Re: cpio problem in Mandriva 2005

Chris Gianelloni <[email protected]> Tue, 10 May 2005 08:47:04 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.linux.pxes.devel
Organization Gentoo Linux
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, 2005-05-10 at 14:59 +1000, Ben wrote:
> It appears Mandriva 2005 (Mandrake 10.2) has problems with cpio and symlinks.  It copies the file
> rather than the link.
> 
> Find attached a patch to make 'pxesconfig-1.0-7' use tar instead of cpio.

Gentoo had a similar problem with their older versions of cpio.  The
latest cpio release resolves this issue.  It would probably also be a
good idea to inform Mandriva that their package has this problem, as
they might upgrade it, saving others from the same headache.

-- 
Chris Gianelloni
Release Engineering - Strategic Lead/QA Manager
Games - Developer
Gentoo Linux
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