Georg Brandl added the comment: [Martin] > I'm not sure why we bother checking whether the old file exists before > removing it, instead of just doing 'rm -f'; that has been there since > r6352 with no explanation given.
So would this patch be acceptable? Index: Makefile.pre.in =================================================================== --- Makefile.pre.in (Revision 57865) +++ Makefile.pre.in (Arbeitskopie) @@ -655,7 +655,8 @@ else true; \ fi (cd $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR); $(LN) python$(VERSION)$(EXE) $(PYTHON)) - (cd $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR); $(LN) -sf python$(VERSION)-config python-config) + -rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/python-config + (cd $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR); $(LN) -s python$(VERSION)-config python-config) # Install the interpreter with $(VERSION) affixed # This goes into $(exec_prefix) __________________________________ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue1095> __________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com