--- configure	Sat Apr 17 13:22:38 1999
+++ configure.new	Thu May 13 12:46:14 1999
@@ -2712,22 +2712,22 @@
 echo "$ac_t""$NM" 1>&6
 
 
-echo $ac_n "checking whether ln -s works""... $ac_c" 1>&6
+echo $ac_n "checking whether ln -sf works""... $ac_c" 1>&6
 echo "configure:2717: checking whether ln -s works" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_LN_S'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   rm -f conftestdata
-if ln -s X conftestdata 2>/dev/null
+if ln -sf X conftestdata 2>/dev/null
 then
   rm -f conftestdata
-  ac_cv_prog_LN_S="ln -s"
+  ac_cv_prog_LN_S="ln -sf"
 else
   ac_cv_prog_LN_S=ln
 fi
 fi
 LN_S="$ac_cv_prog_LN_S"
-if test "$ac_cv_prog_LN_S" = "ln -s"; then
+if test "$ac_cv_prog_LN_S" = "ln -sf"; then
   echo "$ac_t""yes" 1>&6
 else
   echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
