Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 22:37:58 -0800 From: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com> Cc: Szilveszter Adam <sziszi@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dangling symlink in /usr/compat/linux Message-ID: <3A8784C6.9EF49551@gorean.org> References: <3A7D28EA.9EF46BAE@gorean.org> <20010204112342.A15191@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu> <3A7DFC47.C76A9872@FreeBSD.org> <20010205091559.A5563@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu> <3A843594.B28776D8@cup.hp.com> <20010209194521.D27987@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu> <3A84466C.D9C0456A@cup.hp.com>
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Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> The symlinks are created by the RPM packages themselves. The fact that
> they are explicitly created in the package list is because they wouldn't
> be there when you install linux_base as a package otherwise.
>
> I use the philosophy in linux_base and linux_devtools that I don't
> correct any bugs inherent in the Linux distribution. AFAICT, the
> dangling symlink is created by filesystem-1.3.5-1.noarch.rpm, which is
> one of the first packages that gets installed.
I submitted the original post which merely pointed out the existence of
the dangling link and asked if it were a problem. As long as you're happy,
I'm happy. :)
Thanks,
Doug
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