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Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 16:12:57 -0500
From: Joe Krahn <krahn AT niehs DOT nih DOT gov>
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Subject: Installer bug with symlinks
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The installer can make a directory for new files even if there is 
already an existing directory symlink of the same name.

I discovered the problem when upgrading where I had a custom X11 build. 
I moved /usr/X11R6 to /usr/X11R6.dist, and made the symlink /usr/X11R6 
-> /usr/X11R6.build. When updating some packages with files in 
/usr/X11R6, I ended up with new files installed in /usr/X11R6 while the 
symlink name of the same name still existed.

Joe Krahn

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