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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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