diff --git a/network/etcnet/etcnet-0.8.5-Makefile-ln.patch b/network/etcnet/etcnet-0.8.5-Makefile-ln.patch
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+++ b/network/etcnet/etcnet-0.8.5-Makefile-ln.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+# 
+# Filename: package/.../etcnet/etcnet-0.8.5-Makefile-ln.patch
+# Copyright (C) 2007 The OpenSDE Project
+# 
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+# 
+# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
+# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
+# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
+# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+--- etcnet-0.8.5/contrib/Makefile.orig	2007-03-01 21:00:33.000000000 +0200
++++ etcnet-0.8.5/contrib/Makefile	2007-03-01 21:02:02.000000000 +0200
+@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@
+ 
+ # 3. Create /sbin links.
+ 	@install -d $(sbindir)
+-	@ln -s ../etc/net/scripts/ifup $(sbindir)/ifup
+-	@ln -s ../etc/net/scripts/ifdown $(sbindir)/ifdown
++	@ln -sf ../etc/net/scripts/ifup $(sbindir)/ifup
++	@ln -sf ../etc/net/scripts/ifdown $(sbindir)/ifdown
+ 	@echo Done!