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Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 12:42:48 -0400
From: Diane Bruce <db@db.net>
To: Jamie Landeg-Jones <jamie@catflap.org>
Cc: multimedia@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: multimedia/ffmpeg fails if symbolic links in path
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On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 05:15:57PM +0100, Jamie Landeg-Jones wrote:
> multimedia/ffmpeg fails if symbolic links in path

It's an easy fix. It could easily be put into our ports infrastructure.

Basically you need a `realpath ${PATH}` then cpio through that instead.


Diane
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