Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 12:39:17 +1000 (EST) From: jason andrade <jason@dstc.edu.au> To: Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> Cc: hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to copy packages-4.6.2-release tree to packages-4-stable ? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0208211234520.2498-100000@sunburn.dstc.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <20020821112255R.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Makoto Matsushita wrote: > matusita> Imagine that a mirror site puts packages-4-stable/ directory > matusita> to its own partition, since packages are big enough. > > And yet another people do NFS mount the directory from their local ftp > mirror to their own machines. In this case, changing directory to > symlink makes some troubles. > > If packages-4-stable becomes symlink (and don't turn back to > directory) for now, that's OK. But symlink -> directory -> symlink -> > directory -> ... never ending transition is unwelcome. sorry, i hadn't considered either of those scenarios. in the case of nfs mounting, i believe it should still work unless each package tree is actually in a separate partition (is anyone really doing that on a per package tree basis ?) if you export a symlink it should simply be exporting the directory you point it at.. in terms of stability, yes i agree, changing stuff back and forth is extremely unwelcome so hopefully this means a change isn't needed for a while.. regards, -jason To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hubs" in the body of the message
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