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[Anton Shterenlikht]

Recently, mergemaster on ia64 offers this after installworld:


*** The installed file /boot has the type "symbolic link"
but the new version has the type "directory"

How would you like to handle this?

Use 'r' to remove /boot
You will be able to install it as a "directory"

Use 'i' to ignore this

How to proceed? [i]


I think it didn't ask this question before.
Is this just a generic, non ia64 specific, question?
/boot on ia64 must be a symbolic link, right?

[Marc Lörner]

Post by Anton Shterenlikht
*** The installed file /boot has the type "symbolic link"
but the new version has the type "directory"
How would you like to handle this?
Use 'r' to remove /boot
You will be able to install it as a "directory"
Use 'i' to ignore this
How to proceed? [i]
I think it didn't ask this question before.
Is this just a generic, non ia64 specific, question?
/boot on ia64 must be a symbolic link, right?

This link was and is needed for ia64 for compliance with build/installkernel because ia64-kernel resides on the efi-partition.

I think this was forgotten to implement for ia64's mergemaster.

Regards,
Marc

[Marcel Moolenaar]

Post by Marc Lörner

Post by Anton Shterenlikht
*** The installed file /boot has the type "symbolic link"
but the new version has the type "directory"
How would you like to handle this?
Use 'r' to remove /boot
You will be able to install it as a "directory"
Use 'i' to ignore this
How to proceed? [i]
I think it didn't ask this question before.
Is this just a generic, non ia64 specific, question?
/boot on ia64 must be a symbolic link, right?

This link was and is needed for ia64 for compliance with build/installkernel because ia64-kernel resides on the efi-partition.
I think this was forgotten to implement for ia64's mergemaster.

Correct. It's also not possible to add /boot to IGNORE_FILES for
some reason. I tried that and it still complained. I guess it
only works for files and not directories.