Vito, You're correct - it's a typo due to Microsoft auto correction. It is lib/systemd/system. I just discovered that the systemd.mak file provided in Buildroot contains: define SYSTEMD_INSTALL_SERVICE_AUTOVT ln -sf ../../../lib/systemd/system/getty@.service \ $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/systemd/system/autovt@.service I'll try changing /lib to /usr/lib -----Original Message----- From: Vito Caputo <vcaputo@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2022 2:16 PM To: Otten, Jeffrey (US) <jeffrey.otten@xxxxxxxx> Cc: systemd-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: Failed to Create Symbolic Link During Build On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 03:33:34PM +0000, Otten, Jeffrey wrote: > I'm trying to build systemd 243.4 using Buildroot 2019.11. The lines listed below are generated during the build. I've googled but haven't come across any discussion of this issue. > The directory /home/ottenj/elinux/build/buildroot/fvlinux/target/lib/system/system listed in the error below does not exist. However, the sym link does exist in the directory /home/ottenj/elinux/build/buildroot/fvlinux/target/usr/lib/system/system. Does anyone have a suggestion about how to fix this error? > > ln -sf ../../../lib/system/system/getty@.service > /home/ottenj/elinux/build/buildroot/fvlinux/target/lib/system/system/a > utovt@.service > ln: failed to create symbolic link > '/home/ottenj/elinux/build/buildroot/fvlinux/target/lib/system/system/ > autovt@.service': No such file or directory > > At a glance that path looks wrong, typically it's "lib/systemd/system/" not "lib/system/system/" Regards, Vito Caputo