Index: etc/Makefile
===================================================================
--- etc/Makefile
+++ etc/Makefile
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@
 		echo "./etc/passwd type=file mode=0644 uname=root gname=wheel"; \
 		echo "./etc/pwd.db type=file mode=0644 uname=root gname=wheel"; \
 		echo "./etc/spwd.db type=file mode=0600 uname=root gname=wheel"; \
+		echo "./var/db/services.db type=file mode=0644 uname=root gname=wheel"; \
 	) | ${METALOG.add}
 .endif
 .if ${MK_AUTOFS} != "no"
@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@
 	    ${INSTALL} -o ${BINOWN} -g ${BINGRP} -m 644 \
 		dot.profile ${DESTDIR}/root/.profile; \
 	    rm -f ${DESTDIR}/.profile; \
-	    ln ${DESTDIR}/root/.profile ${DESTDIR}/.profile
+	    ${INSTALL_LINK} ${DESTDIR}/root/.profile ${DESTDIR}/.profile
 .if ${MK_TCSH} != "no"
 	cd ${.CURDIR}/root; \
 	    ${INSTALL} -o ${BINOWN} -g ${BINGRP} -m 644 \
@@ -285,14 +286,14 @@
 	    ${INSTALL} -o ${BINOWN} -g ${BINGRP} -m 644 \
 		dot.login ${DESTDIR}/root/.login; \
 	    rm -f ${DESTDIR}/.cshrc; \
-	    ln ${DESTDIR}/root/.cshrc ${DESTDIR}/.cshrc
+	    ${INSTALL_LINK} ${DESTDIR}/root/.cshrc ${DESTDIR}/.cshrc
 .endif
 .if ${MK_MAIL} != "no"
 	cd ${.CURDIR}/mail; ${INSTALL} -o ${BINOWN} -g ${BINGRP} -m 644 \
 	    ${ETCMAIL} ${DESTDIR}/etc/mail
 	if [ -d ${DESTDIR}/etc/mail -a -f ${DESTDIR}/etc/mail/aliases -a \
 	      ! -f ${DESTDIR}/etc/aliases ]; then \
-		ln -s mail/aliases ${DESTDIR}/etc/aliases; \
+		${INSTALL_SYMLINK} mail/aliases ${DESTDIR}/etc/aliases; \
 	fi
 .endif
 	${INSTALL} -o ${BINOWN} -g operator -m 664 /dev/null \
Index: usr.sbin/rmt/Makefile
===================================================================
--- usr.sbin/rmt/Makefile
+++ usr.sbin/rmt/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
 # called from /usr/src/etc/Makefile
 etc-rmt:
 	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/etc/rmt
-	ln -s ..${BINDIR}/rmt ${DESTDIR}/etc/rmt
+	${INSTALL_RSYMLINK} ..${BINDIR}/rmt ${DESTDIR}/etc/rmt
 
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>