From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 30 11:02:22 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EDC116A4CE for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 11:02:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from buexe.b-5.de (buexe.b-5.de [80.148.32.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF90443D39 for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 11:02:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lupe@lupe-christoph.de) Received: from antalya.lupe-christoph.de (antalya.lupe-christoph.de [172.17.0.9])j0UB2K0L023264 for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:02:21 +0100 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antalya.lupe-christoph.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB4E1345FF for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:02:15 +0100 (CET) Received: from antalya.lupe-christoph.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (antalya [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 02377-02-2 for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:02:10 +0100 (CET) Received: by antalya.lupe-christoph.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 95150345FE; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:02:10 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:02:10 +0100 To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050130110210.GD8882@lupe-christoph.de> References: <20050129202425.GA56998@heechee.tobez.org> <20050130100316.GC8882@lupe-christoph.de> <41FCB39C.5010000@sci.kun.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41FCB39C.5010000@sci.kun.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i From: lupe@lupe-christoph.de (Lupe Christoph) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at lupe-christoph.de Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] perl symlinks in /usr/bin will be gone X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 11:02:22 -0000 On Sunday, 2005-01-30 at 11:14:52 +0100, Xander Damen wrote: > Why would upgraded systems cause problems? I don't think the > upgradesystem will delete any existing symlinks? 1) You upgrade to 6.x The symlink stays 2) You upgrade the perl port: 2a) The port is deinstalled. The symlink will probably be removed since this is 6.x. 2b) The new version of the port is installed, without /usr/bin/perl. I admit that 2a is not necessarily true, but I'm paranoid. It would mean that the symlink is *outside* pkg-plist on 5.x, causing the "dangling symlink problem". Lupe Christoph -- | lupe@lupe-christoph.de | http://www.lupe-christoph.de/ | | Ask not what your computer can do for you | | ask what you can do for your computer. |