--- Makefile.old	2008-08-17 16:43:06.000000000 -0400
+++ Makefile	2008-08-19 18:17:34.000000000 -0400
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@
 ALL_CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS)
 ALL_LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS)
 STRIP ?= strip
+LN = ln -s
 
 # Among the variables below, these:
 #   gitexecdir
@@ -1098,7 +1099,7 @@
 		'-DGIT_INFO_PATH="$(infodir_SQ)"' $<
 
 $(BUILT_INS): git$X
-	$(QUIET_BUILT_IN)$(RM) $@ && ln git$X $@
+	$(QUIET_BUILT_IN)$(RM) $@ && $(LN) git$X $@
 
 common-cmds.h: ./generate-cmdlist.sh command-list.txt
 
@@ -1365,10 +1366,10 @@
 	execdir=$$(cd '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)' && pwd) && \
 	if test "z$$bindir" != "z$$execdir"; \
 	then \
-		ln -f "$$bindir/git$X" "$$execdir/git$X" || \
+		$(LN) -f "$$bindir/git$X" "$$execdir/git$X" || \
 		cp "$$bindir/git$X" "$$execdir/git$X"; \
 	fi && \
-	{ $(foreach p,$(BUILT_INS), $(RM) "$$execdir/$p" && ln "$$execdir/git$X" "$$execdir/$p" ;) } && \
+	{ $(foreach p,$(BUILT_INS), $(RM) "$$execdir/$p" && $(LN) "$$execdir/git$X" "$$execdir/$p" ;) } && \
 	if test "z$$bindir" != "z$$execdir"; \
 	then \
 		$(RM) "$$execdir/git$X"; \