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On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 14:26:50 -0400, Jack wrote: |
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> On 2019.06.19 14:10, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> > On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 20:45:03 +0800, Bill Kenworthy wrote: |
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> > > wifi ~ # unsymlink-lib --analyze |
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> > > /usr/lib needs to be a symlink to lib64! |
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> > > wifi ~ # ls -al /usr/lib |
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> > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 4 13:37 /usr/lib -> /usr/lib64 |
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> > > wifi ~ # |
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> > > |
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> > > The symlink looks the same as another unconverted system - so |
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> > > whats |
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> > the |
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> > > problem? |
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> > On this system, /usr/lib is a symlink to lib64, as the message states, |
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> > not /usr/lib64 |
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> > |
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> > % ls -ld /usr/lib |
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> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Jul 16 2015 /usr/lib -> lib64 |
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> Ah, I think we've gotten to a bad splitting of hairs. /usr/lib -> |
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> lib64 and /usr/lib -> /usr/lib64 have the same effect, but are not |
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> quite the same. The first is a relative symlink, the second is |
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> absolute, although both actually point to the same place. |
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That's what software does, it interprets things literally. It is looking |
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for a symlink to lib64 and finding something else. The fact that the |
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actual link is equivalent is also irrelevant. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach. |
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