Re: [PATCH 6/6] Ditch Python dependent make_rel_symlink with ln -sr

Paul Fox <[email protected]> Wed, 27 May 2026 13:51:43 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.lirc
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 >  	ln -sr $(DESTDIR)$(vardocsdir) $(DESTDIR)$(plugindocsdir)/var
 >  	ln -sr $(DESTDIR)$(vardocsdir)/index.html \
 >  	    $(DESTDIR)$(website_htmldir)/plugins-index.html
 > 
 > BTW, the non-POSIX option -r is a GNU extension, and I don't know if 
 > support for stripped-down Linux environments with only BusyBox for 
 > instance is something of concern.

You made me curious, so I checked.  busybox has had -r since at least
2017.  Of course, busybox ls can be built with no sortable ls capabilities
at all, but I suspect systems built that way aren't running python-driven
install scripts.

paul
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