (stderr,
-		     "%s:  unable to link authority file %s, use %s\n",
+		     "%s:  unable to link/rename authority file %s, use %s\n",
 			     ProgramName, xauth_filename, temp_name);
 		} else {
 		    (void) unlink (temp_name);