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On Wed, 7 Dec 2016 21:36:37 +0200, Thanasis wrote: |
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> > While you can untar it, that's a bit messy, and has caused problems |
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> > for me in the past (overwriting the /lib symlink with a directory. |
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> There is an option for tar, to *not overwrite* a symlinked directory, I |
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> think it's *h* |
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Unfortunately, I couldn't apply it retrospectively :( |
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Once I realised why everything was breaking, it was easy enough to |
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restore the symlink. |
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Even so, untarring a .tbz package is a brute force approach and should be |
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followed by emerging it properly, otherwise portage can be out of sync |
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with what is actually on the disk. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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