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From: Eduardo Viruena Silva <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx>
Subject: Re: i386/36546: absolute symbolic links in FreeBSD 4.5
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The following reply was made to PR i386/36546; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Eduardo Viruena Silva <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx>
To: Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org>
Cc: <bug-followup@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: i386/36546: absolute symbolic links in FreeBSD 4.5
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 02:18:23 -0600 (CST)

 On Sun, 31 Mar 2002, Makoto Matsushita wrote:
 
 > Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 17:08:02 +0900
 > From: Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org>
 > To: Eduardo Viruena Silva <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx>
 > Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
 > Subject: Re: i386/36546: absolute symbolic links in FreeBSD 4.5
 >
 >
 > mrspock>  Nevertheless, wouldn't be better to have relative symbolic links?
 >
 > Yes, but if relative symlink points the correct file/directory.
 >
 > Someone may want to setup as follows:
 >
 > 	mkdir /disk1
 > 	mkdir /disk2
 > 	mount /dev/xxx0a /disk1
 > 	mount /dev/xxx0b /disk2
 > 	cd /usr
 > 	(cd bin; tar cf - ) | (cd /disk1; tar xpf -); rm -rf bin
 > 	(cd sbin; tar cf - ) | (cd /disk2; tar xpf -); rm -rf sbin
 > 	ln -s /disk1 /usr/bin
 > 	ln -s /disk2 /usr/sbin
 >
 > In this example, if you change /usr/bin/mailq is a symlink to
 > ../sbin/mailwrapper, it is treated as /sbin/mailwrapper and it's wrong
 > location.  Yes this is a radical case, but it shows the potential
 > problem of using relative path symlink.
 
 oops!  yes, you are right again.
 please close my report.
 
 [I made two reports, one for ports/mtools and this one, please, close this
 one].
 
 >
 > -- -
 > Makoto `MAR' Matsushita
 >
 
 

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