Re: Upgrading from bo to hamm
'Guy Maor wrote:'
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>"LeRoy D. Cressy" <ldc@netaxs.com> writes:
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>> I question the purpose of leaving broken symbolic links when
>> upgrading the libraries. For instance libreadline2 leaves
>> the following broken links reported by ldconfig:
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>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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