Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 00:19:40 +0100 From: Hans Ottevanger <hansot@iae.nl> To: qa@freebsd.org Cc: re@freebsd.org Subject: 4.5 RC2 and "@LongLink" Message-ID: <3C4B508C.28FF02D@iae.nl>
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Hi folks, I have been doing a few installations of 4.5 RC2 from CDROM today. There were no real surprises, except that a file "/usr/@LongLink" appears when the ports distribution is installed, during or after installation (using /stand/sysinstall). It has mode 0 and date Jan 1, 1970. The contents of this file is: ports/x11-toolkits/py-wxPython/files/patch-contrib::stc::contrib::src::stc:: \ scintilla::src::PosRegExp.cxx as a single string, followed by a '\0'. I think this file is created due to the fact that the ports distribution is unpacked with cpio, and packed with tar during the release build. Cpio cannot read filenames longer than 100 characters, at least not in the way tar deals with them. And of course the content of the @LongLink file is a filename of 105 characters. The file itself is unpacked into /usr/ports, but its name is truncated. BTW it is the only file with a name longer than 100 characters in the whole ports distribution. Maybe this can still be fixed before 4.5 RELEASE, otherwise it would need some explanation for the innocent end user. Kind regards, Hans To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message
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