462674 – sys-apps/openrc: installing breaks /etc/conf.d/net as symlink

Bug 462674 - sys-apps/openrc: installing breaks /etc/conf.d/net as symlink

Summary: sys-apps/openrc: installing breaks /etc/conf.d/net as symlink

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	OpenRC Team

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Blocks:	439098
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Reported:	2013-03-22 11:11 UTC by Fabio Erculiani (RETIRED)
Modified:	2013-08-23 16:19 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Fabio Erculiani (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-03-22 11:11:54 UTC

On my server systems, /etc/conf.d/net is a symlink to a git repository in where I locally keep the server configuration files.
Installing sys-apps/openrc breaks my symlink due to this piece of code in pkg_preinst:

        [[ -e "${EROOT}"etc/conf.d/net ]] && \
                cp "${EROOT}"etc/conf.d/net "${ED}"/etc/conf.d/

I should be changed to "cp -d" or "cp --no-dereference" or "cp --preserve=links".

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Robin Johnson archtester

2013-08-17 20:58:56 UTC

Actually, this code should be removed entirely.

Comment 2 William Hubbs gentoo-dev

2013-08-23 16:19:08 UTC

This was removed in OpenRC-0.12.