nightmorph 06/05/28 12:46:01 Modified: prelink-howto.xml Log: Updated prelink howto for bug 134578
Revision Changes Path 1.40 xml/htdocs/doc/en/prelink-howto.xml file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/prelink-howto.xml?rev=1.40&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/prelink-howto.xml?rev=1.40&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/prelink-howto.xml.diff?r1=1.39&r2=1.40&cvsroot=gentoo Index: prelink-howto.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/prelink-howto.xml,v retrieving revision 1.39 retrieving revision 1.40 diff -u -r1.39 -r1.40 --- prelink-howto.xml 25 Apr 2006 10:39:44 -0000 1.39 +++ prelink-howto.xml 28 May 2006 12:46:01 -0000 1.40 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/prelink-howto.xml,v 1.39 2006/04/25 10:39:44 neysx Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/prelink-howto.xml,v 1.40 2006/05/28 12:46:01 nightmorph Exp $ --> <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> <guide link="/doc/en/prelink-howto.xml"> <title>Gentoo Linux Prelink Guide</title> @@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ </author> <abstract> -This guide informs on how to make use of prelink support in portage -2.0.46 and later. +This guide tells you how to make use of prelink support in Portage 2.0.46 and +later. </abstract> <license/> -<version>1.13</version> -<date>2006-04-21</date> +<version>1.14</version> +<date>2006-05-28</date> <chapter> <title>Introduction</title> @@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ <p> If you have a set of steps that reproduces the emerge error on another system -please e-mail them to <mail link="[EMAIL PROTECTED]">Stefan Jones</mail>. +please check <uri link="http://bugzilla.gentoo.org";>Bugzilla</uri> and create a +bug report if it has not already been reported. </p> </body> @@ -363,6 +364,35 @@ </body> </section> +<section> +<title> +Prelink fails with error "prelink: Can't walk directory tree XXXX: Too many +levels of symbolic links" +</title> +<body> + +<p> +Your symlinks are nested too deeply. This happens when a symlink points to +itself. For example, <path>/usr/lib/lib -> lib</path> is the most common. To +fix this, you can find the symlink manually or use the utility provided by the +<c>symlinks</c> package: +</p> + +<pre caption="Fix symlinks"> +# <i>emerge symlinks</i> +# <i>symlinks -drv /</i> +</pre> + +<p> +More details can be found at <uri +link="http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82117";>Bugzilla</uri> and this +<uri +link="http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-458144-highlight-prelink.html";>forum +post</uri>. +</p> + +</body> +</section> </chapter> <chapter> -- [email protected] mailing list
