Jim Cornette writes:
The problem is encountered on a laptop which is shutdown frequently
after use.
When the library.so.n.#prelink#<random-characters> file is encountered,
there is usually the library.so.n file intact with an earlier date for
it. When the #prelink# files are located, usually there are entries for
the same library with dates either a day or two later for the #prelink#
version. This problem is bothersome. However, the problem with library
symlinked to /tmp/prelink<random-characters> scares me since I clean
/tmp frequently and realize that others use ramdisks for files destined
to /tmp. Prelink might be better off using var/cache/prelink for its
temporary action for in transition actions.
During shutdown all existing processes should receive a SIGTERM first, then
SIGKILL five seconds later if they are still running.
File a bug against prelink, stating that prelink should be catching the
SIGTERM, and cleaning up after itself.