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From: dfr@render.com (Doug Rabson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: ISOFS with RockRidge
Date: 03 Jun 1994 09:45:18 GMT
Organization: RenderMorphics Ltd.
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Message-ID: <DFR.94Jun3104518@minnow.render.com>
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I just got my new copy of the X11R6 CD with RockRidge extensions and
happily mounted it under FreeBSD-1.1 (Adaptec 1542b, Toshiba 3401 CD).
All appeared to work until I tried to build a link tree from it so
that I could compile it.

It appears that in RockRidge, deeply nested directories need to be
renamed due to some kind of limitation in the ISO format.  in
particular, 'R6untarred/xc/programs/Xserver/PEX5/ddpex/mi/include'
(among others) was renamed to
'R6untarred/xc/programs/Xserver/PEX5/ddpex/mi/../../../../../../../RR_MOVED/INCLUDE0'
according to a translation table which I found in the same directory.
However, instead of seeing the directory, all that appears is a zero
length file with the right name.  I also saw some cryptic messages
like 'isofs:CL[12] loc=193' and 'isofs:RE[4]' in my console window.

Looking at the code, the relocated directory seems to be just a stub
at the moment.  Is this fixed in FreeBSD-1.1.5?  Does anyone have any
unofficial patches?
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Doug Rabson, RenderMorphics Ltd.	Mail:  dfr@render.com
					Phone: +44 71 266 5090
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