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["Marc Lörner"]

>Recently, mergemaster on ia64 offers this after installworld:
>
>
>*** The installed file /boot has the type "symbolic link"
>    but the new version has the type "directory"
>
>    How would you like to handle this?
>
>    Use 'r' to remove /boot
>    You will be able to install it as a "directory"
>
>    Use 'i' to ignore this
>
>    How to proceed? [i]
>
>
>I think it didn't ask this question before.
>Is this just a generic, non ia64 specific, question?
>/boot on ia64 must be a symbolic link, right?

This link was and is needed for ia64 for compliance with build/installkernel because ia64-kernel resides on the efi-partition.

I think this was forgotten to implement for ia64's mergemaster.

Regards,
Marc
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