34245 – alternatives.eclass should use `ln -sf` instead of just `ln -s`

Bug 34245 - alternatives.eclass should use `ln -sf` instead of just `ln -s`

Summary: alternatives.eclass should use `ln -sf` instead of just `ln -s`

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Alastair Tse (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2003-11-24 01:59 UTC by Mamoru KOMACHI (RETIRED)
Modified:	2003-11-24 02:58 UTC (History)
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Description Mamoru KOMACHI (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-11-24 01:59:18 UTC

Hi,

I'm using alternatives.eclass in a couple of ebuilds and think it is
handy to manipulate symlinks in pkg_postinst (good job!).  However, I
think alternatives.eclass should use `ln -sf` instead of `ln -s`
because `ln -s` fails if there exists a binary in destination.
alternatives_makesym/alternatives_auto_makesym is typically called
from pkg_postinst, and when you upgrade ebuilds it is likely that
there is a binary from previous version and symlink fails.

Comment 1 Alastair Tse (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-11-24 02:58:34 UTC

thanks, thats a good idea. i've changed alternatives.eclass to use ln -sf