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Date:      Sat, 20 Jan 2001 16:44:48 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        stable@freebsd.org
Cc:        ben@ben.com
Subject:   Re: preventing cvsup from replacing /usr/ports symlink?
Message-ID:  <200101210044.f0L0il715575@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <200101202028.f0KKSUr80758@saturn.home.ben.com>
References:  <200101202028.f0KKSUr80758@saturn.home.ben.com>

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In article <200101202028.f0KKSUr80758@saturn.home.ben.com>,
Ben Jackson  <ben@ben.com> wrote:
> My /usr/ports is a symlink to another filesystem (/a/ports).  Last night
> cvsup nuked that symlink and filled my root filesystem with ports.  How
> do I avoid that?
> 
> Do I need to add a line `*default prefix=/a' just before `ports-all' in
> the cvsupfile?

It would be better to change the ports-all line to:

    ports-all prefix=/a

Remember, a "*default" line changes the setting for all of the
collections following it in the supfile.

John
-- 
  John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence."  -- Chögyam Trungpa



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