On Fri, 2 Mar 2018 17:21:03 +0100 Pierre Labastie <pierre.labas...@neuf.fr> wrote:
> On 02/03/2018 11:56, miguel caldas wrote: > > Hi, > > > > When I trieed to create the tools symlink this way: > > > > ln -sv $LFS/tools / > > > > > > > > I always got a error message telling that "ln: failed to create symbolic > > link '/tools': File exists". > > The only way I found to circumvent this was to give the create symlink > > command in the following way: > > ln -sv $LFS/tools/ "link_name" > > where "link_name" was something I created > > My question is this, will this symlink creation format impact future > > steps of LFS? Can I leave as it is or must I create it exactly as it is > > on the book? > > Short answer: yes. Don't deviate from the book. > > Long answer: > The error message you get is fairly clear: /tools already exists, so you > cannot create it again... You should try to know what /tools is. A > possible command: "file /tools". If it is a symbolic link pointing to > $LFS/tools, you are done. If it is not, remove it, then run the command > as told in the book. > > The instructions in the book have been thoroughly tested, and are known > to work. We may not be able to help you if you deviate from the book. > > regards > Pierre You can also get this error if you build a new LFS using an existing one as your host and you forgot to delete the old system's tools directory at the end of the build. This frequently happens to me. -- -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
