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PostPosted: Sun Nov 03, 2024 8:33 am    Post subject: sys-kernel/dracut-105: Installation of a symlink is blocked Reply with quote

I did a world update today and saw following error messages with dracut:

Code:

>>> Completed (1 of 1) sys-kernel/dracut-105::gentoo

 * Messages for package sys-kernel/dracut-105:

 *
 * Installation of a symlink is blocked by a directory:
 *   '/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/80test'
 * This symlink will be merged with a different name:
 *   '/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/80test.backup.0000'
 *
 *
 * Installation of a symlink is blocked by a directory:
 *   '/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/80test-root'
 * This symlink will be merged with a different name:
 *   '/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/80test-root.backup.0000'
 *
 *
 * Installation of a symlink is blocked by a directory:
 *   '/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/80test-makeroot'
 * This symlink will be merged with a different name:
 *   '/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/80test-makeroot.backup.0000'
 *
 * Install additional packages for optional runtime features:
 *   sys-fs/btrfs-progs for Scan for Btrfs on block devices
 *   app-shells/dash for Allows use of dash instead of default bash (on your own risk)
 *   sys-apps/busybox for Allows use of busybox instead of default bash (on your own risk)
 *   sys-block/open-iscsi for Support iSCSI
 *   sys-fs/lvm2[lvm] for Support Logical Volume Manager
 *   sys-fs/mdadm for Support MD devices, also known as software RAID devices
 *   sys-fs/dmraid for Support MD devices, also known as software RAID devices
 *   sys-fs/multipath-tools for Support Device Mapper multipathing
 *   >=sys-boot/plymouth-0.8.5-r5 for Plymouth boot splash
 *   sys-block/nbd for Support network block devices
 *   app-admin/rsyslog for Enable logging with rsyslog
 *   sys-fs/squashfs-tools for Support Squashfs
 *   app-crypt/tpm2-tools for Support TPM 2.0 TSS
 *   sys-apps/biosdevname for Support BIOS-given device names
 *   sys-apps/nvme-cli for Support network NVMe
 *   app-misc/jq for Support network NVMe
 *   sys-apps/rng-tools for Enable rngd service to help generating entropy early during boot
 *   sys-apps/systemd[boot] for building Unified Kernel Images with dracut (--uefi)
 *   sys-apps/systemd-utils[boot] for building Unified Kernel Images with dracut (--uefi)
 *   sys-kernel/installkernel[dracut,uki] for automatically generating an UKI on each kernel installation

 * GNU info directory index is up-to-date.
theoffice /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d #


not sure why but there were empty 80test* directories under /usr/lib/dracut/modules;

Code:

theoffice /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d # ls -alF | grep test
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Nov  2 22:01 80test/
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root   24 Oct 13 23:10 80test.backup.0000 -> ../test/modules.d/80test/
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Nov  2 22:01 80test-makeroot/
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root   33 Oct 13 23:10 80test-makeroot.backup.0000 -> ../test/modules.d/80test-makeroot/
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Nov  2 22:01 80test-root/
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root   29 Oct 13 23:10 80test-root.backup.0000 -> ../test/modules.d/80test-root/
theoffice /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d #


deleted 80test* directories and symlinks, re-emerging dracut seems to have resolved the issue.

Code:

theoffice /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d # ls -alF | grep test
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root   24 Oct 13 23:10 80test -> ../test/modules.d/80test/
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root   33 Oct 13 23:10 80test-makeroot -> ../test/modules.d/80test-makeroot/
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root   29 Oct 13 23:10 80test-root -> ../test/modules.d/80test-root/
theoffice /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d #


has anyone encountered a similar issue?
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 03, 2024 9:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Note that I don't think they were errors, but warnings (even though they showed up in red). It does say it will merge them with a different name.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 03, 2024 10:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's harmless, you can remove the dead symlinks if you want. You don't need these modules anyway, they are only used for running the tests.

It's caused by upstream moving a directory into the spot where a symlink to that same directory used to be.
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