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From: Florian Philipp <lists@×××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What to do with /var/run?
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 08:28:47
Message-Id: 51175A29.3090002@binarywings.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] What to do with /var/run? by Grant
1 Am 10.02.2013 06:11, schrieb Grant:
2 > I received the following ELOG message after an emerge:
3 >
4 > * One or more symlinks to directories have been preserved in order to
5 > * ensure that files installed via these symlinks remain accessible. This
6 > * indicates that the mentioned symlink(s) may be obsolete remnants of an
7 > * old install, and it may be appropriate to replace a given symlink with
8 > * the directory that it points to.
9 > *
10 > * /var/run
11 >
12 > Should I change anything?
13 >
14 > - Grant
15 >
16
17 If my understanding of the situation is correct, we see this message
18 whenever a package is updated that in the old version installed to
19 /var/run and now has migrated to /run.
20
21 Even if I'm wrong, there is nothing to be done. /var/run is intended to
22 be a symlink to /run. If it is, then all is fine.
23
24 Regards,
25 Florian Philipp

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