On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 12:09:37PM +0100, Michael Bell wrote:
> > What hit me is
> > LN_S = ln -s
> > Without -f "ln -s" will not replace existing symlinks but the process
> > will stop with failure. This means that it is not possible to call
> > make install-ca
> > ... some changes ...
> > make install-ca
> > twice in a row, without deleting the target directory (or at least
> > the contents of the the appropriate cmds/ directory).
>
> LN_S will be fullautomatically set by autoconf. We cannot influence this
> behaviour. I can only recommend you to write a script like
> create_test(|_db) which you can find on
> ftp://ftp.informatik.hu-berlin.de/local/OpenCA/.
Other packages perform an "rm -f" on the target before calling "ln -s"
to make sure, installation does not stop due to a symlink that cannot
be set. (Espcially, as the symlink would not even be changed.)
Best regards,
Lutz
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Lutz Jaenicke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.aet.TU-Cottbus.DE/personen/jaenicke/
BTU Cottbus, Allgemeine Elektrotechnik
Universitaetsplatz 3-4, D-03044 Cottbus
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