Re: LongLink

From: Bruce A. Mah (bmahfreebsd.org)
Date: Sun Sep 07 2003 - 17:25:52 CDT

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If memory serves me right, Randy Bush wrote:
> >>> what does 'file' tell you?
> >>>> what the heck is
> >>>> # ls -li /usr/\LongLink
> >>>> 3 ---------- 1 root wheel 111 Jan 1 1970 /usr/LongLink
> >> LongLink: ASCII text, with no line terminators
> >> what disturbs me is the inode number
> > What does
> > find / -inum 3 -ls
> > show it linked to ?
>
> <doh> but it does not make me more clueful

[snip]

> it's the only inode 3 on /usr

We used to have this problem with extremely long (>100 characters or so)
pathnames in the ports tree, almost always patch files. Part of the
problem was that we used GNU tar to create an archive that was then
unpacked using cpio (in sysinstall). I remember dealing with this twice
since joining the RE team. Not sure if that's related to your
situation, tho'.

Bruce.

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