--- xen-4.18.0/tools/xs-clients/Makefile.ORIG	2023-11-16 22:44:21.000000000 +0100
+++ xen-4.18.0/tools/xs-clients/Makefile	2023-12-05 03:01:05.801759446 +0100
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 clients: xenstore $(CLIENTS) xenstore-control
 
 $(CLIENTS): xenstore
-	ln -f xenstore $@
+	ln -sf xenstore $@
 
 xenstore: xenstore_client.o
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@ $(APPEND_LDFLAGS)
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 	$(INSTALL_PROG) xenstore-control $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
 	$(INSTALL_PROG) xenstore $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
 	set -e ; for c in $(CLIENTS) ; do \
-		ln -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/xenstore $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$${c} ; \
+		ln -sf xenstore $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$${c} ; \
 	done
 
 .PHONY: uninstall