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Re: A symlink that stays



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On 06/18/08 21:16, coolzone@it.dk wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:33:38 -0500
> Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> 
> On 06/18/08 19:00, coolzone@it.dk wrote:
>>>> Hi.
>>>>
>>>> I am installing ewire on a customers server and it needs a symlink
>>>> from libssl.so.0.9.8 to libssl.so, I am worried if apt updates the
>>>> version and the symlink suddenly stops working. 
> On my system, such a symlink already exists.
> 
>> It doesn't on a standard Etch installation.

Hmmm.  Maybe that was fixed in Sid/Lenny.

>>>> Any suggestions as to how to keep track of this? Or another clever
>>>> solution?
> Make a little Perl/Python script which validates the existence and
> correctness of such a symlink, and drop it in /etc/cron.daily.
> 
>> Good idea thanks.
> 
>>>> I am going to forget about this symlink in 5 month from now.
> Write yourself a note?
> 
>> No I'd rather have the script e-mail me if something goes wrong :-)

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

"Kittens give Morbo gas.  In lighter news, the city of New New
York is doomed."
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