Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Rick Shelton <rick.shel...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 7:41 AM, Alexander Kapshuk >> <alexander.kaps...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> While working on '6.17.1. Installation of GCC', I created and cd'd into >>> '/sources/gcc-build'. One of the instructions suggests creating this >>> symlink, 'ln -sv ../usr/bin/cpp /lib'. I assumed that I was supposed to >> run >>> the command line while still in '/sources/gcc-build'. If that is the >> case, >>> shouldn't the command line be 'ln -sv ../../usr/bin/cpp'? >>> >> When the ln command is given two paths, the current directory does not >> affect the result. The current directory only has an affect when there >> is only one path passed to the command. >> -- >> http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support >> FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html >> Unsubscribe: See the above information page >> > > So in other words, 'ln -sv ../usr/bin/cpp /lib' and 'ln -sv /usr/bin/cpp > /lib' are equivalent?
A general practice is for symbolic links to be relative. If you copy a directory tree, relative paths stay relative. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
