* config/ltmain.sh (func_mode_install): Try "ln -s -f"
and "rm -f && ln -s" to make a symlink for a shared library: the
former is needed for libraries `ln' depends on, the latter for
Solaris /bin/ln.
Reported by Nelson H. F. Beebe <beebe@math.utah.edu>.
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6565b20..f15185b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
2005-08-24 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
+ * config/ltmain.sh (func_mode_install): Try "ln -s -f"
+ and "rm -f && ln -s" to make a symlink for a shared library: the
+ former is needed for libraries `ln' depends on, the latter for
+ Solaris /bin/ln.
+ Reported by Nelson H. F. Beebe <beebe@math.utah.edu>.
+
* config/ltmain.sh (cwrappersource): return 127 if exec failed.
2005-08-24 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
diff --git a/config/ltmain.m4sh b/config/ltmain.m4sh
index 71e8f54..8277220 100644
--- a/config/ltmain.m4sh
+++ b/config/ltmain.m4sh
@@ -1867,11 +1867,14 @@
if test "$#" -gt 0; then
# Delete the old symlinks, and create new ones.
+ # Try `ln -sf' first, because the `ln' binary might depend on
+ # the symlink we replace! Solaris /bin/ln does not understand -f,
+ # so we also need to try rm && ln -s.
for linkname
do
if test "$linkname" != "$realname"; then
- $show "(cd $destdir && $RM $linkname && $LN_S $realname $linkname)"
- $run eval "(cd $destdir && $RM $linkname && $LN_S $realname $linkname)"
+ $show "(cd $destdir && { $LN_S -f $realname $linkname || { $RM $linkname && $LN_S $realname $linkname; }; })"
+ $run eval "(cd $destdir && { $LN_S -f $realname $linkname || { $RM $linkname && $LN_S $realname $linkname; }; })"
fi
done
fi
