From owner-freebsd-hubs Mon Aug 25 22:09:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA08187 for hubs-outgoing; Mon, 25 Aug 1997 22:09:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Campino.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE (campino.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE [137.226.116.240]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA08182 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 1997 22:09:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de (gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de [137.226.31.2]) by Campino.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE (RBI-Z-5/8.6.12) with ESMTP id HAA27637; Tue, 26 Aug 1997 07:10:17 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from kuku@localhost) by gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de (8.8.5/8.6.9) id HAA00943; Tue, 26 Aug 1997 07:14:21 +0200 (MEST) Message-ID: <19970826071420.26674@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 07:14:20 +0200 From: Christoph Kukulies To: John Polstra Cc: kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE, hubs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvsup prefix - References: <199708230924.LAA18832@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> <199708260435.VAA03057@austin.polstra.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81e In-Reply-To: <199708260435.VAA03057@austin.polstra.com>; from John Polstra on Mon, Aug 25, 1997 at 09:35:20PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, Aug 25, 1997 at 09:35:20PM -0700, John Polstra wrote: > In article <199708230924.LAA18832@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de>, > Christoph Kukulies wrote: > > > I'm getting something like > > > > "src is a symlink but should be a directory, check your prefix" > > > > from my cvsup client. > > > > The cvsup ran anyway . I changed the prefix accordingly > > but why this warning? > > If you are using checkout mode (tag=something or date=something), > then the warning is a bug. It will be gone in the next release. I was using: src-all release=cvs host=freefall.freebsd.org base=/usr hostbase=/home prefix=/usr delete old use-rel-suffix tag=. ports-all release=cvs host=freefall.freebsd.org base=/usr hostbase=/home prefix=/usr delete old use-rel-suffix tag=. > > If you are using CVS mode (no "tag" or "date" in your supfile), then > the warning is valid. In that mode, CVSup intends to preserve all > attributes possible for each file. If it has a directory but you > have a symlink, it complains. > > The "Announce" file for CVSup 15.1 discusses the topic in a little > bit more detail, in the section "Compatibility with Previous > Releases". > > John > -- > John Polstra jdp@polstra.com > John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA > "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth -- Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de