From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 17 20:31:45 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2417C16A407 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 20:31:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeppe@bundsgaard.net) Received: from smtp1.galnet.dk (smtp1.odense.galnet.dk [85.218.129.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B4A543CA4 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 20:31:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jeppe@bundsgaard.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.galnet.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0477DE0600 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:31:42 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp1.galnet.dk ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp1.galnet.dk [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 39800-04 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:31:39 +0100 (CET) Received: from JeppeB.bundsgaard.net (unknown [85.218.137.245]) by smtp1.galnet.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFA38E0625 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:31:38 +0100 (CET) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:31:38 +0100 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Jeppe Bundsgaard Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Message-Id: <20061217203138.EFA38E0625@smtp1.galnet.dk> X-Virus-Scanned: by galnet.dk Subject: rm -f doesn't delete symlink X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 20:31:45 -0000 Hi, I am trying to upgrade to FreeBSD 6.1. But when I run installworld it halts when trying to create a symlink: /sys. Just before the error the script tries to delete the old symlink with: rm -f /sys. But this doesn't delete the symlink. No flags are set on /sys. Anybody got any idea what is wrong? Thanks. Jeppe