`dosym target link_name` creates a symlink. Under the hood it calls `ln`.
First argument may be either absolute path or relative to link_name.
Conventionally relative targets are used.
On Fri, 22 Jul 2022, 16:56 Fabulous Zhang Zheng, <zheng1181822...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Good evening, dear list
>
> Most binary package ebuilds have such a *dosym* statement in
> src_install(), take net-im/signal-desktop-bin as an example:
>
> dosym ../../opt/Signal/${MY_PN} /usr/bin/${MY_PN} (where the variable
> is signal-desktop)
>
> *dosym* creates a symlink of the binary under opt at /usr/bin/ according
> to devmanaul.
>
> I'm confused about the "../../", since S="${workdir}", the correct way
> seems to be "dosym ./opt/Signal/xxx /usr/bin/xxx"
>
> It's much appreciated if anyone could help ; )
>
>
> └── signal-desktop-bin-5.50.0
> ├── distdir
> │ └── signal-desktop_5.50.0_amd64.deb ->
> /var/cache/distfiles/signal-desktop_5.50.0_amd64.deb
> ├── files -> /var/db/repos/gentoo/net-im/signal-desktop-bin/files
> ├── homedir
> ├── temp
> │ ├── build.log
> │ ├── eclass-debug.log
> │ ├── environment
> │ └── logging
> └── work
> ├── opt
> └── usr
>
>
