[CentOS] remove RPMs with cyclic dependancies.
Paul Heinlein
heinlein at madboa.com
Thu Aug 4 18:29:32 UTC 2005
On 8/4/05 11:17 AM, Dave Gutteridge wrote:
> In the /opt/openoffice.org1.9.122/program/ directory there are still two
> files remaining:
>
> [root at localhost program]# ls
> python python-core
>
> And they're flashing red, which I've never seen before. It's very
> ominous looking.
In a stock Red Hat-esque setup, the flashing red indicates a dangling
symlink. Try this:
cd /var/tmp
touch zzz
ln -s zzz yyy
rm zzz
ls
The yyy link should appear in blinking red because the file to which it
points, zzz, is no longer available. You can delete dangling links
without danger.
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Paul Heinlein <> heinlein at madboa.com <> www.madboa.com
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