Re: Latest "perl" package installs stray symbolic links

["OBATA Akio" <obache%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Hi,

On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:34:34 +0900, Matthias Scheler 
<tron%zhadum.org.uk@localhost> wrote:

> the latest version of the "perl" package in "pkgsrc" HEAD installs
> stray symbolic links:
>
> tron@lyssa:~>ls -l /usr/pkg/man/man1/perlmacosx.1
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  37 Feb 25 13:30 /usr/pkg/man/man1/perlmacosx.1 -> 
> ../../lib/perl5/man/man1/perlmacosx.1
> tron@lyssa:~>pkg_info -F /usr/pkg/man/man1/perlmacosx.1
> pkg_info: No matching pkg for /usr/pkg/man/man1/perlmacosx.1.
>
> I've no idea why a use destination directory build with "PKG_DELEVOPER" set
> to "yes" doesn't catch that.

Those symbolic links will be created with perllink(1) in pkg's POST-INSTALL 
phase.
(see perllink.in and {de,}install.tmpl in pkgsrc/lang/perl5/files)

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