From 9faf30dc15bbdd69fdb2830dca6a7170422deaa9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeffrey Walton Date: Nov 21 2019 15:59:50 +0000 Subject: Add information on cleaning old symlinks in /usr in dnf-system-upgrade.adoc Add information on cleaning old symlinks in /usr in dnf-system-upgrade.adoc. Fedora includes the symlinks utility, so it is easy to clean the old cruft. --- diff --git a/modules/ROOT/pages/dnf-system-upgrade.adoc b/modules/ROOT/pages/dnf-system-upgrade.adoc index dd3f8a5..640b744 100644 --- a/modules/ROOT/pages/dnf-system-upgrade.adoc +++ b/modules/ROOT/pages/dnf-system-upgrade.adoc @@ -172,6 +172,23 @@ However, that doesn't mean that the package is not useful or that you don't use *Only remove what you are sure you don't need*. ==== +[[sect-clean-up-old-symlinks]] +=== Clean-Up Old Symlinks + +There may be some dangling symlinks after an upgrade. You can clean the danling links by installing the symlinks utility and deleteing the old links. + +[source,bash] +---- +sudo dnf install symlinks +---- + +Once the utility is installed you can run it like shown below. `-r` means recursive, and `-d` means delete. + +[source,bash] +---- +sudo symlinks -r -d /usr +---- + [[sect-resolving-post-upgrade-issues]] == Resolving Post-Upgrade Issues