Bug#1053851: glx-diversions generates a dangling symlink for libGLX_indirect.so.0

[Andreas Beckmann]

Control: tag -1 wontfix
Control: close -1

On 12/10/2023 16.34, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> /usr/lib/mesa-diverted/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLX_indirect.so.0 is
> a symbolic link that points to an inexistent target:
> 
> cventin% ls -l /usr/lib/mesa-diverted/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLX_indirect.so.0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2023-09-29 07:38:02 /usr/lib/mesa-diverted/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLX_indirect.so.0 -> libGLX_mesa.so.0
> cventin% ls -lL /usr/lib/mesa-diverted/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLX_indirect.so.0
> ls: cannot access '/usr/lib/mesa-diverted/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLX_indirect.so.0': No such file or directory

Which does not really matter, since the symlink at this location is not 
being used at all. It's only needed to restore the correct link once the 
diversion gets removed.

glx-alternatives installs a replacement alternative as 
/usr/lib/<triplet>/libGLX_indirect.so.0 which is getting used.


Andreas