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Author georg.brandl
Recipients akineko, georg.brandl, loewis
Date 2007-09-06.17:30:22
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Message-id <46E0392F.8050303@python.org>
In-reply-to <1189097983.67.0.980419139201.issue1095@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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[Martin]
> I'm not sure why we bother checking whether the old file exists before
> removing it, instead of just doing 'rm -f'; that has been there since
> r6352 with no explanation given.

So would this patch be acceptable?

Index: Makefile.pre.in
===================================================================
--- Makefile.pre.in     (Revision 57865)
+++ Makefile.pre.in     (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -655,7 +655,8 @@
        else true; \
        fi
        (cd $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR); $(LN) python$(VERSION)$(EXE) $(PYTHON))
-       (cd $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR); $(LN) -sf python$(VERSION)-config python-config)
+       -rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/python-config
+       (cd $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR); $(LN) -s python$(VERSION)-config python-config)

 # Install the interpreter with $(VERSION) affixed
 # This goes into $(exec_prefix)
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Date User Action Args
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recipients: + georg.brandl, loewis, akineko
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