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Date:      Mon, 26 Mar 2001 15:46:33 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        stable@freebsd.org
Cc:        brooks@one-eyed-alien.net
Subject:   Re: /usr/ports symlink disappears
Message-ID:  <200103262346.f2QNkX802713@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010326153934.A29630@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
References:  <200103262336.f2QNaRE37653@wattres.Watt.COM> <20010326153934.A29630@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>

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In article <20010326153934.A29630@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>,
Brooks Davis  <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> 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


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