On Sat, 2021-04-17 at 15:44 +0300, Bjoern Bidar wrote: > > The "-T" flag is something available with GNU ln, but on other > > implementations of ln, "-T" is not an option. So, to make this script > > more portable, a strings check of ln for "GNU coreutils" is done to > > determine if "-T" should be used. > > > > Signed-off-by: Mark Weiman <[email protected]> > > --- > > build-aux/meson-make-symlink.sh | 8 ++++++-- > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/build-aux/meson-make-symlink.sh > > b/build-aux/meson-make-symlink.sh index 501cd43d..24a0dd2c 100644 > > --- a/build-aux/meson-make-symlink.sh > > +++ b/build-aux/meson-make-symlink.sh > > @@ -4,9 +4,13 @@ set -eu > > # this is needed mostly because $DESTDIR is provided as a variable, > > # and we need to create the target directory... > > > > +# test if ln is GNU or not > > +LN_FLAG="-T" > > +strings /bin/ln | grep -q 'GNU coreutils' || LN_FLAG="" > No strings needed just do: > ln --version|grep GNU > > Or skip -T even with GNU ln.
ln --version is not valid on all implementations, but I guess that could be a check... I can just remove -T altogether as well, also --relative may be an issue. Mark
