Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 16:44:48 -0800 (PST) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: stable@freebsd.org Cc: ben@ben.com Subject: Re: preventing cvsup from replacing /usr/ports symlink? Message-ID: <200101210044.f0L0il715575@vashon.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <200101202028.f0KKSUr80758@saturn.home.ben.com> References: <200101202028.f0KKSUr80758@saturn.home.ben.com>
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In article <200101202028.f0KKSUr80758@saturn.home.ben.com>,
Ben Jackson <ben@ben.com> 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?
It would be better to change the ports-all line to:
ports-all prefix=/a
Remember, a "*default" line changes the setting for all of the
collections following it in the supfile.
John
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John Polstra jdp@polstra.com
John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA
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