If libexecdir and sbindir are the same, avoid making an absolute symlink. diff -up openldap-2.4.11/servers/slapd/Makefile.in.patch5 openldap-2.4.11/servers/slapd/Makefile.in --- openldap-2.4.11/servers/slapd/Makefile.in.patch5 2008-09-01 09:57:09.000000000 +0200 +++ openldap-2.4.11/servers/slapd/Makefile.in 2008-09-01 09:57:09.000000000 +0200 @@ -270,7 +270,12 @@ slapd: $(SLAPD_DEPENDS) @LIBSLAPI@ $(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