tar and the symlinks
ZXPLESPAC001, Ext
ext.zxplespac001@astrium.eads.net
Mon Jul 5 10:54:00 GMT 2004
Hi,
I (tried to) read the FAQ carefully and did'nt find a clue.
The problem is for the packaging of applications that install
some of their files in a directory that is a link.
On NT4 I have a strange behavior: the directory is hidding
the link and the files didn't mix. OK, I know that my english is not
very clear (sorry but I'm french :->), so let's explain with an
example:
1/ I am porting the xlockmore application. This is an X11 program
and after being compiled and configured the X11 resource files
will be installed in $prefix/lib/X11/app-defaults (prefix is /usr/X11R6)
2/ I package the file within a bzip2 compress tar-ball, and this tar
(for example for the motif GUI xmlock) contains:
usr/
usr/X11R6/
usr/X11R6/bin/
usr/X11R6/bin/xmlock.exe
usr/X11R6/lib/
usr/X11R6/lib/X11/
usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/
usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XmLock
3/ after using setup to install this package I have in /usr/X11R6
a directory named app-defaults (which is "hiding" the symlink for the
initial app-defaults which is a link to /etc/X11/app-defaults and is
created when installing xorg):
# Before tar xvjf
[zxplespac001@t09258]$ cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/
[zxplespac001@t09258]$ ll
total 93
-rwxrwxrwx+ 1 zxplespa ???????? 36378 Apr 6 21:00 XErrorDB
-rwxrwxrwx+ 1 zxplespa ???????? 8298 Apr 6 21:00 XKeysymDB
-rwxrwxrwx+ 1 zxplespa ???????? 1736 Apr 6 21:00 Xcms.txt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 zxplespa Domain U 21 Apr 19 12:21 app-defaults ->
/etc/X11/app-defaults
drwxrwxrwt+ 2 zxplespa ???????? 0 Apr 19 12:20 config
drwxrwxrwt+ 3 zxplespa ???????? 0 Apr 19 12:21 doc
drwxrwxrwt+ 11 zxplespa ???????? 0 May 11 16:50 fonts
lrwxrwxrwx 1 zxplespa Domain U 11 Apr 19 12:21 fs -> /etc/X11/fs
lrwxrwxrwx 1 zxplespa Domain U 17 Apr 19 12:21 lbxproxy ->
/etc/X11/lbxproxy
drwxrwxrwt+ 54 zxplespa ???????? 20480 Apr 19 12:21 locale
drwxrwxrwt+ 2 zxplespa ???????? 0 Jun 28 09:46 mwm
lrwxrwxrwx 1 zxplespa Domain U 18 Apr 19 12:21 proxymngr ->
/etc/X11/proxymngr
-rwxrwxrwx+ 1 zxplespa ???????? 17371 Apr 6 21:01 rgb.txt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 zxplespa Domain U 15 Apr 19 12:21 rstart ->
/etc/X11/rstart
lrwxrwxrwx 1 zxplespa Domain U 12 Apr 19 12:21 twm -> /etc/X11/twm
drwxrwxrwt+ 2 zxplespa ???????? 0 Apr 19 12:21 x11perfcomp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 zxplespa Domain U 12 Apr 19 12:21 xdm -> /etc/X11/xdm
drwxrwxrwt+ 3 zxplespa ???????? 0 Apr 19 12:21 xedit
lrwxrwxrwx 1 zxplespa Domain U 14 Apr 19 12:21 xinit ->
/etc/X11/xinit
lrwxrwxrwx 1 zxplespa Domain U 12 Apr 19 12:21 xkb -> /etc/X11/xkb
drwxrwxrwt+ 3 zxplespa Domain U 0 Apr 28 17:32 xlock
-rwxrwxrwx+ 1 zxplespa ???????? 8305 Apr 6 21:02 xman.help
lrwxrwxrwx 1 zxplespa Domain U 16 Apr 19 12:21 xserver ->
/etc/X11/xserver
lrwxrwxrwx 1 zxplespa Domain U 12 Apr 19 12:21 xsm -> /etc/X11/xsm
# After tar
[zxplespac001@t09258]$ ll
total 145
-rwxrwxrwx+ 1 zxplespa ???????? 36378 Apr 6 21:00 XErrorDB
-rwxrwxrwx+ 1 zxplespa ???????? 8298 Apr 6 21:00 XKeysymDB
-rwxrwxrwx+ 1 zxplespa ???????? 1736 Apr 6 21:00 Xcms.txt
drwxr-xr-x+ 2 zxplespa Domain U 0 Apr 28 16:34 app-defaults
drwxrwxrwt+ 2 zxplespa ???????? 36864 Apr 19 12:20 config
drwxrwxrwt+ 3 zxplespa ???????? 0 Apr 19 12:21 doc
drwxrwxrwt+ 11 zxplespa ???????? 4096 May 11 16:50 fonts
lrwxrwxrwx 1 zxplespa Domain U 11 Apr 19 12:21 fs -> /etc/X11/fs
lrwxrwxrwx 1 zxplespa Domain U 17 Apr 19 12:21 lbxproxy ->
/etc/X11/lbxproxy
drwxrwxrwt+ 54 zxplespa ???????? 20480 Apr 19 12:21 locale
drwxrwxrwt+ 2 zxplespa ???????? 4096 Jun 28 09:46 mwm
lrwxrwxrwx 1 zxplespa Domain U 18 Apr 19 12:21 proxymngr ->
/etc/X11/proxymngr
-rwxrwxrwx+ 1 zxplespa ???????? 17371 Apr 6 21:01 rgb.txt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 zxplespa Domain U 15 Apr 19 12:21 rstart ->
/etc/X11/rstart
lrwxrwxrwx 1 zxplespa Domain U 12 Apr 19 12:21 twm -> /etc/X11/twm
drwxrwxrwt+ 2 zxplespa ???????? 4096 Apr 19 12:21 x11perfcomp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 zxplespa Domain U 12 Apr 19 12:21 xdm -> /etc/X11/xdm
drwxrwxrwt+ 3 zxplespa ???????? 0 Apr 19 12:21 xedit
lrwxrwxrwx 1 zxplespa Domain U 14 Apr 19 12:21 xinit ->
/etc/X11/xinit
lrwxrwxrwx 1 zxplespa Domain U 12 Apr 19 12:21 xkb -> /etc/X11/xkb
drwxrwxrwt+ 3 zxplespa Domain U 4096 Apr 28 17:32 xlock
-rwxrwxrwx+ 1 zxplespa ???????? 8305 Apr 6 21:02 xman.help
lrwxrwxrwx 1 zxplespa Domain U 16 Apr 19 12:21 xserver ->
/etc/X11/xserver
lrwxrwxrwx 1 zxplespa Domain U 12 Apr 19 12:21 xsm -> /etc/X11/xsm
[zxplespac001@t09258]$ ls app-defaults/
XmLock
The real question is : do I have to know when I prepare my package that
some directories are symlinks (it's pretty easy for the app-defaults
problem) ?
Or do untar or setup have to be modified to manage the existence of symlinks
in the directory tree ?
--
Eric Lassauge <lassauge AT users.sourceforge.net>
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