From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Mar 26 15:46:44 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from wall.polstra.com (rtrwan160.accessone.com [206.213.115.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1D8E37B718 for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 15:46:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@wall.polstra.com) Received: from vashon.polstra.com (vashon.polstra.com [206.213.73.13]) by wall.polstra.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f2QNkbV97238; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 15:46:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@wall.polstra.com) Received: (from jdp@localhost) by vashon.polstra.com (8.11.3/8.11.0) id f2QNkX802713; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 15:46:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp) Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 15:46:33 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200103262346.f2QNkX802713@vashon.polstra.com> To: stable@freebsd.org From: John Polstra Reply-To: stable@freebsd.org Cc: brooks@one-eyed-alien.net Subject: Re: /usr/ports symlink disappears In-Reply-To: <20010326153934.A29630@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <200103262336.f2QNaRE37653@wattres.Watt.COM> <20010326153934.A29630@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article <20010326153934.A29630@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 03:36:27PM -0800, Steve Watt wrote: > > Actually, I got bitten some time ago, during a cvsup. It appears > > that cvsup doesn't care for having /usr/ports a symlink, and blows it > > away and re-checks out everything. > > Point cvsup at the actual location. I'm pretty sure the cvsup author > knows about the problem. I've heard it reported enough times to be fully convinced it is a bona fide problem. But I have never found a way to reproduce it myself. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence." -- Chögyam Trungpa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message