title: Makefile and symbolic links
body: <p>I'm experiencing a strange problem with a makefile. I simply want to set a symbolic link in the makefile but get an error message on one machine (Linux 2.6.18-238.12.1.el5)</p>
  
  <pre><code>make: execvp: ln: Too many levels of symbolic links
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It works perfectly fine on my MacBook. It also works fine if I execute the same command in the shell. What could go wrong? Are there any environment variables important for <code>ln</code>?</p>