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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/14] assume existence of "ln -sf"
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To: Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@gmail.com>
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On 11/14/2010 03:39 PM, Blue Swirl wrote:
>> >  The code in this patch was introduced for a Solaris port, but
>> >  ln -sf exists in Solaris 2.6 at least.
>
> The problem is not that 'ln -sf' would not exist, but rather that the
> force of the '-f' flag is too weak to actually remove anything.

Oh well...

Paolo