Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:34:17 +0100 From: Oliver Lehmann <lehmann@ans-netz.de> To: lupe@lupe-christoph.de (Lupe Christoph) Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] perl symlinks in /usr/bin will be gone Message-ID: <20050130123417.05d78230.lehmann@ans-netz.de> In-Reply-To: <20050130110210.GD8882@lupe-christoph.de> References: <20050129202425.GA56998@heechee.tobez.org> <20050130100316.GC8882@lupe-christoph.de> <41FCB39C.5010000@sci.kun.nl> <20050130110210.GD8882@lupe-christoph.de>
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Lupe Christoph wrote: > 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". > the funny thing is, when the symlink won't go away during uninstall, and you setup a freshly new 6 system, you have 2 different systems. one will run your perl scripts, and one doesn't ;) -- Oliver Lehmann http://www.pofo.de/ http://wishlist.ans-netz.de/
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