Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Ticket #44909, comment 10


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Sep 8, 2014, 6:04:50 PM (10 years ago)
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larryv (Lawrence Velázquez)
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  • Ticket #44909, comment 10

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    1515> asking for help here.
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    17 This is understandably confusing. Note that the bit that you quoted from the Automake manual is for making a //hard link//, not a //symbolic link//. A hard link does not break if the target is moved, but a symbolic one does. Indeed, the example //must// use the `DESTDIR`’d source because the final source file //does not exist// when the `install-exec-hook` target is run.
     17This is understandably confusing. Note that the bit that you quoted from the Automake manual is for making a //hard link//, not a //symbolic link//. A hard link does not break if the source is moved, but a symbolic one does. Indeed, the example //must// use the `DESTDIR`’d source because the final source file //does not exist// when the `install-exec-hook` target is run.