Re: "broken" symbolic links in /usr/lib

From: Glen Barber <gjb_at_FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 19:31:56 +0000 · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Wed May 19 2021 - 11:40:58 UTC

On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 08:16:16PM +0200, Ian FREISLICH wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I cannot for the life of me figure out why this is so:
> 
> As non-root:
> [zen] /usr/lib $ file libgcc_s.so
> libgcc_s.so: broken symbolic link to ../../lib/libgcc_s.so.1
> 
> As root:
> [zen] /usr/lib # file libgcc_s.so 
> libgcc_s.so: symbolic link to ../../lib/libgcc_s.so.1
> 
> Only on one of my machines, all running CURRENT from within a day.
> The upshot is that I have to be root in order to link code.
> 
> Any ideas greatly appreciated.
> 

What are the permissions on /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 ?

Glen