On Sat, 6 Dec 2003, Robert Millan wrote: > On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 11:25:25PM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote: > > > > # tar jtvf gnu-knetbsd.tar.bz2 ./lib/ld.so.1 > > lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2003-12-04 22:23:44 ./lib/ld.so.1 -> l > > > > Warning: this tarball suffers from the "mysterious symlink bug" and > > it's probably unusable. > > It should still work, since for some reason gnu ld.so.1 is merely decorative > in our port :) > > No, really, I tested it (although not very extensively). You can test it in a > chroot if you're unsure.
The ld.so.1 symlink was just an example. *All* symlinks in /lib are broken. Try "tar jtvf gnu-knetbsd.tar.bz2 ./lib" and see it by yourself.
