--- vi.eselect	(revision 738)
+++ vi.eselect	(working copy)
@@ -76,12 +76,13 @@
 		set_man_symlink "${target}" "view"
 
 		# it's not okay if these fail
-		ln -s "${dir}/${target}" "${ROOT}/usr/bin/vi" || \
-			die "Couldn't set ${target} /usr/bin/vi symlink"
-		ln -s "${dir}/${target}" "${ROOT}/usr/bin/ex" || \
-			die "Couldn't set ${target} /usr/bin/ex symlink"
-		ln -s "${dir}/${target}" "${ROOT}/usr/bin/view" || \
-			die "Couldn't set ${target} /usr/bin/view symlink"
+		target=$(relative_name "${dir}/${target}" "${ROOT}/usr/bin")
+		ln -s "${target}" "${ROOT}/usr/bin/vi" \
+			|| die "Couldn't set ${target} /usr/bin/vi symlink"
+		ln -s "${target}" "${ROOT}/usr/bin/ex" \
+			|| die "Couldn't set ${target} /usr/bin/ex symlink"
+		ln -s "${target}" "${ROOT}/usr/bin/view" \
+			|| die "Couldn't set ${target} /usr/bin/view symlink"
 	else
 		die -q  "Target \"${1}\" doesn't appear to be valid!"
 	fi