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Allow to replace ln -fs and hardlink on Windows by default #8810

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Allow to replace ln -fs and hardlink on Windows by default
oech3 Oct 4, 2025
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Add test for LN=
oech3 Oct 4, 2025
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Allow to replace ln -fs and hardlink on Windows by default
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oech3 authored Oct 4, 2025
commit 6cdf6aa0de9e4c7ae5eff6185655fe9f6b5121f6
15 changes: 11 additions & 4 deletions GNUmakefile
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Expand Up @@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ TOYBOX_SRC := $(TOYBOX_ROOT)/toybox-$(TOYBOX_VER)
#------------------------------------------------------------------------
OS ?= $(shell uname -s)

# Windows does not allow symlink by default.
# Allow to override LN for AppArmor.
ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
LN ?= ln -f
endif
LN ?= ln -sf

ifdef SELINUX_ENABLED
override SELINUX_ENABLED := 0
# Now check if we should enable it (only on non-Windows)
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ifeq (${MULTICALL}, y)
$(INSTALL) -m 755 $(BUILDDIR)/coreutils $(INSTALLDIR_BIN)/$(PROG_PREFIX)coreutils
$(foreach prog, $(filter-out coreutils, $(INSTALLEES)), \
cd $(INSTALLDIR_BIN) && ln -fs $(PROG_PREFIX)coreutils $(PROG_PREFIX)$(prog) $(newline) \
cd $(INSTALLDIR_BIN) && $(LN) $(PROG_PREFIX)coreutils $(PROG_PREFIX)$(prog) $(newline) \
)
$(foreach prog, $(HASHSUM_PROGS), \
cd $(INSTALLDIR_BIN) && ln -fs $(PROG_PREFIX)coreutils $(PROG_PREFIX)$(prog) $(newline) \
cd $(INSTALLDIR_BIN) && $(LN) $(PROG_PREFIX)coreutils $(PROG_PREFIX)$(prog) $(newline) \
)
$(if $(findstring test,$(INSTALLEES)), cd $(INSTALLDIR_BIN) && ln -fs $(PROG_PREFIX)coreutils $(PROG_PREFIX)[)
$(if $(findstring test,$(INSTALLEES)), cd $(INSTALLDIR_BIN) && $(LN) $(PROG_PREFIX)coreutils $(PROG_PREFIX)[)
else
$(foreach prog, $(INSTALLEES), \
$(INSTALL) -m 755 $(BUILDDIR)/$(prog) $(INSTALLDIR_BIN)/$(PROG_PREFIX)$(prog) $(newline) \
)
$(foreach prog, $(HASHSUM_PROGS), \
cd $(INSTALLDIR_BIN) && ln -fs $(PROG_PREFIX)hashsum $(PROG_PREFIX)$(prog) $(newline) \
cd $(INSTALLDIR_BIN) && $(LN) $(PROG_PREFIX)hashsum $(PROG_PREFIX)$(prog) $(newline) \
)
$(if $(findstring test,$(INSTALLEES)), $(INSTALL) -m 755 $(BUILDDIR)/test $(INSTALLDIR_BIN)/$(PROG_PREFIX)[)
endif
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