Bug 1334289 - glibc: ldconfig -X should not remove stale symbolic links
Summary: glibc: ldconfig -X should not remove stale symbolic links
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: glibc
Version: 24
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Florian Weimer
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Reported: 2016-05-09 10:44 UTC by Florian Weimer
Modified: 2016-05-15 04:57 UTC (History)
9 users (show)

Fixed In Version: glibc-2.23.1-7.fc24
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2016-05-15 04:57:45 UTC
Type: Bug

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Red Hat Bugzilla 1301990 1 None None None 2021-01-20 06:05:38 UTC
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Description Florian Weimer 2016-05-09 10:44:56 UTC 
The ldconfig manual says:

  -X     Don't update links.

However, “ldconfig -X” still removes stale symbolic links, which is confusing.

Already fixed in rawhide.
Comment 2 Florian Weimer 2016-05-09 10:48:45 UTC 
Fixed for 2.23 upstream with this new backport:

commit c4294bd8620fabf0afddc2b85701371fafd40a6b
Author: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon Mar 7 22:06:18 2016 +0100

    ldconfig: Do not remove stale symbolic links with -X [BZ #19610]
    
    (cherry picked from commit 920b35c92ed8f41796c090c2819434e56701da5b)
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2016-05-09 14:55:49 UTC 
glibc-2.23.1-6.fc24 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 24. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-b321728d74
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2016-05-10 20:29:39 UTC 
glibc-2.23.1-6.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-b321728d74
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2016-05-11 13:54:02 UTC 
glibc-2.23.1-7.fc24 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 24. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-b321728d74
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2016-05-12 09:43:34 UTC 
glibc-2.23.1-7.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-b321728d74
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2016-05-14 23:29:31 UTC 
glibc-2.23.1-7.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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