From e36ab9758280450804baf6da169a02dd2845a042 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: BodgeMaster <>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 21:23:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] kernel.d/post-install/99-void-usb: simplify link replacement

---
 kernel.d/post-install/99-void-usb | 21 ++-------------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel.d/post-install/99-void-usb b/kernel.d/post-install/99-void-usb
index 9d14895..350fc89 100644
--- a/kernel.d/post-install/99-void-usb
+++ b/kernel.d/post-install/99-void-usb
@@ -11,23 +11,6 @@ VERSION="$2"
 
 echo "Updating default kernel and initramfs symlinks..."
 
-#####################
-# Delete old symlinks
-#####################
-OLD_LINUX=/boot/vmlinu?
-if [ ! -f "$OLD_LINUX" ]; then
-  # in cases where it’s a .gz or .xz or whatever
-  OLD_LINUX=$(find /boot -type l -name "vmlinu*" 2>/dev/null | sort | head -n1)
-fi
-[ -f "$OLD_LINUX" ] && rm "$OLD_LINUX"
-
-OLD_INITRAMFS=/boot/initramfs.img
-if [ ! -f "$OLD_INITRAMFS" ]; then
-  # hope to find anything named initramfs or initrd
-  OLD_INITRAMFS=$(find /boot -type l -name "init*" 2>/dev/null | sort | head -n1)
-fi
-[ -f "$OLD_INITRAMFS" ] && rm "$OLD_INITRAMFS"
-
 #####################
 # Create new symlinks
 #####################
@@ -39,7 +22,7 @@ fi
 if grep -e ".gz$" -e ".xz$" -e ".bz$" -e ".bz2$" -e ".lzma$" -e ".lz$" -e ".img$" >/dev/null 2>&1 <<< "$NEW_LINUX_FILE"; then
   NEW_LINUX_SYMLINK="$NEW_LINUX_SYMLINK$(grep -o -e ".gz$" -e ".xz$" -e ".bz$" -e ".bz2$" -e ".lzma$" -e ".lz$" -e ".img$" 2>/dev/null <<< "$NEW_LINUX_FILE")"
 fi
-ln -s "$NEW_LINUX_FILE" "/boot/$NEW_LINUX_SYMLINK"
+ln -s -f "$NEW_LINUX_FILE" "/boot/$NEW_LINUX_SYMLINK"
 
 NEW_INITRAMFS_FILE="$(find /boot -name "init*$VERSION*" 2>/dev/null | sed 's|^/boot/||')"
 NEW_INITRAMFS_SYMLINK="initramfs"
@@ -49,7 +32,7 @@ fi
 if grep -e ".gz$" -e ".xz$" -e ".bz$" -e ".bz2$" -e ".lzma$" -e ".lz$" -e ".img$" >/dev/null 2>&1 <<< "$NEW_INITRAMFS_FILE"; then
   NEW_INITRAMFS_SYMLINK="$NEW_INITRAMFS_SYMLINK$(grep -o -e ".gz$" -e ".xz$" -e ".bz$" -e ".bz2$" -e ".lzma$" -e ".lz$" -e ".img$" 2>/dev/null <<< "$NEW_INITRAMFS_FILE")"
 fi
-ln -s "$NEW_INITRAMFS_FILE" "/boot/$NEW_INITRAMFS_SYMLINK"
+ln -s -f "$NEW_INITRAMFS_FILE" "/boot/$NEW_INITRAMFS_SYMLINK"
 
 echo "Default kernel and initramfs are now: $NEW_LINUX_FILE, $NEW_INITRAMFS_FILE"