Bug 147353

Summary:	portage-2.1.1 - Allow symlink overlay
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	Alon Bar-Lev (RETIRED) <alonbl>
Component:	Enhancement/Feature Requests	Assignee:	Portage team <dev-portage>
Status:	VERIFIED NEEDINFO
Severity:	minor
Priority:	High
Version:	2.1
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Alon Bar-Lev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-09-12 11:51:12 UTC

When overlay points to a symlink you get the following message:
!!! Invalid PORTDIR_OVERLAY (not a dir): '/usr/local/ase-portage'

Please modify ./pym/portage.py so that overlay can be symlinks too.

Thanks!

Comment 1 Marius Mauch (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-01-11 08:28:41 UTC

Not sure if just extending the check wouldn't break something else. Path handling is known to be fragile when it comes to symlinks.

Comment 2 Zac Medico gentoo-dev

2007-01-12 07:42:22 UTC

It should work as long as the target of the symlink is an existing directory.

Comment 3 Alon Bar-Lev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-01-13 02:19:49 UTC

Well... It used to not work...
But in the latest portage it works... Checked.
Thanks.

Comment 4 Zac Medico gentoo-dev

2007-01-13 02:51:52 UTC

Okay, good.