Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 16:18:16 -0700 (PDT) From: "Ronald F.Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: rfg@tristatelogic.com Subject: bin/178604: pkg_info -g reports symlinks as missing when ther _are_ there Message-ID: <20130513231816.E108B3B2A2@segfault.tristatelogic.com> Resent-Message-ID: <201305132320.r4DNK2WW078660@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 178604 >Category: bin >Synopsis: pkg_info -g reports symlinks as missing when ther _are_ there >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon May 13 23:20:01 UTC 2013 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Ronald F. Guilmette >Release: FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE amd64 >Organization: entr0py >Environment: System: FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE amd64 >Description: If the "pkg_info -g" command is executed for a package/port whose installation included the creation of a symlink pointing to a non- existant file, then pkg_info will generate and print a misleading and incorrect error message saying that the (symlink) file in question "doesn't exist". This is misleading and incorrect. >How-To-Repeat: portsintstall ghostscript9-9.06_1 pkg_info -g ghostscript9-9.06_1 the result printed will include: pkg_info: /usr/local/share/ghostscript/9.06/Resource/CIDFont/fonts doesn't exist >Fix: Left as an exercise for the reader. But seriously folks, a proper fix should be fairly trivial. I will cook up patches, if requested. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:help
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