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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 12:35:58 -0800
From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To: Ben Jackson <ben@ben.com>
Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: preventing cvsup from replacing /usr/ports symlink?
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On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 12:28:14PM -0800, Ben Jackson wrote:
> My /usr/ports is a symlink to another filesystem (/a/ports).  Last night
> cvsup nuked that symlink and filled my root filesystem with ports.  How
> do I avoid that?
> 
> Do I need to add a line `*default prefix=/a' just before `ports-all' in
> the cvsupfile?

That should do it.
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Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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