Re: Wierd bug report: /usr/share/.. = / ???
On Mon, 2002-04-08 at 13:45, Adam C Powell IV wrote:
>
> I just received bug #141738 against petsc2.1.1-doc saying that links
> from /usr/share/doc/petsc2.1.1-doc/include are going to
> /lib/petscdir/2.1.1/include instead of /usr/lib/petscdir/2.1.1/include.
>
> This is really odd, as I made them using dh_link and the links seem
> correct (../../../.. should be /usr, right?), but indeed, they give file
> not found errors when I try to inspect the files.
>
> But what's *really* bizarre is:
>
> cd /usr/share/doc/petsc2.1.1-doc/include
> ls .. [gives what I'd expect, /usr/share/doc/petsc2.1.1-doc contents]
> ls ../.. [gives what I'd expect, /usr/share/doc contents]
> ls ../../.. [gives what I'd expect, /usr/share contents]
> ls ../../../.. gives not /usr, but root!
>
> What's wrong with the system, such that this happens -- for both me and
> the bug reporter? And why has this changed since I first made the
> symlinks and tested them, and they worked?
>
> I don't think this is a PETSc bug, but something deeper...
I can't reproduce this (but keep in mind that the .. entry in a
directory can theoretically point anywhere), but why don't you use
absolute link targets anyway? Looks like they would be shorter and less
error prone here.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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