diff --git a/lib/ChangeLog b/lib/ChangeLog
index 499f16dd50..81d98060b5 100644
--- a/lib/ChangeLog
+++ b/lib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-12-18  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <Jean-Marc.Lasgouttes@inria.fr>
+
+	* Makefile.am (install-xfonts): do not use "ln -sf" since some
+	solaris versions do not like it. "ln -f -s" is better.
+
 2002-11-22  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <Jean-Marc.Lasgouttes@inria.fr>
 
 	* bind/sciword.bind: big update: use menus.bind and maths.bind and
diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index 939006f191..8409725fdf 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ install-xfonts:
 	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(pkgdatadir)/xfonts ; \
 	files=`sed -e 's/^[0-9]*$$//' -e 's/^\([^ ]*\) .*$$/\1/' xfonts/fonts.dir` ; \
 	for i in $${files} ; do \
-	  ln -sf `kpsewhich $$i` $(DESTDIR)$(pkgdatadir)/xfonts/$$i ; \
+	  ln -f -s `kpsewhich $$i` $(DESTDIR)$(pkgdatadir)/xfonts/$$i ; \
 	done ; \
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) xfonts/fonts.dir $(DESTDIR)$(pkgdatadir)/xfonts/fonts.dir ; \
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) xfonts/fonts.scale $(DESTDIR)$(pkgdatadir)/xfonts/fonts.scale