Almost solved :-( - Re: [gentoo-user] Help : mc and ln mixup
Dear all, Unfortunately there have been no responses on my question below - since most likely none of us have faced/solve this bloody problem before. A conflict between mc and ln [part of coreutils] would be fatal to my system - I would assume. God knows what may have already broken down there. I am very tempted to do the following: 1. reiserfs --rebuildtree for all of my partitions, especially for / and /usr [by booting off a gentoo install CD] 2. Rebuild it from scratch with the latest Gentoo ISO [but it is a HELL of work, getting USB internet modem and nVIDIA module rebuild.. working again etc etc] If anyone has a better idea, kindly let me know. Rohit Rohit Sharma wrote: Bo Andresen wrote: Rohit replies -- Thanks, both of you, for your response. I am re-emerging coreutils, just in case. Done. The commands are below - and in summary here is what happens. - PATH is shown. My own .bin directory has two mp3 ripping scripts. That is all. /usr/bin comes before /bin in PATH - /bin/ln is a proper executable. /usr/bin/ln and /usr/bin/mc are both symlinks to /bin/ln [Not good] - Removed mc from /usr/bin and /usr/bin/ln disappears as well [Not good] Then which ln shoes /bin/ln and which mc shows no mc. - Creation of symlink /usr/bin/ln automatically creates symlink /usr/bin/mc - pointing to /bin/ln [thus affecting my midnight commander]. Both symlinks have same inode number on my filesystem. Also note that I do not have another definition of ln as an alias. This may be a filesystem inconsistency. I would consider an fsck for reiserfs and may be a rebuiltree. What do you say? Please help. Thanks, Rohit Ps - Commands follow. Please look at the following. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ echo $PATH /home/rohit/.bin:/usr/games/bin:/usr/kde/3.5/bin:/home/rohit/.bin:/usr/games/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/3.4.5:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03/bin:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03/jre/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/kde/3.5/bin:/usr/qt/3/bin:/usr/kde/3.4/bin:/usr/games/bin:/opt/limewire:/home/oracle/product/10.1.0.3/bin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ cd /bin [EMAIL PROTECTED] /bin $ md5sum ln 95d3db99e446dfe4cf95abbd04b60c75 ln [EMAIL PROTECTED] /bin $ ls -l ln -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 27756 Apr 14 12:39 ln [EMAIL PROTECTED] /bin $ cd /usr/bin [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ md5sum ln 95d3db99e446dfe4cf95abbd04b60c75 ln [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ ls -l ln lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 14 12:39 ln - /bin/ln [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ md5sum mc 95d3db99e446dfe4cf95abbd04b60c75 mc [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ ls -l mc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 14 12:39 mc - /bin/ln [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ file mc mc: symbolic link to `/bin/ln' [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ rm mc rm: remove symbolic link `mc'? y rm: cannot remove `mc': Permission denied [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ sudo rm mc [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ls -l mc ls: mc: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ ls -l ln ls: ln: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ which ln /bin/ln [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ which mc which: no mc in (/home/rohit/.bin:/usr/games/bin:/usr/kde/3.5/bin:/home/rohit/.bin:/usr/games/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/3.4.5:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03/bin:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03/jre/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/kde/3.5/bin:/usr/qt/3/bin:/usr/kde/3.4/bin:/usr/games/bin:/opt/limewire:/home/oracle/product/10.1.0.3/bin) [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ sudo /bin/ln -s /bin/ln ./ln [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ sudo /bin/ln -s /bin/ln ./ln [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ which mc /usr/bin/mc [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ which ln /usr/bin/ln [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ ls -i ln mc 300 ln 300 mc [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ ls -li ln mc 300 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 14 12:48 ln - /bin/ln 300 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 14 12:48 mc - /bin/ln [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ ls -li /bin/ln 34560 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 27756 Apr 14 12:39 /bin/ln [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ alias ln bash: alias: ln: not found -- Best regards, Rohit Sharma Senior Technical Associate with Mahindra British Telecom Onsite co-ordinator with British Telecom, United Kingdom Certified Linux, networking professional, UNIX systems consultant EAI Specialist Contacts: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Mobile +44 777 0917 951 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: Almost solved :-( - Re: [gentoo-user] Help : mc and ln mixup
