On 10.04.2013 18:45, Andrey Borzenkov wrote:

> В Tue,  9 Apr 2013 20:20:26 +0400
> Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@gmail.com> пишет:
> 
>>  for x in mpi-asm-defs.h mpih-add1.c mpih-sub1.c mpih-mul1.c mpih-mul2.c mpih-mul3.c mpih-lshift.c mpih-rshift.c; do
>> -    if [ -f grub-core/lib/libgcrypt-grub/mpi/"$x" ]; then
>> +    if [ -h grub-core/lib/libgcrypt-grub/mpi/"$x" ]; then
>>  	rm grub-core/lib/libgcrypt-grub/mpi/"$x"
>>      fi
>>      ln -s generic/"$x" grub-core/lib/libgcrypt-grub/mpi/"$x"
> 
> 
> Hmm ... they become plain files in tardist ...
> 
> What is better - check for both -f and -h or simply use cp instead of
> ln? cp looks simpler and directory is regenerated from scratch anyway.
> 

The idea behind ln is that if compilation fails on a file then when if
you modified the file reported in error your changes will be to definite
file, not to a temporary copy.

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