On 4/11/21 3:46 PM, Andras Simon wrote:
2021-04-11 23:02 UTC+02:00, home user <mattisonw(a)comcast.net>:
>> 2021-04-11 6:38 UTC+02:00, home user <mattisonw(a)comcast.net>:
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>> [...]
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>> This isn't necessarily a good idea, because those dangling symlinks
>> may belong to their respective packages. If so, removing them will
>> compromise the integrity of the package they belong to.
>
> I don't fully understand. Of what use is a link to nowhere?
Let me show you an example.
$ rpm -qV hunspell
$ symlinks /usr/share/doc/hunspell/
dangling: /usr/share/doc/hunspell/README -> README.md
# rm /usr/share/doc/hunspell/README
$ rpm -qV hunspell
missing d /usr/share/doc/hunspell/README
I've started a new thread "dangling symlinks and upgrades" to continue this.