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From: Sheldon Hearn <axl@iafrica.com>
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Subject: Enabling Softupdates with symlinks?
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 14:20:21 +0200
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Hi there,

LINT says this:

# Allow the FFS to use Softupdates technology.
# To do this you need to copy the two files
# /sys/ufs/ffs/softdep.h and /sys/ufs/ffs/ffs_softdep.c
# from /usr/src/contrib/sys/softupdates
# and understand the licensing restrictions.
# You should also check on the FreeBSD website for newer versions.
#options                SOFTUPDATES

If I follow these isntructions and cp the files, I need to repeat the
procedure any time the softupdates code is changed.

Is it not feasible to use symbolic links to the files in the softupdates
directory instead? i.e.:

cd /sys/ufs/ffs
ln -s /usr/src/contrib/sys/softupdates/softdep.h
ln -s /usr/src/contrib/sys/softupdates/ffs_softdep.h

This would require less thinking later on.

Thanks,
Sheldon.

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