Opened 19 years ago

Last modified 17 years ago

#7214 closed defect

Absolute symlinks in /opt/local/var/db/dports/build/... — at Initial Version

Reported by: n3npq@… Owned by: macports-tickets@…
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: base Version: 1.2
Keywords: Cc:
Port:

Description

Absolute symlinks prevent backup/restore of /opt to a different path.

Well "prevent" is too strong, but I believe relative links are more flexible and hence preferred.

PITA, yes.

$ ls -al /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X/opt/local/var/db/dports/build/_opt_local_var_db_dports_sources_rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports_kde_kde-i18n-fr/work/destroot/opt/local/share/doc/kde/fr/kruler/common lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 34 Jan 28 06:09 /Volumes/Mac OS X/opt/local/var/db/dports/build/_opt_local_var_db_dports_sources_rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports_kde_kde-i18n-fr/work/destroot/opt/local/share/doc/kde/fr/kruler/common -> /opt/local/share/doc/kde/fr/common

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