RE: [cobalt-users] Software update for those who aren't receiving from the list (fwd)

["Jim Carey" <ozbcoz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Here's what happened when I installed the log patch on top of my
> manual fix:
> The package changed my symbolic link for the reports folder in
> /usr/admserv/html/.cobalt/ to point to /home/.cobalt/report.
> Due to the manual fix, it was previously pointing to /home/webdata.
>
> Going and checking out the spiffy new /home/.cobalt folder, I
> find out that the 'report' folder there is yet another symbolic
> link pointing to - you guessed it - /home/webdata.
>
> >From shell:
> while in /usr/admserv/html/.cobalt:
> Pre-package: report -> /home/webdata
> Post-package:  Sep  5 07:43 report -> /home/.cobalt/report
> [root .cobalt]# cd /home/.cobalt
> [root .cobalt]# ls -la
> total 2
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         1024 Sep  5 07:43 .
> drwxr-xr-x  19 root     root         1024 Sep  5 07:43 ..
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           13 Sep  5 07:43 report ->
> /home/webdata
>
> Sheesh. Ring around the rosie. At least it didn't break anything.

so applying this on top of the manual fix is ok ? - just doesn't effectively
change anything other than the record of which packages you have installed
and an additional symbolic link in the chain ?

cheers

Jim Carey
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