From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 20:12:59 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Backport: #1095: ln -f doesn't work portably.
X-Git-Tag: v2.5.2c1~189
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Backport: #1095: ln -f doesn't work portably.
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diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index 078f2d9025..9cf1be0b17 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -656,7 +656,8 @@ bininstall:	altbininstall
 	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)