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
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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 =---------------------- paul fox, [email protected] (arlington, ma, where it's 84.8 degrees)