1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/share/examples/Makefile b/share/examples/Makefile
index 1e07279094c2..3591fc648403 100644
--- a/share/examples/Makefile
+++ b/share/examples/Makefile
@@ -8,10 +8,14 @@ DDIR=	${DESTDIR}/usr/share/examples
 
 NOOBJ=	noobj
 
+# Define SHARED to indicate whether you want symbolic links to the system
+# source (``symlinks''), or a separate copy (``copies''); (latter useful
+# in environments where it's not possible to keep /sys publicly readable)
+SHARED?=	copies
+
 all clean cleandir depend lint tags:
 
-beforeinstall: copies
-	(cd ${.CURDIR}/../../etc; ${MAKE} etc-examples)
+beforeinstall: etc-examples ${SHARED}
 
 .for dir in ${DIRS}
 FILES!=	find -L ${dir} \( -name CVS -prune \) -o -type f -print
@@ -21,4 +25,14 @@ copies::
 .endfor
 .endfor
 
+.for dir in ${DIRS}
+symlinks::
+	rm -rf ${DDIR}/${dir}; ln -s ${.CURDIR}/${dir} ${DDIR}
+.endfor
+
+etc-examples:
+.if ${SHARED} != "symlinks"
+	(cd ${.CURDIR}/../../etc; ${MAKE} etc-examples)
+.endif
+
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>