[openib-general] libibverbs: can't compile more than once due to man3 symbolic links

[Jeff Squyres]

Is there a reason not to use

man_MANS = ibv_get_async_event.3 ....

?


On Feb 22, 2007, at 7:32 AM, Jack Morgenstein wrote:

> The code below was just added to libibverbs/Makefile.am
>
> install-data-hook:
>         cd $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man3 && \
>         $(LN_S) ibv_get_async_event.3 ibv_ack_async_event.3 && \
> 	....
>
> This creates a problem when re-compiling/re-installing libibverbs --
> the "ln -s" ( = $(LN_S) ) fails because the symbolic links still exist
> in the man/man3 directory.
>
> I rummaged around the libtool documentation, and there is no pre- 
> defined
> macro which does "ln -fs" (which would just overwrite the current  
> links).
>
> Any ideas on how to fix this problem cleanly (i.e., without  
> violating spirit
> of libtool/automake)?
>
> - Jack
>
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Jeff Squyres
Server Virtualization Business Unit
Cisco Systems