Bug 977553

Summary: broken symlinks in GCC packages
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Harald Reindl <h.reindl>
Component: gccAssignee: Jakub Jelinek <jakub>
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Description Harald Reindl 2013-06-24 21:54:27 UTC 
could somebody please clean this up?

[root@srv-rhsoft:~]$ symlinks -r / | grep dangling | grep gcc
dangling: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.7.2/32/libstdc++.a -> ../../../i686-redhat-linux/4.7.2/libstdc++.a
dangling: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.7.2/32/libgcc_s.so -> /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
dangling: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.7.2/32/libmudflapth.a -> ../../../i686-redhat-linux/4.7.2/libmudflapth.a
dangling: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.7.2/32/libmudflap.a -> ../../../i686-redhat-linux/4.7.2/libmudflap.a
dangling: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.7.2/32/libsupc++.a -> ../../../i686-redhat-linux/4.7.2/libsupc++.a
dangling: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.7.2/32/libquadmath.a -> ../../../i686-redhat-linux/4.7.2/libquadmath.a
dangling: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.7.2/32/libgomp.so -> ../../../../libgomp.so.1.0.0
dangling: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.7.2/32/libitm.a -> ../../../i686-redhat-linux/4.7.2/libitm.a
dangling: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.7.2/32/libstdc++.so -> ../../../../libstdc++.so.6.0.17
[root@srv-rhsoft:~]$ rpm -q --file /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.7.2/32/libstdc++.a
gcc-c++-4.7.2-8.fc18.x86_64
[root@srv-rhsoft:~]$ rpm -q --file /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.7.2/32/libgcc_s.so
gcc-4.7.2-8.fc18.x86_64
Comment 1 Jakub Jelinek 2013-06-25 05:44:15 UTC 
This is intentional, so that the package supports both -m64 and -m32 compilation, if you install the 32-bit rpms things work automatically, but that the 32-bit packages aren't required.
Comment 2 Harald Reindl 2013-06-25 10:03:49 UTC 
intentionally broken?

why do not only the 32bit rpms create these symlinks?
yes, ifarch-constrcuts in SPEC-file exists
Comment 3 Jakub Jelinek 2013-06-25 10:07:26 UTC 
Why do you use a word broken?  I don't see anything broken on the current state.
And, the 32-bit packages shouldn't be putting symlinks into the paths they shouldn't own (x86_64 specific paths).
Comment 4 Harald Reindl 2013-06-25 10:13:09 UTC 
because the symlinks are broken?
this is how a symlink pointing to nowhere is called!

sorry, but i do *really* not understand why a 100% clean x86_64 setup is cluttered with symlinks pointing to nowhere somebody *could* find useable if he has 32bit packages installed 

i killed them multiple times because and thought they where from non-perfect dist-upgrades but after find them again i looked which package clutters my machine