Your message dated Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:27:18 +0100 with message-id <1287782838.20865.257.ca...@localhost> and subject line Re: Bug#601040: /usr/src/linux-kbuild-2.6.32: installed as dangling symlink has caused the Debian Bug report #601040, regarding /usr/src/linux-kbuild-2.6.32: installed as dangling symlink to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: linux-kbuild-2.6.32 Version: 2.6.32-1 Severity: normal Hi, The symlink, /usr/src/linux-kbuild-2.6.32 was installed as a dangling symlink, because on my system /usr/src/ is not on the same filesystem as /usr/lib/, $ realpath /usr/src /fs/dc/usr-src $ realpath /usr/lib /usr/lib Here is how the symlinks command reports it, dangling: /fs/dc/usr-src/linux-kbuild-2.6.32 -> ../lib/linux-kbuild-2.6.32 Please install as an absolute symlink, eg, # ln -s /usr/lib/linux-kbuild-2.6.32 /usr/src/linux-kbuild-2.6.32 Thanks, Jeffrey Sheinberg -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers proposed-updates APT policy: (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i586) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-486 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages linux-kbuild-2.6.32 depends on: ii libc6 2.11.2-6+squeeze1 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib linux-kbuild-2.6.32 recommends no packages. linux-kbuild-2.6.32 suggests no packages.
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--- Begin Message ---On Fri, 2010-10-22 at 16:17 -0400, Jeffrey Sheinberg wrote: > Package: linux-kbuild-2.6.32 > Version: 2.6.32-1 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > The symlink, > > /usr/src/linux-kbuild-2.6.32 > > was installed as a dangling symlink, because on my system /usr/src/ is > not on the same filesystem as /usr/lib/, > > $ realpath /usr/src > /fs/dc/usr-src > > $ realpath /usr/lib > /usr/lib This is not a supported configuration. You should bind-mount /fs/dc/usr-src to /usr/src instead of using a symlink. > Here is how the symlinks command reports it, > > dangling: /fs/dc/usr-src/linux-kbuild-2.6.32 -> > ../lib/linux-kbuild-2.6.32 > > Please install as an absolute symlink, eg, > > # ln -s /usr/lib/linux-kbuild-2.6.32 /usr/src/linux-kbuild-2.6.32 Debian policy ยง10.5 says we should use a relative link here. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.signature.asc
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