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Date:      Tue, 27 Mar 2001 02:10:01 +0200 (CEST)
From:      wolfgang@lyxys.ka.sub.org (Wolfgang Zenker)
To:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /usr/ports symlink disappears
Message-ID:  <m14hh3h-003pWYC@lyxys.ka.sub.org>
In-Reply-To: <200103262346.f2QNkX802713@vashon.polstra.com> "from John Polstra at Mar 26, 2001 03:46:33 pm"

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John Polstra wrote:
> 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.

The problem seems to happen only when your connection fails during cvsup
and cvsup restarts the connection.

Wolfgang

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