Re: [ePiX-users] "No symlinks" epix patch

[Andrew D. Hwang]

On Sun, 2 Dec 2007, Jay Belanger wrote:

> "Andrew D. Hwang" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > The attached file patches epix, replacing "ln -s" with "cp -p" in line 269
> > and avoiding use of symbolic links in the script.
> >
> > The patched script works for me on a vfat USB drive.
>
> Well, it does for me now, too.
> It didn't at first, and so I spent some time digging through the epix
> internals until I finally figured out that I had somehow managed to
> mount my drive without allowing executables to run on it.  So I fixed
> that, and now it works great.  I also changed the "ln -s" to "cp -p" in
> elaps and flix; it seems to work too.
Hi Jay,

I (also) had to mount the USB stick manually, but in the lateness of the 
hour forgot to mention it. (The error message, "Bad interpreter /bin/bash" 
wasn't immediately suggestive of the kernel's real complaint. :)

Andy

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