Bug#670543: libnss3-1d:amd64: symlinks for libraries installed in the root folder

[Zlatko Calusic]

On 26.04.2012 21:15, Zlatko Calusic wrote:
> On 26.04.2012 19:58, Mike Hommey wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 04:30:40PM +0200, Zlatko Calusic wrote:
>>> Package: libnss3-1d:amd64
>>> Version: 3.13.3-1
>>> Severity: normal
>>>
>>> I see symlinks to libraries in my root folder:
>>>
>>> [...]
>>> drwxr-xr-x 190 root root 12288 Apr 26 12:19 etc
>>> drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Apr 9 01:53 ext
>>> drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Apr 21 22:11 home
>>> drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 Apr 21 23:49 lib
>>> drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Apr 22 14:12 lib32
>>> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 21 21:38 lib64
>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Apr 24 20:08 libnss3.so ->
>>> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss3.so
>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 Apr 24 20:08 libsoftokn3.so ->
>>> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/nss/libsoftokn3.so
>>> drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Sep 19 2010 lost+found
>>> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 21 21:38 media
>>> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 4 01:07 mnt
>>> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 21 21:38 opt
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> That's probably not correct.
>>
>> They are not in the package, are you sure you didn't put them there
>> yourself?
>>
>
> Ho hum, I have them on two machines. But both have one thing in common,
> they've been bootstrapped by debootstrap, and later fully installed (I
> converted from i386 to amd64).
>
> I will do some more research for you, maybe I find something helpful.
> But, I definitely didn't put them there myself. Unless it happened by
> some accident on my part, I hope not.

To be honest, I can't reproduce it. I tried removing spurious links 
manually, then reinstalling libnss* packages, and you're right, they 
don't appear anymore. I did the same with ia32-libs*, which also contain 
libnss libraries, and no problems either. I though it was a genuine bug 
because I found the links on two different machines, but it's more 
mysterious.

Anyway, my apologies for any inconvenience caused, and you can close 
this bug report.

Best regards,
-- 
Zlatko