impossible to compile firefox when WRKDIRPREFIX is used

[Erich Dollansky]

Hi,

On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 05:55:30 +0200
Jan Beich <jbeich at vfemail.net> wrote:

> Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist at alogt.com> writes:
> 
> >> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=206980  
> [...]
> > Before I have been able to built firefox without WRKDIRPREFIX in the
> > same shell. The same error happens in a fresh shell. If it matters,
> > I believe that 37 was the last version I could built with
> > WRKDIRPREFIX.  
> 
> Did you actually read that bug? It builds fine with WRKDIRPREFIX

I stumbled over this:

PACKAGES=/home/david/portbuildpkg

> defined or pkg-fallout@ would complain as poudriere relies on
> WRKDIRPREFIX working correctly. So, the issue is only with symlinks
> and the most egregious example is a historic quirk FreeBSD cannot get
> rid of. ;\
> 
> I may need to file a bug upstream but it's a low priority because why
> one would want a symlink for MOZ_OBJDIR if they can override it via
> environment.

Why did it work earlier?

Erich