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Re: gcc 3.0.1 does not work on Solaris 8/sparc


> Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 20:29:14 -0700
> From: Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com>
> To: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@mediaone.net>
> cc: Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>,
>         "gcc@gcc.gnu.org" <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>,
>         "aoliva@redhat.com" <aoliva@redhat.com>

> > For the one in /usr/ucb, the order of the flags becomes important.
> >
> > /usr/bin/ln -s -f /usr/bin somelink  (works)
> > /usr/bin/ln -f -s /usr/bin somelink  (works)
> > /usr/ucb/ln -s -f /usr/bin somelink  (does not work)
> > /usr/ucb/ln -f -s /usr/bin somelink  (works)

> OK.  That suggests that writing `$(LN_S) -f' anywhere is probably
> a mistake; we need an autoconf test to get us an LN_SF that works.

Or just always use /usr/bin/ln for LN_S, if /usr/ucb/ln would have
been found.


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