From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ry3zo-0003ZR-Jt for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:15:48 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A468AE0D2D; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:15:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21B94E0C67 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:14:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lpp01m010-f53.google.com ([209.85.215.53]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ry3yT-001uLF-VY for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:14:26 +0700 Received: by lahd3 with SMTP id d3so2949274lah.40 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:14:19 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.152.132.130 with SMTP id ou2mr2418250lab.44.1329408859525; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:14:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.112.38.194 with HTTP; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:14:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.112.38.194 with HTTP; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:14:19 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20120216133826.7d642134@digimed.co.uk> References: <53f772f8762eb4f7a7a41072e795a3ba.squirrel@www.antarean.org> <4F3CE471.6070606@binarywings.net> <20120216115729.32320958@digimed.co.uk> <20120216133826.7d642134@digimed.co.uk> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:14:19 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can no longer use symlinks in /etc/init.d with openrc-0.9.8.4 ? From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d043089b4d550e204b9171e1d X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: f1a973b3-da76-4145-8d4f-39d0cbe13e6c X-Archives-Hash: 878e41b9800fc6b12ac1c2cae091f961 --f46d043089b4d550e204b9171e1d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Feb 16, 2012 8:41 PM, "Neil Bothwick" wrote: > > On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:35:50 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > > Or use a hardlink instead of a symlink. > > > I tend to stay away from hardlinks; ls IIRC can't differentiate between > > hardlinks and normal files. > > There is no difference. A normal file entry in a directory is still a > hardlink, what we generally call hardlinks are just additional copies, > it's all the same file. > > > Thus, there's a possibility that I forgot > > and accidentally change the one in /opt, which then get pushed to > > bitbucket. > > It doesn't matter where you change it when there's only one file. It > means you can put the file where openrc seems to want it and keep it in > your separate directory as you want. > What I meant was, I rely on ls to remind me (or other sysadmins) that the file is special and should not be edited willy-nilly. That's because the wallmator package is still under development, and it's synchronized between firewalls using mercurial. I don't want a well-meaning but misguided minion to 'taint' the mercurial repo. > However, if symlinks have stopped working, there was either a conscious > design decision or you've found a new bug. > > Do you think I should bring this question to -dev, or file a bug? Rgds, --f46d043089b4d550e204b9171e1d Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8


On Feb 16, 2012 8:41 PM, "Neil Bothwick" <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:35:50 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote:
>
> > > Or use a hardlink instead of a symlink.
>
> > I tend to stay away from hardlinks; ls IIRC can't differentiate between
> > hardlinks and normal files.
>
> There is no difference. A normal file entry in a directory is still a
> hardlink, what we generally call hardlinks are just additional copies,
> it's all the same file.
>
> > Thus, there's a possibility that I forgot
> > and accidentally change the one in /opt, which then get pushed to
> > bitbucket.
>
> It doesn't matter where you change it when there's only one file. It
> means you can put the file where openrc seems to want it and keep it in
> your separate directory as you want.
>

What I meant was, I rely on ls to remind me (or other sysadmins) that the file is special and should not be edited willy-nilly.

That's because the wallmator package is still under development, and it's synchronized between firewalls using mercurial.

I don't want a well-meaning but misguided minion to 'taint' the mercurial repo.

> However, if symlinks have stopped working, there was either a conscious
> design decision or you've found a new bug.
>
>

Do you think I should bring this question to -dev, or file a bug?

Rgds,

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