[issue1095] make install failed

Georg Brandl added the comment: Committed as rev. 58043, 58044. -- resolution: accepted -> fixed status: open -> closed __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ __

[issue1095] make install failed

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: I haven't tested it, but it looks fine to me. -- assignee: -> georg.brandl resolution: -> accepted __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ __

[issue1095] make install failed

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

[issue1095] make install failed

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: The -f option to ln was not portable, traditionally. So the portable way to create a symlink if the target might exist is to remove the old symlink first. I've verified that 'ln -sf' indeed works as reported on Solaris 9. On Solaris 10, it seems Sun has finally

[issue1095] make install failed

Georg Brandl added the comment: Perhaps Martin knows something? -- assignee: -> loewis nosy: +loewis __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ ___ Pyth

[issue1095] make install failed

Aki added the comment: > Shouldn't ln -f ignore existing destination files? > What system is that? Well, it was on Solaris 9. Under Solaris, ln -sf won't clobber an existing soft link. I don't know if there is a work around of this rather than removing the link explicitly. Other Unix experts,

[issue1095] make install failed

Georg Brandl added the comment: Aki schrieb: > (cd /usr/local/bin; ln python2.5 python) > (cd /usr/local/bin; ln -sf python2.5-config python-config) > ln: cannot create python-config: File exists > make: *** [bininstall] Error 2 Shouldn't ln -f ignore existing destination files? What system is

[issue1095] make install failed

New submission from Aki: I thought this was already reported but I didn't see it in the list. If this issue is already addressed, please discard. The 'make install' failed if I re-run the installation again because python-config under /usr/local/bin was already there. Removing /usr/local/lib/py