[MacPorts] #40814: cmake configure faulure (subdirectories with symlinks?)

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#40814: cmake configure faulure (subdirectories with symlinks?)
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  Reporter:  rharwood@…  |      Owner:  css@…
      Type:  defect      |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports       |    Version:  2.2.0
Resolution:              |   Keywords:
      Port:  cmake       |
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Comment (by rharwood@…):

 Replying to [comment:3 ryandesign@…]:
 > I don't know why the symlinked portion of the path seems to be repeated
 multiple times there. But I do recall that configuring MacPorts with a
 prefix that contains symlinks causes problems. So you should configure the
 MacPorts prefix to be the correct real resolved path on disk. So if the
 prefix should be a folder "robbie" in a folder "NetUsers" on a secondary
 drive called "ServerDrive" then configure MacPorts with
 "`--prefix=/Volumes/ServerDrive/NetUsers/robbie`". If ServerDrive is the
 primary drive, i.e. "/", then configure with
 "`--prefix=/NetUsers/robbie`".

 I don't know why either, but it's fairly consistent about showing up
 multiple times between different ports.  At a guess, it's because my home
 directory is set to include the symlink because that is how OSX Server
 sets things up.

 This machine is in-use, so rebuilding macports and everything that it has
 installed is not an option.  This symlink has not caused problems in the
 past (with the exception of https://trac.macports.org/ticket/39864 which
 was fixed), so I believe this is a soluble problem.

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