Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:09:12 +0000 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, CGiordano@ids.net Subject: Re: preventing cvsup from replacing /usr/ports symlink? Message-ID: <20010124110912.A2127@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <200101232308.f0NN8QT25018@vashon.polstra.com>; from jdp@polstra.com on Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 03:08:26PM -0800 References: <200101202028.f0KKSUr80758@saturn.home.ben.com> <20010121021117.A2300@snark.ptc.spbu.ru> <200101210047.f0L0lBq15592@vashon.polstra.com> <3A6C5E6C.3E84EAC0@ids.net> <200101232308.f0NN8QT25018@vashon.polstra.com>
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On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 03:08:26PM -0800, John Polstra wrote:
> Questions for those who have seen this happen:
>
> 1. You're using checkout mode, right?
Yes (but only the ports tree), the supfile entry looks like
ports-all prefix=/usr tag=.
I know I could change 'prefix', but the whole point of this disk
configuration is to enable me to flexibly move things around disks and
partitions without needing to update application config files.
> 2. Are you using "-s" on the cvsup command line?
No.
cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/supfile
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