Meaning of "Not a directory"

[Joshua Root]

Rainer Müller wrote:
> Joshua Root wrote:
>> Was a ticket ever filed for this? I gather that the problem is that 
>> activation doesn't follow directory symlinks - I wonder if making it 
>> do so would break anything?
> 
> Symlinks are owned by a specific port, directories are not.
> 
> So if we follow the symlinks, stuff will end up at places it was not 
> meant to be. 

If I'm understanding correctly, stuff installed by the affected py-* 
ports would end up where it *is* meant to be. No?

> If the port owning the symlink is deactivated/uninstalled, 
> other ports could break as they are probably expecting stuff under the 
> symlink.

Could be a problem in some cases, but python modules already break by 
definition if you remove python.

> This wouldn't be a good idea. But we could need a better error message 
> than what we currently have.
> 
> Rainer

- Josh