Index: share/mk/bsd.own.mk
===================================================================
--- share/mk/bsd.own.mk	(revision 245617)
+++ share/mk/bsd.own.mk	(working copy)
@@ -181,6 +181,15 @@
 
 INCLUDEDIR?=	/usr/include
 
+#
+# install(1) parameters.
+#
+HRDLINK?=	-l h
+SYMLINK?=	-l s
+
+INSTALL_LINK?=		${INSTALL} ${HRDLINK}
+INSTALL_SYMLINK?=	${INSTALL} ${SYMLINK}
+
 # Common variables
 .if !defined(DEBUG_FLAGS)
 STRIP?=		-s
Index: share/mk/bsd.lib.mk
===================================================================
--- share/mk/bsd.lib.mk	(revision 245617)
+++ share/mk/bsd.lib.mk	(working copy)
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
 	@${ECHO} building shared library ${SHLIB_NAME}
 	@rm -f ${SHLIB_NAME} ${SHLIB_LINK}
 .if defined(SHLIB_LINK)
-	@ln -fs ${SHLIB_NAME} ${SHLIB_LINK}
+	@${INSTALL_SYMLINK} ${SHLIB_NAME} ${SHLIB_LINK}
 .endif
 .if !defined(NM)
 	@${CC} ${LDFLAGS} ${SSP_CFLAGS} ${SOLINKOPTS} \
@@ -309,9 +309,9 @@
 	    ${_INSTALLFLAGS} lib${LIB}.ld ${DESTDIR}${LIBDIR}/${SHLIB_LINK}
 .else
 .if ${SHLIBDIR} == ${LIBDIR}
-	ln -fs ${SHLIB_NAME} ${DESTDIR}${LIBDIR}/${SHLIB_LINK}
+	${INSTALL_SYMLINK} ${SHLIB_NAME} ${DESTDIR}${LIBDIR}/${SHLIB_LINK}
 .else
-	ln -fs ${_SHLIBDIRPREFIX}${SHLIBDIR}/${SHLIB_NAME} \
+	${INSTALL_SYMLINK} ${_SHLIBDIRPREFIX}${SHLIBDIR}/${SHLIB_NAME} \
 	    ${DESTDIR}${LIBDIR}/${SHLIB_LINK}
 .if exists(${DESTDIR}${LIBDIR}/${SHLIB_NAME})
 	-chflags noschg ${DESTDIR}${LIBDIR}/${SHLIB_NAME}
Index: share/mk/bsd.links.mk
===================================================================
--- share/mk/bsd.links.mk	(revision 245617)
+++ share/mk/bsd.links.mk	(working copy)
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 		t=${DESTDIR}$$1; \
 		shift; \
 		${ECHO} $$t -\> $$l; \
-		ln -f $$l $$t; \
+		${INSTALL_LINK} $$l $$t; \
 	done; true
 .endif
 .if defined(SYMLINKS) && !empty(SYMLINKS)
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@
 		t=${DESTDIR}$$1; \
 		shift; \
 		${ECHO} $$t -\> $$l; \
-		ln -fs $$l $$t; \
+		${INSTALL_SYMLINK} $$l $$t; \
 	done; true
 .endif
Index: share/mk/bsd.man.mk
===================================================================
--- share/mk/bsd.man.mk	(revision 245617)
+++ share/mk/bsd.man.mk	(working copy)
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
 		t=${DESTDIR}${MANDIR}$${sect}${MANSUBDIR}/$$name; \
 		${ECHO} $${t}${ZEXT} -\> $${l}${ZEXT}; \
 		rm -f $${t} $${t}${MCOMPRESS_EXT}; \
-		ln $${l}${ZEXT} $${t}${ZEXT}; \
+		${INSTALL_LINK} $${l}${ZEXT} $${t}${ZEXT}; \
 	done
 .if defined(MANBUILDCAT) && !empty(MANBUILDCAT)
 	@set ${MLINKS:C/\.([^.]*)$/.\1 \1/}; \
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
 		t=${DESTDIR}${CATDIR}$${sect}${MANSUBDIR}/$$name; \
 		${ECHO} $${t}${ZEXT} -\> $${l}${ZEXT}; \
 		rm -f $${t} $${t}${MCOMPRESS_EXT}; \
-		ln $${l}${ZEXT} $${t}${ZEXT}; \
+		${INSTALL_LINK} $${l}${ZEXT} $${t}${ZEXT}; \
 	done
 .endif
 .endif
Index: share/mk/bsd.info.mk
===================================================================
--- share/mk/bsd.info.mk	(revision 245617)
+++ share/mk/bsd.info.mk	(working copy)
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 
 .info.html:
 	${INFO2HTML} ${.IMPSRC}
-	ln -f ${.TARGET:R}.info.Top.html ${.TARGET}
+	${INSTALL_LINK} ${.TARGET:R}.info.Top.html ${.TARGET}
 
 .PATH: ${.CURDIR} ${SRCDIR}
 
Index: share/mk/bsd.incs.mk
===================================================================
--- share/mk/bsd.incs.mk	(revision 245617)
+++ share/mk/bsd.incs.mk	(working copy)
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 		t=${DESTDIR}$$1; \
 		shift; \
 		${ECHO} $$t -\> $$l; \
-		ln -fs $$l $$t; \
+		${INSTALL_SYMLINK} $$l $$t; \
 	done; true
 .endif
 .endif # !target(installincludes)
Index: etc/Makefile
===================================================================
--- etc/Makefile	(revision 245617)
+++ etc/Makefile	(working copy)
@@ -324,26 +324,29 @@
 		    -f $$m -p $$d; \
 		${MTREE_CMD} -deU ${MTREE_FOLLOWS_SYMLINKS} -f $$m -p $$d; \
 	done; true
-	ln -sfh usr/src/sys ${DESTDIR}/sys
+	${INSTALL_SYMLINK} usr/src/sys ${DESTDIR}/sys
 	cd ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man; \
 	for mandir in man*; do \
-		ln -sfh ../$$mandir ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/en.ISO8859-1/; \
-		ln -sfh ../$$mandir ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/en.UTF-8/; \
+		${INSTALL_SYMLINK} ../$$mandir \
+		    ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/en.ISO8859-1/; \
+		${INSTALL_SYMLINK} ../$$mandir \
+		    ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/en.UTF-8/; \
 	done
 	cd ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/openssl/man; \
 	for mandir in man*; do \
-		ln -sfh ../$$mandir \
+		${INSTALL_SYMLINK} ../$$mandir \
 		    ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/openssl/man/en.ISO8859-1/; \
 	done
 	set - `grep "^[a-zA-Z]" ${.CURDIR}/man.alias`; \
 	while [ $$# -gt 0 ] ; do \
-		ln -sfh "$$2" "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/$$1"; \
-		ln -sfh "$$2" "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/openssl/man/$$1"; \
+		${INSTALL_SYMLINK} "$$2" "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/$$1"; \
+		${INSTALL_SYMLINK} "$$2" \
+		    "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/openssl/man/$$1"; \
 		shift; shift; \
 	done
 	set - `grep "^[a-zA-Z]" ${.CURDIR}/nls.alias`; \
 	while [ $$# -gt 0 ] ; do \
-		ln -sfh "$$2" "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/nls/$$1"; \
+		${INSTALL_SYMLINK} "$$2" "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/nls/$$1"; \
 		shift; shift; \
 	done