On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 03:18:05AM +0000, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 10:34:02PM -0400, Glenn Becker wrote: > > > > This is a very naive question, I know. But are links fully 'transitive'? > > > > > > > > > > Huh ? I'm only familiar with transitive and intransitive *verbs* > > > (the first take an object). Google found something about the > > > "semantic web" - might as well be gibberish as far as I'm concerned. > > > > > > > Sorry. Was trying to ask whether a symlink to a symlink to a thing was okay > > (that is, do symlinks 'chain'). I couldn't think of a reason why not, but I > > was grasping at whatever I could ... > > There is a limit (in the kernel), I think it is to stop infinite > loops when admins screw up. But the limit is > 2. > > > > Here is what I have, which unless I'm mistaken matches what Bruce had ... > > though my libbz2.so.1.0.6 is larger. > > > > root:/sources# ls -l /usr/lib/libbz2.so > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Mar 18 09:51 /usr/lib/libbz2.so -> > > ../../lib/libbz2.so.1.0 > > > > root:/sources# ls -l /lib/libbz2.so* > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 09:50 /lib/libbz2.so.1.0 -> > > libbz2.so.1.0.6 > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 237896 Mar 18 09:50 /lib/libbz2.so.1.0.6 > > I guess you are on x86_64 - mine is not exactly the same size as > yours, but not very different. Looks reasonable. > > Let's take a step back - your initial problem was with bunzip2. > What do the folowing report (and don't expect a reply from me, I'll > probably have gone to bed!) ? > > type -pa bunzip2 > (just simulating bunzip2) That should have been: (just simulating which bunzip2) > > ldd `type -pa bunzip2` > > ĸen > -- > This email was written using 100% recycled letters. > -- > http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > > Do not top post on this list. > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
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