Pass the -f flag to ln.

This prevents it from failing if the symlink already exists.

diff --git a/fortune-mod/datfiles/Makefile b/fortune-mod/datfiles/Makefile
index 71ba4a0f5f18bfdae5d71b2d670403cec6e6e635..f53a082fec42379be006cbe87a9d818d011e1f6d 100644 (file)
--- a/fortune-mod/datfiles/Makefile
+++ b/fortune-mod/datfiles/Makefile
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ cookies-stamp:
        for i in $(COOKIES) ; \
            do \
                $(STRFILE) $$i ; \
-               ln -s $$i $$i.u8 || exit $? ; \
+               ln -sf $$i $$i.u8 || exit $? ; \
            done
        touch cookies-stamp
 

diff --git a/fortune-mod/datfiles/off/Makefile b/fortune-mod/datfiles/off/Makefile
index 3d5ecb5fa3893b5623782444ed972245d4f2ac2f..97ee5afacce1746a9275be516f7208733cfac97a 100644 (file)
--- a/fortune-mod/datfiles/off/Makefile
+++ b/fortune-mod/datfiles/off/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ ocookies-stamp:       rotated-stamp
 
 rotated-stamp:
        for i in $(OCOOKIES_UNROTATED) ; \
-           do $(ROT) < unrotated/$$i > rotated/$$i || exit $$? ; (cd rotated && ln -s $$i $$i.u8) ; done
+           do $(ROT) < unrotated/$$i > rotated/$$i || exit $$? ; (cd rotated && ln -sf $$i $$i.u8) ; done
        touch rotated-stamp
 
 check: all