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Message-ID: <20110607233539.GA21034@openwall.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 03:35:39 +0400
From: Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>
To: john-dev@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Makefile LN = ln -sf
Jim, magnum -
In -jumbo-5, there are these changes (which were not in -jumbo-1):
-LN = ln -sf
+LN = ln -f -s
solaris-sparc64-cc:
+ $(RM) arch.h
$(LN) sparc64.h arch.h
and similar for other Solaris targets.
Why? Didn't the original Makefile work fine on Solaris?
Then, why make both changes at once? Are they unrelated or are they
both an attempt to fix the same issue?
Normally, the "-f" option to "ln -s" tells it to remove existing
destination files before creating the symlink, so the $(RM) shouldn't be
needed. Also, normally "ln -sf" is the same as "ln -f -s".
Thanks,
Alexander
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