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Re: [PATCH] sln: Install as a hard link to ldconfig

From: Jeff Law <law at redhat dot com>
To: Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>, Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 11:20:27 -0600
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sln: Install as a hard link to ldconfig
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References: <20160713121747.6F56A401AE80B@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> <mvminw9d80c.fsf@hawking.suse.de> <aaa80fbd-3194-0124-f34b-270733732cf2@redhat.com> <alpine.DEB.2.20.1607201717560.12251@digraph.polyomino.org.uk>

On 07/20/2016 11:19 AM, Joseph Myers wrote:

On Wed, 13 Jul 2016, Florian Weimer wrote:

I assumed it was intended as a recovery tool if something is wrong with the
DSO symbolic links, which is why I preserved it.  On the other hand, in this
day and age, systems will certainly not boot if simple binaries like ln cannot
run, and the system administrator will not be able to log in, so such recovery
actions appear rather unrealistic without the help of a rescue system.


I think sln / static ldconfig are recovery tools for *when already logged
in* (and having just made a mistake with the links).

That would be my assumption as well -- and that's how I've used them inthe past.

jeff

References:
- [PATCH] sln: Install as a hard link to ldconfig
  - From: Florian Weimer
- Re: [PATCH] sln: Install as a hard link to ldconfig
  - From: Andreas Schwab
- Re: [PATCH] sln: Install as a hard link to ldconfig
  - From: Florian Weimer
- Re: [PATCH] sln: Install as a hard link to ldconfig
  - From: Joseph Myers

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