[Bug 222737] make install creates recursive symbolic links

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=222737

            Bug ID: 222737
           Summary: make install creates recursive symbolic links
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Documentation
          Assignee: freebsd-doc at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: wosch at FreeBSD.org

If you run `make install' twice for the web pages, then you will get broken
symlinks for the security patches:

export DESTDIR=$(mktemp -d); 

WEB_ONLY=YES make install; egrep -rl wosch $DESTDIR >/dev/null 
====> Creating symlinks in /tmp/tmp.cro8qBGF/data/security/patches
tcp47.patch -> SA-04:04/tcp47.patch
tcp47.patch.asc -> SA-04:04/tcp47.patch.asc
tcp52.patch -> SA-04:04/tcp52.patch
tcp52.patch.asc -> SA-04:04/tcp52.patch.asc
SA-10-05 -> SA-10:05
SA-04:09/kadmind.patch -> kadmin.patch
SA-04:09/kadmind.patch.asc -> kadmin.patch.asc
SA-02:40/kadmin.patch -> kadmind.patch
SA-02:40/kadmin.patch.asc -> kadmind.patch.asc
SA-00:23/ip_options.diff -> ip-options.diff
SA-00:23/ip_options.diff.asc -> ip-options.diff.asc

WEB_ONLY=YES make install; egrep -rl wosch $DESTDIR >/dev/null 
====> Creating symlinks in /tmp/tmp.cro8qBGF/data/security/patches
tcp47.patch -> SA-04:04/tcp47.patch
tcp47.patch.asc -> SA-04:04/tcp47.patch.asc
tcp52.patch -> SA-04:04/tcp52.patch
tcp52.patch.asc -> SA-04:04/tcp52.patch.asc
SA-10-05 -> SA-10:05
SA-04:09/kadmind.patch -> kadmin.patch
SA-04:09/kadmind.patch.asc -> kadmin.patch.asc
SA-02:40/kadmin.patch -> kadmind.patch
SA-02:40/kadmin.patch.asc -> kadmind.patch.asc
SA-00:23/ip_options.diff -> ip-options.diff
SA-00:23/ip_options.diff.asc -> ip-options.diff.asc
egrep: /tmp/tmp.cro8qBGF/data/security/patches/SA-10:05/SA-10:05: Too many
levels of symbolic links
egrep: /tmp/tmp.cro8qBGF/data/security/patches/SA-10-05/SA-10:05: Too many
levels of symbolic links

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