Bug 330769

Summary:	app-eselect/eselect-mesa does not like if /usr/lib{,64}/dri is a symlink
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn <chithanh>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn <chithanh>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal	CC:	andreasplesch, binki, tsmksubc, x11
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=576334
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	Handle SYMLINK_LIB=no

Description Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn gentoo-dev

2010-08-01 22:17:48 UTC

On some systems, /usr/lib64/dri is a symlink to /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/dri/ instead of a directory. eselect-mesa does not handle this well.
Under which circumstances this occurs is presently unclear. 

Two approaches which solve this problem:
1. use absolute symlinks instead of relative ones
2. exit with an error message if /usr/lib64/dri is a symlink

Comment 1 Steven Newbury 2016-02-20 23:33:04 UTC

Created attachment 426038 [details, diff]
Handle SYMLINK_LIB=no

Comment 2 Steven Newbury 2016-02-20 23:34:45 UTC

Hmm, I didn't properly read the description of this bug.  My patch does fix a real issue, though I'd better create a new bug...

Comment 3 Steven Newbury 2016-02-20 23:39:24 UTC

I've attached the patch to the correct bug, this one: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=486712

Comment 4 Matt Turner gentoo-dev

2017-01-29 18:29:55 UTC

*** Bug 357857 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***