equery b does not understand non-normal paths, such as "/usr/lib/opengl//xorg-x11/lib/libGL.so.1". It should understand that it is the same as "/usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/lib/libGL.so.1". Otherwise a user will execute "equery b /usr/lib/opengl//xorg-x11/lib/libGL.so.1" and equery b will report that it does not belong to any package. Then the user concludes that it is some cruft left behind and executes "rm /usr/lib/opengl//xorg-x11/lib/libGL.so.1". The problem is that rm understands that "/usr/lib/opengl//xorg-x11/lib/libGL.so.1" means "/usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/lib/libGL.so.1" and removes it. But that file does actually belong to media-libs/mesa-6.5.2-r1, as reported by "equery b /usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/lib/libGL.so.1". To prevent such problems, equery b has to be as smart as other commands, such as rm and ls. Other things that equery b does not understand: equery b /usr/lib/opengl/./xorg-x11/lib/libGL.so.1 equery b /usr/lib/../lib/opengl/xorg-x11/lib/libGL.so.1 cd /someplace; touch libGL.so.1; equery b libGL.so.1 cd /usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/lib; equery b ./libGL.so.1 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
The problem is that equery does not call realpath. This is mentioned in bug report #96515. I would like to comment there instead, but that report is broken; if I try to change anything at all (add a comment, subscribe to it or change the summary), i get this error message: You tried to change the OS field from other to Other , but only the assignee or reporter of the bug, or a sufficiently empowered user may change that field. (I did NOT change the OS field.) I suppose that this bug report could be marked as a duplicate of #96515 if it is fixed. I suppose fixing it requires that someone with permission changes the OS field from other to Other. I know that several bug reports are broken in this way. Could someone please change the OS field of every bug report where it is other to Other?
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 96515 ***
(In reply to comment #1) > Could someone please change the OS field of every bug report where it is other > to Other? Not really; no way to search for them.
