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Re: Upgrading from bo to hamm



'Guy Maor wrote:'
>
>"LeRoy D. Cressy" <ldc@netaxs.com> writes:
>
>> I question the purpose of leaving broken symbolic links when 
>> upgrading the libraries.  For instance libreadline2 leaves
>> the following broken links reported by ldconfig:
>
>Those symlinks are part of libreadline2-dev.  If you upgrade to
>libreadline2-altdev, then the links will be fixed.

But if I decide not to install libreadline2-altdev am I expected to
have ldconfig generate a few pages of error messages henceforth?

Why shouldn't the system be kept in a sane state at all times
(especially since the -altdev packages are not required)?

It is mighty disconcerting for newbie admins to see so many error
messages.

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