From e6bca755b8afef7edf5acd3fde1effa8d6d7e595 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Kacur Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 02:07:16 +0100 Subject: install: Fix failed to create symbolic link hwlatdetect file exists The following build error can occur if you have done a previous make install if test -n "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages" ; then \ install -D -m 755 src/hwlatdetect/hwlatdetect.py /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/hwlatdetect.py ; \ ln -s /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/hwlatdetect.py "/usr/local/bin/hwlatdetect" ; \ fi ln: failed to create symbolic link `/usr/local/bin/hwlatdetect': File exists make: *** [install] Error 1 I initially wanted to fix the error by removing the symbolic link, with rm -rf but Andrew Burgess pointed out that you can just use the ln's -f (force) flag. I like that solution better. Suggested-by: Andrew Burgess Signed-off-by: John Kacur --- Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index ff697ca..a143545 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ install: all cp $(TARGETS) "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)" if test -n "$(PYLIB)" ; then \ install -D -m 755 src/hwlatdetect/hwlatdetect.py $(DESTDIR)$(PYLIB)/hwlatdetect.py ; \ - ln -s $(PYLIB)/hwlatdetect.py "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/hwlatdetect" ; \ + ln -sf $(PYLIB)/hwlatdetect.py "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/hwlatdetect" ; \ fi install -D -m 644 src/backfire/backfire.c "$(DESTDIR)$(srcdir)/backfire/backfire.c" install -m 644 src/backfire/Makefile "$(DESTDIR)$(srcdir)/backfire/Makefile" -- cgit 1.2.3-korg