On 03/04/2015 10:16 AM, Dmitry V. Levin wrote: > On Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 08:48:11AM -0500, Christopher Covington wrote: >> I'm getting the following error: >> >> ./bootstrap >> ln: failed to create symbolic link `tests-m32/Makefile': File exists > > Thanks, fixed. > >> Should the operation perhaps be forced or only performed if a link doesn't >> already exist? > > A forced linking may lead to overwriting build results. > Why anyone might want this behavior?
Re-running make may lead to overwriting build results. Re-running configure may lead to overwriting build results. Re-running autoreconf may lead to overwriting build results. Re-running xlat/gen.sh may lead to overwriting build results. Following this trend, I expect, and I would guess that many others would expect, that re-running bootstrap may lead to overwriting build results. I want this behavior so that from a simple shell script I can build the latest git checkout of strace, starting from the very beginning, in a directory that may have a previous build present. If anyone has suggestions of a better way to do this, please let me know. Thanks, Chris -- Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Strace-devel mailing list Strace-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/strace-devel
