From 324bf88228b7be64814e99dd96ad73a204a5df63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zac Medico Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 14:01:26 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] protected_symlinks: suggest course of action See discussion in bug #423127. --- pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py b/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py index 786687079..34098eab1 100644 --- a/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py +++ b/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py @@ -2370,7 +2370,11 @@ class dblink(object): if protected_symlinks: msg = "One or more symlinks to directories have been " + \ "preserved in order to ensure that files installed " + \ - "via these symlinks remain accessible:" + "via these symlinks remain accessible. " + \ + "This indicates that the mentioned symlink(s) may " + \ + "be obsolete remnants of an old install, and it " + \ + "may be appropriate to replace a given symlink " + \ + "with the directory that it points to." lines = textwrap.wrap(msg, 72) lines.append("") flat_list = set() -- 2.26.2