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Symlink — template for creating symbolic links

include z.mk
# "link" is any valid identifier.
link.SymlinkTarget = target
$(eval $(call ZMK.Expand,Symlink,link))

The template Symlink once with a to creates rules for creating, removing, installing and removing a single symbolic link to a given target file.

This template behaves like the Program template, in that it creates the symbolic link both locally, during development as well as when the project is installed.

This module provides the following targets.

This target represents the symbolic link

This phony target depends on $(link)

This phony target removes $(link)

This target creates the symbolic link $(link) in , with the name The target directory is automatically created if required.

This phony target removes $(link) as installed by the install target.

This module provides the following variables.

The target of the symbolic link.

There is no default value. This variable must be set before expanding the template.

The directory $(link) is installed to.

There is no default value. This variable must be set before expanding the template. To avoid installation set the install directory to the special value .

The name of the program after installation.

The default value is $(link) with the directory part removed.

Path added to all installation targets.

This variable is normally set externally, to install a compiled program into a staging area during construction of a compiled binary package.

Prior to version 0.5.1, the install target misbehaved when $(link) contains a non-empty directory prefix. Incorrectly, the same prefix is replicated, somewhat confusingly in the installed symlink.

Consider this example:

include z.mk
subdir/link.SymlinkTarget = target
subdir/link.InstallDir = $(bindir)
$(eval $(call ZMK.Expand,Symlink,subdir/link))
Running on the following example would create the symbolic link which was unexpected.

This bug was given the identifier .

The Symlink template first appeared in zmk 0.1

Zygmunt Krynicki <me@zygoon.pl>

June 21, 2021 zmk 0.5.1