On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 09:00:52AM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-08-18 01:05 +0200, Steve Langasek wrote: > > The right way to handle it is to create the directory under a separate > > name, populate the symlink, and only *then* rm /lib64 and invoke mv > > /lib64.real /lib64 via $interpreter. This minimizes the window when /lib64 > > is missing, and just happens to also remove the inode problem as a side > > effect (because we create all the directory entries we need before we remove > > any).
> Yes, that's better. Instead of hardcoding /lib64.real the directory > should be created with mktemp -d (I think that's what you meant to do). I've decided I really don't care for this; I plan to use /lib64.eglibc-old, /lib64.eglibc-new instead. If those collide with local directory names, they can keep both pieces. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [email protected] [email protected]
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