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Bug 330221 - etc-update clobbers symlinks
Summary: etc-update clobbers symlinks
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Portage Development
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Tools (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal
Assignee: Portage team
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Blocks: 485598
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Reported: 2010-07-28 13:20 UTC by Justus Ranvier
Modified: 2014-10-24 08:07 UTC (History)
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Description Justus Ranvier 2010-07-28 13:20:35 UTC 
Most of the files in my /etc/portage/package.* are symlinks to files stored on an NFS shared directory so that I only need to maintain one copy.

Whenever a profile update that changes package names comes around etc-update updates any affected files in /etc/portage/package.* but when it does so it overwrites the symlink with a regular file.

If etc-update encounters a symlink it should update the target instead of overwriting the link.

Reproducible: Always