[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Use `ln -sf` rather than `rm -f && ln -s`

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <1201520254-25593-1-git-send-email-vapier at gentoo.org> you wrote:
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo.org>
> ---
>  tools/Makefile |    9 +++------
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
> index af0de47..22d9dae 100644
> --- a/tools/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/Makefile
> @@ -203,19 +203,16 @@ else
>  endif
>  
>  $(obj)environment.c:
> -		@rm -f $(obj)environment.c
> -		ln -s $(src)../common/environment.c $(obj)environment.c
> +		ln -s -f $(src)../common/environment.c $(obj)environment.c

Be careful here. Are you 100% sure that all systems in the field will
behave exactly as your's is doing?

What is the exact problem you are trying to solve? If it's not a bug,
I recomment to leave the code as is.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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