If libexecdir and sbindir are the same, avoid making an absolute symlink. --- openldap-2.3.11/servers/slapd/Makefile.in.toollinks 2005-10-28 21:09:04.000000000 -0400 +++ openldap-2.3.11/servers/slapd/Makefile.in 2005-10-28 21:11:18.000000000 -0400 @@ -270,7 +270,12 @@ $(WRAP_LIBS) $(RM) $(SLAPTOOLS) for i in $(SLAPTOOLS); do \ - $(LN_S) slapd$(EXEEXT) $$i$(EXEEXT); done + if test $(libexecdir) != $(sbindir) ; then \ + $(LN_S) $(libexecdir)/slapd$(EXEEXT) $$i$(EXEEXT); \ + else \ + $(LN_S) slapd$(EXEEXT) $$i$(EXEEXT); \ + fi \ + done sslapd: version.o