ln -s -f problems on solaris 8

[Karl DeBisschop]

On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 20:19, garrick wrote:
> I just installed the plugins package on Solaris 8 and make all and make
> install both error with ln usage.
> 
> 'rm -f link; ln -s file link' is the only portable way to deal with
> this.
> 
> $ /usr/ucb/ln
> Usage: ln [-f] [-s] f1
>        ln [-f] [-s] f1 f2
>        ln [-f] [-s] f1 ... fn d1
> $ /usr/bin/ln
> ln: Insufficient arguments (0)
> Usage: ln [-f] [-n] [-s] f1 [f2]
>        ln [-f] [-n] [-s] f1 ... fn d1
>        ln [-f] [-n] -s d1 d2
> $ grep 'ln -s -f' *
> ChangeLog:      * plugins/Makefile.am: solaris 8 needs 'ln -s -f' instead of 'ln -sf'
> $ uname -r
> 5.8

Thanks. I'm on it. Should be postsed to both stable brach and CVS HEAD
shortly.

--
Karl



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