On 4/15/06, Rohit Sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, Unfortunately there have been no responses on my question below - since most likely none of us have faced/solve this bloody problem before. A conflict between mc and ln [part of coreutils] would be fatal to my system - I would assume. God knows what may have already broken down there. I am very tempted to do the following: 1. reiserfs --rebuildtree for all of my partitions, especially for / and /usr [by booting off a gentoo install CD] 2. Rebuild it from scratch with the latest Gentoo ISO [but it is a HELL of work, getting USB internet modem and nVIDIA module rebuild.. working again etc etc] If anyone has a better idea, kindly let me know. You can use equery to figure out packages are messed up and how. You need gentoolkit if you don't already have it: cd /var/db/pkg for x in */* ; do equery check $x ; done -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: Almost solved :-( - Re: [gentoo-user] Help : mc and ln mixup
On Saturday 15 April 2006 14:57, Rohit Sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about 'Almost solved :-( - Re: [gentoo-user] Help : mc and ln mixup': 1. reiserfs --rebuildtree for all of my partitions, especially for / and /usr [by booting off a gentoo install CD] Do a reiserfs --check, first. It is usually pretty good at telling you which fix option to use. If it doesn't think there's a problem at all, then yes, do a rebuild tree. 2. Rebuild it from scratch with the latest Gentoo ISO [but it is a HELL of work, getting USB internet modem and nVIDIA module rebuild.. working again etc etc] After you get your filesystem in order, and doubly verify that you hw isn't going south, just repair the packages that are broken, using Richard Fish's technique. -- If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability. -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh pgpUVnC5X6myu.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Almost solved :-( - Re: [gentoo-user] Help : mc and ln mixup
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: After you get your filesystem in order, and doubly verify that you hw isn't going south, just repair the packages that are broken, using Richard Fish's technique. Thanks - but I am frustrated now. Did --check, then --fix-fixable, and ultimately a --rebuild-tree as well. Still the same problem. When I emerge mc [only], /usr/bin/ln appears in /usr/bin and has the same inode number as /usr/bin/mc and both are symlinks. Weird. So did what Richard F suggested .. Loads of notifications about and etc. - looks like it shall take time. Rohit -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Help : mc and ln mixup
Bo Andresen wrote: Rohit replies -- Thanks, both of you, for your response. I am re-emerging coreutils, just in case. Done. The commands are below - and in summary here is what happens. - PATH is shown. My own .bin directory has two mp3 ripping scripts. That is all. /usr/bin comes before /bin in PATH - /bin/ln is a proper executable. /usr/bin/ln and /usr/bin/mc are both symlinks to /bin/ln [Not good] - Removed mc from /usr/bin and /usr/bin/ln disappears as well [Not good] Then which ln shoes /bin/ln and which mc shows no mc. - Creation of symlink /usr/bin/ln automatically creates symlink /usr/bin/mc - pointing to /bin/ln [thus affecting my midnight commander]. Both symlinks have same inode number on my filesystem. Also note that I do not have another definition of ln as an alias. This may be a filesystem inconsistency. I would consider an fsck for reiserfs and may be a rebuiltree. What do you say? Please help. Thanks, Rohit Ps - Commands follow. Please look at the following. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ echo $PATH /home/rohit/.bin:/usr/games/bin:/usr/kde/3.5/bin:/home/rohit/.bin:/usr/games/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/3.4.5:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03/bin:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03/jre/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/kde/3.5/bin:/usr/qt/3/bin:/usr/kde/3.4/bin:/usr/games/bin:/opt/limewire:/home/oracle/product/10.1.0.3/bin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ cd /bin [EMAIL PROTECTED] /bin $ md5sum ln 95d3db99e446dfe4cf95abbd04b60c75 ln [EMAIL PROTECTED] /bin $ ls -l ln -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 27756 Apr 14 12:39 ln [EMAIL PROTECTED] /bin $ cd /usr/bin [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ md5sum ln 95d3db99e446dfe4cf95abbd04b60c75 ln [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ ls -l ln lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 14 12:39 ln - /bin/ln [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ md5sum mc 95d3db99e446dfe4cf95abbd04b60c75 mc [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ ls -l mc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 14 12:39 mc - /bin/ln [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ file mc mc: symbolic link to `/bin/ln' [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ rm mc rm: remove symbolic link `mc'? y rm: cannot remove `mc': Permission denied [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ sudo rm mc [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ls -l mc ls: mc: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ ls -l ln ls: ln: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ which ln /bin/ln [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ which mc which: no mc in (/home/rohit/.bin:/usr/games/bin:/usr/kde/3.5/bin:/home/rohit/.bin:/usr/games/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/3.4.5:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03/bin:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03/jre/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/kde/3.5/bin:/usr/qt/3/bin:/usr/kde/3.4/bin:/usr/games/bin:/opt/limewire:/home/oracle/product/10.1.0.3/bin) [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ sudo /bin/ln -s /bin/ln ./ln [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ sudo /bin/ln -s /bin/ln ./ln [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ which mc /usr/bin/mc [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ which ln /usr/bin/ln [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ ls -i ln mc 300 ln 300 mc [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ ls -li ln mc 300 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 14 12:48 ln - /bin/ln 300 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 14 12:48 mc - /bin/ln [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ ls -li /bin/ln 34560 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 27756 Apr 14 12:39 /bin/ln [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ alias ln bash: alias: ln: not found -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Help : mc and ln mixup
Hi there, Please see the following. Both /usr/bin/ln and /usr/bin/mc on my system seem to launch mc. if I delete one, the other disappears as well. if I emerge mc, /usr/bin/ln also appears. Even if /usr/bin/ln is deleted, which ln returns /usr/bin/ln What is happening. I am completely baffled. -- Best regards, Rohit Sharma -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Help : mc and ln mixup
On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 01:06:57AM +0100, Penguin Lover Rohit Sharma squawked: Hi there, Please see the following. Both /usr/bin/ln and /usr/bin/mc on my system seem to launch mc. if I delete one, the other disappears as well. if I emerge mc, /usr/bin/ln also appears. Even if /usr/bin/ln is deleted, which ln returns /usr/bin/ln What is happening. I am completely baffled. Is it a bad symlink? On my box /usr/bin/ln is a symlink to /bin/ln [09:31 PM]wwong man $ ls -l `which ln` lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 13 16:55 /usr/bin/ln - /bin/ln W -- Smart man + Smart woman = romance Smart man + Dumb woman = affair Dumb man + Smart woman = marriage Dumb man + Dumb woman = pregnancy Sortir en Pantoufles: up 152 days, 17:57 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Help : mc and ln mixup
On Friday 14 April 2006 02:06, Rohit Sharma wrote: Hi there, Please see the following. Both /usr/bin/ln and /usr/bin/mc on my system seem to launch mc. if I delete one, the other disappears as well. if I emerge mc, /usr/bin/ln also appears. Even if /usr/bin/ln is deleted, which ln returns /usr/bin/ln What is happening. I am completely baffled. Sounds weird.. # cd /usr/bin/ # which ln /usr/bin/ln # mv ln .. # which ln /bin/ln # mv ../ln . # which ln /usr/bin/ln If you run # echo $PATH you will see that /usr/bin is listed before /bin. which searches the directories in $PATH and stops at the first match so since /usr/bin comes before /bin it returns /usr/bin/ln. If you delete /usr/bin/ln it should return /bin/ln which should be unaffected. If you delete /bin/ln then /usr/bin/ln will become a dangling symbolic link pointing at a file which doesn't exist.. Which version of coreutils do you have? # equery b ln [ Searching for file(s) ln in *... ] [...] sys-apps/coreutils-5.94-r1 (/bin/ln) sys-apps/coreutils-5.94-r1 (/usr/bin/ln - /bin/ln) If you are still having problems with this then show us the commands that you are running and the output that leads you to your conclusions.. HtH -- Bo Andresen pgpXwqrbekMu4.pgp Description: PGP signature
