It's been rumoured that Alan Orndorff said:
> > > (cd /usr/local/bin && ln -sf gnucash.motif gnucash)
> > > ln: cannot create gnucash: File exists
> >
> > ln -s on other unixes means 'symbolic link'
> > ln -f on other unixes means 'force the link even if file exists'.
>
> same on solaris. from man ln
>
> -f Link files without questioning the user, even if
> the mode of target forbids writing. This is the
> default if the standard input is not a terminal.
>
> -s Create a symbolic link.
well, clearly the error message contradicts this.
> I'm not worried about the link failing but rather what I need to do to
> get gnucash.pm and gnucash.so to compile successfully so I can do a
gnucash.pm and so get created by 'swig' which auto-creates perl bindings.
If you do not plan to use reports, or the auto-stock updates, then you do
not need 'swig' or the perl bindings.
--linas
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