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diff --git a/build-aux/meson-make-symlink.sh b/build-aux/meson-make-symlink.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+
+# this is needed mostly because $DESTDIR is provided as a variable,
+# and we need to create the target directory...
+
+mkdir -vp "$(dirname "${DESTDIR:-}$2")"
+if [ "$(dirname $1)" = . ]; then
+        ln -vfs -T "$1" "${DESTDIR:-}$2"
+else
+        ln -vfs -T --relative "${DESTDIR:-}$1" "${DESTDIR:-}$2"
+fi