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List:       freebsd-ia64
Subject:    Re: mer
From:       Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt () mac ! com>
Date:       2009-12-17 19:27:24
Message-ID: 3A92639A-47A1-4EB8-953C-E21542E6F083 () mac ! com
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On Dec 17, 2009, at 4:54 AM, Marc Lörner wrote:

> > Recently, mergemaster on ia64 offers this after installworld:
> > 
> > 
> > *** The installed file /boot has the type "symbolic link"
> > but the new version has the type "directory"
> > 
> > How would you like to handle this?
> > 
> > Use 'r' to remove /boot
> > You will be able to install it as a "directory"
> > 
> > Use 'i' to ignore this
> > 
> > How to proceed? [i]
> > 
> > 
> > I think it didn't ask this question before.
> > Is this just a generic, non ia64 specific, question?
> > /boot on ia64 must be a symbolic link, right?
> 
> This link was and is needed for ia64 for compliance with build/installkernel \
> because ia64-kernel resides on the efi-partition. 
> I think this was forgotten to implement for ia64's mergemaster.

Correct. It's also not possible to add /boot to IGNORE_FILES for
some reason. I tried that and it still complained. I guess it
only works for files and not directories.

-- 
Marcel Moolenaar
xcllnt@mac.com



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