According to the autoconf manual, using '$(LN_S) -f' is not portable; remove the target explicitly beforehand to work around this limitation. Adjust some slightly awkward indentation while at it. --- src/Makefile.am | 3 ++- tools/Makefile.am | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am index c639e37..b71e694 100644 --- a/src/Makefile.am +++ b/src/Makefile.am @@ -3079,7 +3079,8 @@ if WITH_NETWORK $(DESTDIR)$(confdir)/qemu/networks/default.xml && \ rm $(DESTDIR)$(confdir)/qemu/networks/default.xml.t; } ( cd $(DESTDIR)$(confdir)/qemu/networks/autostart && \ - $(LN_S) -f ../default.xml default.xml ) + rm -f default.xml && \ + $(LN_S) ../default.xml default.xml ) endif WITH_NETWORK uninstall-local:: uninstall-init uninstall-systemd diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am index e963b91..c5a6a0d 100644 --- a/tools/Makefile.am +++ b/tools/Makefile.am @@ -424,7 +424,8 @@ NSS_SO_VER = 1 install-exec-hook: ( cd $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) && \ - $(LN_S) -f libnss_libvirt.so.$(NSS_SO_VER) nss_libvirt.so.$(NSS_SO_VER) ) + rm -f nss_libvirt.so.$(NSS_SO_VER) && \ + $(LN_S) libnss_libvirt.so.$(NSS_SO_VER) nss_libvirt.so.$(NSS_SO_VER) ) uninstall-local: -rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/nss_libvirt.so.$(NSS_SO_VER) -- 2.5.5