Revert "some reverts"

This reverts commit 52ef3f8583d6daf2163a0faa799feacab75b87fd.
Revert "Revert "still not working, next try: remove symlinks first""

This reverts commit 6b4ccf11d1c2c0ea030e3a87ceec62335be7b67e.
Revert "Revert "Revert "still not working, next try: remove symlinks first"""

This reverts commit 9a9b0fd87d1528b744275e7cddf76b9eecbc0f3a.
Revert "Revert "Revert "force symlinks to be created"""

This reverts commit 861ca7b1ba2ef20b3923706060cd83dbecd4b571.
Revert "Revert "force symlinks to be created""

This reverts commit d3982b1c3b0d2beab0193a4ea5f4095bdae55c98.
Revert "Revert "still not working, next try: remove symlinks first""

This reverts commit ae40b54df23991fee86fe3d56a9e29209d02100f.
Revert "still not working, next try: remove symlinks first"

This reverts commit 62c5f949dc1e13ee0c2151f5ff98054a4bdcf767.
Revert "force symlinks to be created"

This reverts commit a6cc450077b663ced516a6530123cc6fbd95596c.