From: Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 16:59:29 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Atomically install a shared library link.
X-Git-Tag: v0.12~1275
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cd624625ab651bba8d5cb3470d88e0789a84cab6;p=thirdparty%2Fgettext.git

Atomically install a shared library link.
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e7d786294..9a416da71 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2002-09-16  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+	* ltmain.sh (install): Use "ln -s -f" instead of "rm -f && ln -s"
+	to make a symlink for a shared library.
+	Reported by Nelson H. F. Beebe <beebe@math.utah.edu>.
+
+2002-08-06  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+	* gettext-0.11.5 released.
+
 2002-07-25  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
 	* gettext-0.11.4 released.
diff --git a/ltmain.sh b/ltmain.sh
index 5c48e5662..4af5b4491 100644
--- a/ltmain.sh
+++ b/ltmain.sh
@@ -4210,8 +4210,8 @@ relink_command=\"$relink_command\""
 	    for linkname
 	    do
 	      if test "$linkname" != "$realname"; then
-		$show "(cd $destdir && $rm $linkname && $LN_S $realname $linkname)"
-		$run eval "(cd $destdir && $rm $linkname && $LN_S $realname $linkname)"
+		$show "(cd $destdir && $LN_S -f $realname $linkname)"
+		$run eval "(cd $destdir && $LN_S -f $realname $linkname)"
 	      fi
 	    done
 	  fi