https://www.grulic.org.ar/~mdione/glob/enContents © 2025 <a href="mailto:mdione@grulic.org.ar">Marcos Dione</a> Thu, 29 May 2025 15:41:11 GMTNikola (getnikola.com)http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttps://www.grulic.org.ar/~mdione/glob/posts/dpkg-s-does-not-handle-symlinks/Marcos Dione<p>Just a quick one: <code>dpkg -S</code> does not handle symlinks, and now that the usrmerge is almost passed (I think?), it's getting more annoying:</p> <div class="code"><pre class="code literal-block"><span class="n">mdione</span><span class="nv">@ioniq</span><span class="err">:</span><span class="o">~</span><span class="err">$</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">dpkg</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">S</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">lib</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">x86_64</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">linux</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">gnu</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">libgexiv2</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">so</span><span class="mf">.2.14.3</span> <span class="n">dpkg</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="nl">query</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">no</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">path</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">found</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">matching</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pattern</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">lib</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">x86_64</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">linux</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">gnu</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">libgexiv2</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">so</span><span class="mf">.2.14.3</span> <span class="n">mdione</span><span class="nv">@ioniq</span><span class="err">:</span><span class="o">~</span><span class="err">$</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">dpkg</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">L</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">libgexiv2</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="err">:</span><span class="n">amd64</span> <span class="o">/</span><span class="n">usr</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">lib</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">x86_64</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">linux</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">gnu</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">libgexiv2</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">so</span><span class="mf">.2.14.3</span> <span class="n">mdione</span><span class="nv">@ioniq</span><span class="err">:</span><span class="o">~</span><span class="err">$</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">namei</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">lx</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">lib</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">x86_64</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">linux</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">gnu</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">libgexiv2</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">so</span><span class="mf">.2.14.3</span> <span class="nl">f</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">lib</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">x86_64</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">linux</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">gnu</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">libgexiv2</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">so</span><span class="mf">.2.14.3</span> <span class="n">Drwxr</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">xr</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">x</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">root</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">root</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">/</span> <span class="n">lrwxrwxrwx</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">root</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">root</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">lib</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">usr</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">lib</span> <span class="n">drwxr</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">xr</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">x</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">root</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">root</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">usr</span> <span class="n">drwxr</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">xr</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">x</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">root</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">root</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">lib</span> <span class="n">drwxr</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">xr</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">x</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">root</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">root</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">x86_64</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">linux</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">gnu</span> <span class="o">-</span><span class="n">rw</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">r</span><span class="c1">--r-- root root libgexiv2.so.2.14.3</span> </pre></div> <p><code>/lib</code> has been moved to <code>/usr/lib</code> and symlinked for compatibility reasons. <a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=134758">There's 22yo (!!!) bug about it, which was deemed important 8ya</a>. I hope it gets fixed soon :)</p>debiandpkgsysadminhttps://www.grulic.org.ar/~mdione/glob/posts/dpkg-s-does-not-handle-symlinks/Thu, 17 Oct 2024 07:24:51 GMT