[MacPorts] #44909: fswatch @1.4.3 update

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#44909: fswatch @1.4.3 update
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  Reporter:  enrico.m.crisostomo@…  |      Owner:  ryandesign@…
      Type:  update                 |     Status:  closed
  Priority:  Normal                 |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports                  |    Version:  2.3.1
Resolution:  fixed                  |   Keywords:  haspatch maintainer
      Port:  fswatch                |
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Comment (by larryv@…):

 Replying to [comment:7 enrico.m.crisostomo@…]:
 > I was checking the Automake literature and funnily enough, page 131 of
 > the latest Automake manual agrees literally with the original sources:
 >
 > {{{
 > For instance, here is how to create a hard link to an installed program:
 >      install-exec-hook:
 >              ln $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/program$(EXEEXT) \
 >                 $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/proglink$(EXEEXT)
 > }}}
 >
 > If the link is broken after the package is built and moved into place,
 > I really don't know why, and I'm inclined to think it's a MacPorts
 > peculiarity, if not quirk. And since I'm no MacPorts experts, I'm
 > asking for help here.

 This is understandably confusing. Note that the bit that you quoted from
 the Automake manual is for making a //hard link//, not a //symbolic
 link//. A hard link does not break if the target is moved, but a symbolic
 one does. Indeed, the example //must// use the `DESTDIR`’d source because
 the final source file //does not exist// when the `install-exec-hook`
 target is run.

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