Very Computer

I have /opt as a link to /serv/opt on several of my server (I was
short on disk space in root partition).

Yesterday I installed IP-filter package (version 3.4.20, I built it
from source on one server and copied package that was automatically
built during make to all the rest).

During installation of IP-filter package ("pkgadd -d ipf.pkg ipfx;
pkgadd -d ipf.pkg ipf") link /opt was deleted and brand new directory
/opt was recreated instead.

I'm not sure if this is bug in pkgadd (shouldn't it follow symbolic
links instead of destroying them) or if it is problem with ipf
package?  Anybody with similar experiences?

/opt was easily repairable, but what if I had /usr as a link to
another partition (and if it got removed this way)?

--

Opinions expressed herein are my own.
Statements included here may be fiction rather than truth.

Quote:>...
>During installation of IP-filter package ("pkgadd -d ipf.pkg ipfx;
>pkgadd -d ipf.pkg ipf") link /opt was deleted and brand new directory
>/opt was recreated instead.

It should have asked you about that, and presumably, you hit 'y' ?

Quote:>I'm not sure if this is bug in pkgadd (shouldn't it follow symbolic
>links instead of destroying them) or if it is problem with ipf
>package?

It's a problem with you making /opt a link, instead of a mountpoint.
You should have made it an lofs mountpoint instead of doing a link

Quote:>/opt was easily repairable, but what if I had /usr as a link to
>another partition (and if it got removed this way)?

Then you would have deserved what you got, since you shouldnt be messing
with /usr this way either :-)

--
[Trim the no-bots from my address to reply to me by email!]
[ Do NOT email-CC me on posts. Pick one or the other.]

http://www.spamlaws.com/state/ca1.html