On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 05:32:30PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > "ln" will not replace an existing symlink, so if you run 'make install' > twice, the second time will get an error: > > ln: failed to create symbolic link 'virsh': File exists > > We must always remove the symlink target first. > > Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > > Pushed as a build fix > > tools/Makefile.am | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am > index e173f56347..4c33e78a1d 100644 > --- a/tools/Makefile.am > +++ b/tools/Makefile.am > @@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ install-bash-completion: > $(INSTALL_SCRIPT) $(srcdir)/bash-completion/vsh \ > "$(DESTDIR)$(BASH_COMPLETIONS_DIR)/vsh" > ( cd $(DESTDIR)$(BASH_COMPLETIONS_DIR) && \ > + rm -f virsh virt-admin && \ ^This will get the job done, but what about using '-f' with ln instead? Erik > $(LN_S) vsh virsh && \ > $(LN_S) vsh virt-admin ) -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list
