mtree -L is broken due to unneded type=link additions to
BSD.*.dist
Andrey Chernov
ache at nagual.pp.ru
Tue Mar 30 06:16:36 PST 2004
On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 04:09:02PM +0200, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote:
>
> So what *is* the supported way to create and populate ${PREFIX}?
As you can see in bsd.port.mk, it is
make install-mtree
> and why didn't you protest this change when it was discussed on the
> lists? the conclusion of that discussion was "BSD.*.dist doesn't list
> symlinks because we thought mtree couldn't handle them"
I do that already. Kris ask me in private message about problems symlinks
can cause in BSD.*.dist. I explain that either -P or -L will be broken. He
resend my answer to interested parties. Apparently, you was not among
them.
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