--- /dev/null
+From c5054b215089f9e3cdc9602232649c2b5b1de743 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 08:58:04 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH] build: Allow to install over dirty dir
+
+Before commit e98cef6f3f8c ("make: install/uninstall tools symlinks to
+kmod") it was possible to call `make install DESTDIR=<dir>` multiple
+times. Use `ln -sf` so the symlink is always re-created.
+
+It would be preferred to remove install in an empty dir, but there's
+not a bad consequence of re-using the same, so let the user decide.
+Fixes the following errors while installing for the second time:
+
+ ln: failed to create symbolic link '/tmp/inst/usr/bin/insmod': File exists
+ ln: failed to create symbolic link '/tmp/inst/usr/bin/lsmod': File exists
+ ln: failed to create symbolic link '/tmp/inst/usr/bin/rmmod': File exists
+ ln: failed to create symbolic link '/tmp/inst/usr/bin/depmod': File exists
+ ln: failed to create symbolic link '/tmp/inst/usr/bin/modprobe': File exists
+ ln: failed to create symbolic link '/tmp/inst/usr/bin/modinfo': File exists
+ make[3]: *** [Makefile:2679: install-exec-hook] Error 1
+ make[2]: *** [Makefile:2553: install-exec-am] Error 2
+ make[1]: *** [Makefile:2439: install-am] Error 2
+ make: *** [Makefile:1848: install-recursive] Error 1
+
+Closes: https://github.com/kmod-project/kmod/issues/35
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/kmod-project/kmod/commit/c5054b215089f9e3cdc9602232649c2b5b1de743]
+---
+ Makefile.am | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ install-exec-hook:
+ fi
+ if BUILD_TOOLS
+ for tool in insmod lsmod rmmod depmod modprobe modinfo; do \
+- $(LN_S) kmod $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$tool; \
++ $(LN_S) -f kmod $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$tool; \
+ done
+ endif
+