>Number:         6937
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       pkg_add still doesn't like symbolic links very much
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Feb  3 12:50:01 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Rene Hexel
>Organization:
	
>Release:        1.3.3
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD idle 1.3.3 NetBSD 1.3.3 (IDLE) #77: Wed Jan 6 16:49:39 CET 1999 rh@idle:/usr/local/sys/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/IDLE i386


>Description:
	pkg_add does not recognize symbolic links within ${PREFIX}.
If a mandatory subdirectory (e.g. "man") is a symbolic link to a
directory located somewhere else, pkg_add tries to create the
corresponding directory (and fails).

	This is not a fatal error as it doesn't prevent pkg_add from 
actually installing the package, but it creates tons of error messages.


>How-To-Repeat:
	# cd /usr/pkg
	# mv man <somewhere_else>
	# ln -s <somewhere_else>/man .
	# pkg_add <some_package>
	missing: ./man (not created: File exists)
	missing: ./man/cat1 (not created: File exists)
	missing: ./man/cat2 (not created: File exists)
	missing: ./man/cat3 (not created: File exists)
	missing: ./man/cat4 (not created: File exists)
	missing: ./man/cat5 (not created: File exists)
	missing: ./man/cat6 (not created: File exists)
	missing: ./man/cat7 (not created: File exists)
	missing: ./man/cat8 (not created: File exists)
	missing: ./man/cat9 (not created: File exists)
	...

>Fix:
	Don't know, sorry.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: