Re: Remove distprep

On 16.06.24 21:34, Noah Misch wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 05, 2023 at 05:46:46PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> --- a/src/backend/Makefile
>> +++ b/src/backend/Makefile
> 
>>   $(top_builddir)/src/include/storage/lwlocknames.h: storage/lmgr/lwlocknames.h
>> -	prereqdir=`cd '$(dir $<)' >/dev/null && pwd` && \
>> -	  cd '$(dir $@)' && rm -f $(notdir $@) && \
>> -	  $(LN_S) "$$prereqdir/$(notdir $<)" .
>> +	rm -f '$@'
>> +	$(LN_S) ../../backend/$< '$@'
>>   
>>   $(top_builddir)/src/include/utils/wait_event_types.h: utils/activity/wait_event_types.h
>> -	prereqdir=`cd '$(dir $<)' >/dev/null && pwd` && \
>> -	  cd '$(dir $@)' && rm -f $(notdir $@) && \
>> -	  $(LN_S) "$$prereqdir/$(notdir $<)" .
>> +	rm -f '$@'
>> +	$(LN_S) ../../backend/$< '$@'
> 
> These broke the
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/installation-platform-notes.html#INSTALLATION-NOTES-MINGW
> build, where LN_S='cp -pR'.  On other platforms, "make LN_S='cp -pR'"
> reproduces this.  Reverting the above lines fixes things.  The buildfarm has
> no coverage for that build scenario (fairywren uses Meson).

Is it just these two instances?

Commit 721856ff24b contains a few more hunks that change something about 
LN_S.  Are those ok?