On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 07:24:10AM -0800, Angus Auld wrote: > --- "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:23:40AM -0800, Angus Auld > > wrote: > > > Is it safe to delete any "bad symlinks" that I > > find on > > ^^^ > > > my Debian Etch system? > > > I used FSlint to search, and found several. > > > > I wouldn't give a blanket guarantee. If there are > > no bugs in Etch, > > there should be no bad symlinks. So, give us a list > > of bad symlinks. > > I have deleted some bad symlinks that I found in > /usr/bin, but here is a list of "dangling" symlinks as > found by FSlint in my /etc directory: > > /etc/rc1.d/K20inetd > /etc/rc5.d/S20inetd > /etc/rc2.d/S20inetd > /etc/rc3.d/S20inetd > /etc/rc6.d/K20inetd > /etc/rc4.d/S20inetd > /etc/rc0.d/K20inetd Do you not have /etc/init.d/inetd? Do you not have the package inetd installed? If not, then check what package contains that file and see if you've ever installed it (check to see if it is not installed but was once and removed not purged). It may just need purging. If it is not instaled and purged then there's a bug somewhere. Find it and report it. > /etc/rc2.d/S23ntp-server > /etc/rc3.d/S23ntp-server Ibid re ntp-server.
> /etc/motd You don't have an /etc/motd file? What about /etc/motd.tail? > /etc/fonts/conf.d/30-debconf-no-bitmaps.conf Use apt-file and figure out what package put that there. > /etc/ssl/certs/cacert.org.pem ibid. > Is there such a thing in the real world as computer > software w/o bugs? Of course not. Nothing outside of pure physics is without bugs. It keeps life interesting. > Surely you are speaking in relative terms? ;) > > My Debian Etch isn't a "pure" version either. Rather > it is a distribution called "Dreamlinux", which is > based on Deb Etch. It is kept up-to-date with Etch > repositories tho. Well, then all bets are off re what we on debian-user can tell you about symlinks. What does the dreamlinux list have to say? Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
