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Date:      Sun, 31 Aug 2003 14:07:42 +0200
From:      Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
To:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
Subject:   Re: /lib symlinks problem?
Message-ID:  <20030831140742.3bd1b597.Alexander@Leidinger.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030830185653.GA10674@sunbay.com>
References:  <200308291454.h7TEsb913915@accms33.physik.rwth-aachen.de> <20030829172348.1aa0b5d4.Alexander@Leidinger.net> <20030829161907.GA89129@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20030830135427.0cea7fdb.Alexander@Leidinger.net> <20030830185653.GA10674@sunbay.com>

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On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 21:56:53 +0300
Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> > I think a workaround would be to use absolute symlinks (at least as an
> > option).
> > 
> I might be missing an obvious, but I just don't see a reason
> why we should use relative linking here: we should just link
> to where we really install.  With the attached patch, I get:
> 
> $ make -n install -DNOMAN DESTDIR=/foo
> install -C -o root -g wheel -m 444   libalias.a /foo/usr/lib
> install -s -o root -g wheel -m 444     libalias.so.4 /foo/lib
> ln -fs libalias.so.4 /foo/lib/libalias.so
> ln -fs /foo/lib/libalias.so.4  /foo/usr/lib/libalias.so

Don't you have to remove the first ${DESTDIR} to make this work in the
"put a harddisk into a running system and install a system via
installworld  & distribute" case?

Bye,
Alexander.

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