yup, I hate that about Solaris.. -f doesn't "force" like on other OS's.  
I'd delete the files by hand and then run make install again.

On Fri, 26 May 2000, Jeff Raven wrote:

> On Fri, May 26, 2000 at 10:55:41AM -0400, Markland J. Benson wrote:
> > Since you are linking directories, using "ln -sf <source> <dest>" rather
> > than "ln -s <source> <dest>" should fix it nicely.  The "-f" option
> > forces an overwrite of the existing symbolic link.
> >
> 
> Problem is, that's what our Makefile's already use. According the
> manpages I've got on my Sun, ln -f just seems to disable user
> interaction, instead of removing pre-existing links first.
> 
> Jeff Raven
> 

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