Always use lchmod() if it is available.

syscall.c

@@ -195,10 +195,11 @@ int do_chmod(const char *path, mode_t mode)
 	int code;
 	if (dry_run) return 0;
 	RETURN_ERROR_IF_RO_OR_LO;
-	if (S_ISLNK(mode)) {
 #ifdef HAVE_LCHMOD
-		code = lchmod(path, mode & CHMOD_BITS);
-#elif defined HAVE_SETATTRLIST
+	code = lchmod(path, mode & CHMOD_BITS);
+#else
+	if (S_ISLNK(mode)) {
+# if defined HAVE_SETATTRLIST
 		struct attrlist attrList;
 		uint32_t m = mode & CHMOD_BITS; /* manpage is wrong: not mode_t! */
 
@@ -206,11 +207,12 @@ int do_chmod(const char *path, mode_t mode)
 		attrList.bitmapcount = ATTR_BIT_MAP_COUNT;
 		attrList.commonattr = ATTR_CMN_ACCESSMASK;
 		code = setattrlist(path, &attrList, &m, sizeof m, FSOPT_NOFOLLOW);
-#else
+# else
 		code = 1;
-#endif
+# endif
 	} else
 		code = chmod(path, mode & CHMOD_BITS); /* DISCOURAGED FUNCTION */
+#endif /* !HAVE_LCHMOD */
 	if (code != 0 && (preserve_perms || preserve_executability))
 		return code;
 	return 0;