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Date:      Thu, 12 Feb 2015 07:19:11 -0800
From:      Patrick Powell <papowell@astart.com>
To:        freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: /compat/linux and /usr/compat/linux
Message-ID:  <54DCC46F.5030301@astart.com>
In-Reply-To: <201502111823.t1BINXdp009344@higson.cam.lispworks.com>
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On 02/11/15 10:23, Martin Simmons wrote:
>>
> FWIW, the pre-9.0 installer (sysinstall) creates /usr/compat with /compat
> linked to it, but it bsdinstall doesn't.  See
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-emulation/2011-December/009339.html
>
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This is what I was wondering about.   So it happened wayback...

I suspect that creating a symbolic link from /compat to (say) /usr/compat or
/usr/local/compat would cause problems with ports and PKGng.   Not on 
installation
but on deletion and/or update.

Any comments from the freebsd-ports?

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