On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 5:03 AM, John Szakmeister <j...@szakmeister.net> wrote:
> It turns out that the symlink may exists already by the time the
> toolchain Makefile gets an opportunity to run.  While we asked to
> replace the target, ln doesn't do so until after dereferencing the
> existing symlink.  This results in an unintended symlink that refers to
> itself.  Instead, create the link without dereferencing any
> symlinks by using the -n option.
> ---
>
> While this is the only instance that's actually causing a bad link to be
> created, there are a couple of other spots that intend to symlink
> directories that aren't using the -n option.  Should those be updated too?

Ping.  I just wanted to see if there's any feedback on this, or
something else I need to do to get this applied.  It's not critical,
but it's nice.  And I'm trying to get my feet wet for some future
submissions.

Thanks!

-John
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