On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Rick Shelton <rick.shel...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 7:41 AM, Alexander Kapshuk > <alexander.kaps...@gmail.com> wrote: > > While working on '6.17.1. Installation of GCC', I created and cd'd into > > '/sources/gcc-build'. One of the instructions suggests creating this > > symlink, 'ln -sv ../usr/bin/cpp /lib'. I assumed that I was supposed to > run > > the command line while still in '/sources/gcc-build'. If that is the > case, > > shouldn't the command line be 'ln -sv ../../usr/bin/cpp'? > > > > When the ln command is given two paths, the current directory does not > affect the result. The current directory only has an affect when there > is only one path passed to the command. > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > So in other words, 'ln -sv ../usr/bin/cpp /lib' and 'ln -sv /usr/bin/cpp /lib' are equivalent?
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