Re: Fixed libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 package
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 05:08:51PM -0600, Gary Turner wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 11:19:58 +0100, Matthias Klose wrote:
> >The libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_2.95.4-14 package contains a broken
> >libstdc++ library. To work around the problem, provide the missing
> >library by a smbolic link. Execute as root:
> >
> >ln -sf libstdc++-3libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3
>
> My daddy always told me, 'when you get to a fork in the road, pick it
> up'. Will you please explain the -f option? man ln sz 'remove existing
> destination files', but I don't know what that means.
It means that, if the destination file
(/usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3) already exists, then it'll be
removed first and then the symlink will be created in its place.
Otherwise you'll get:
ln: `/usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3': File exists
... if it's already there.
So 'ln -sf foo bar' is equivalent to 'rm -f bar; ln -s foo bar'.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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