svn commit: r569287 - in head/devel/bitkeeper: . files

[Cy Schubert]

In message <YF66FcdDyGSZ7Ur+ at urd.tobik.me>, Tobias Kortkamp writes:
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> On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 02:44:59AM +0000, Cy Schubert wrote:
> > Author: cy
> > Date: Sat Mar 27 02:44:58 2021
> > New Revision: 569287
> > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/569287
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> > Log:
> >   devel/bitkeeper: Symlink to bin/bk does not work
> >  =20
> >   The bitkeeper binary, bk, checks whether the path from which it was
> >   executed is a symbolic link and if it is, it terminates with an error.
> >   Remove the symlink and add a pkg-message telling the user to add
> >   ${LOCALBASE}/bitkeeper/bin to their path.
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> Just thinking out loud but would a simple wrapper script not work here?
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> #!/bin/sh
> export PATH=3D"/usr/local/bitkeeper/bin:${PATH}"
> exec /usr/local/bitkeeper/bin/bk "$@"

Yes, I should have known better, no excuses. It's been a late night and 
long week. A handy trick from UNIX Power Tools.


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