Bug 83521 - The debuginfo package contains a bunch of dead symlinks
Summary: The debuginfo package contains a bunch of dead symlinks
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Raw Hide
Classification: Retired
Component: freetype
Version: 1.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Owen Taylor
QA Contact: Brock Organ
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-02-05 05:13 UTC by Mike A. Harris
Modified: 2005-10-31 22:00 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2003-08-28 18:52:31 UTC
Embargoed:

Attachments (Terms of Use)

Description Mike A. Harris 2003-02-05 05:13:45 UTC 
Freetype debuginfo package has a bunch of dead symlinks that get reported
by rpmlint:

W: freetype-debuginfo dangling-symlink
/usr/src/debug/freetype-2.1.3/freetype-pre1.4/lib/memory.c
/usr/src/build/217565-x86_64/BUILD/freetype-2.1.3/freetype-pre1.4/lib/arch/unix/../../ttmemory.c
W: freetype-debuginfo symlink-should-be-relative
/usr/src/debug/freetype-2.1.3/freetype-pre1.4/lib/memory.c
/usr/src/build/217565-x86_64/BUILD/freetype-2.1.3/freetype-pre1.4/lib/arch/unix/../../ttmemory.c
W: freetype-debuginfo dangling-symlink
/usr/src/debug/freetype-2.1.3/freetype-pre1.4/lib/file.c
/usr/src/build/217565-x86_64/BUILD/freetype-2.1.3/freetype-pre1.4/lib/arch/unix/../../arch/unix/ttmmap.c
W: freetype-debuginfo symlink-should-be-relative
/usr/src/debug/freetype-2.1.3/freetype-pre1.4/lib/file.c
/usr/src/build/217565-x86_64/BUILD/freetype-2.1.3/freetype-pre1.4/lib/arch/unix/../../arch/unix/ttmmap.c
W: freetype-debuginfo dangling-symlink
/usr/src/debug/freetype-2.1.3/freetype-pre1.4/lib/mutex.c
/usr/src/build/217565-x86_64/BUILD/freetype-2.1.3/freetype-pre1.4/lib/arch/unix/../../ttmutex.c
W: freetype-debuginfo symlink-should-be-relative
/usr/src/debug/freetype-2.1.3/freetype-pre1.4/lib/mutex.c
/usr/src/build/217565-x86_64/BUILD/freetype-2.1.3/freetype-pre1.4/lib/arch/unix/../../ttmutex.c


The example above is x86_64, however it occurs on all architectures.
Comment 1 Owen Taylor 2003-02-05 05:18:11 UTC 
What version of the freetype package?
Comment 2 Mike A. Harris 2003-02-05 05:30:25 UTC 
freetype-2.1.3-6
Comment 3 Owen Taylor 2003-02-11 21:41:58 UTC 
Alex -- it should "just work" in all cases, right?
Comment 4 Alexander Larsson 2003-02-12 09:00:27 UTC 
debuginfo package creation is not that smart. All the source filenames
referenced in the debug info are added to the package. If these are symlinks i
guess we only get the symlink. Maybe we should add --dereference to the cpio
call that makes the copy.
Comment 5 Owen Taylor 2003-08-28 18:52:15 UTC 
Was fixed in freetype-2.1.4-1
Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.