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Running patchelf on a symlink creates a new file, removes symlink, leaves original unchanged #108

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@quanah

If you have a library file that's actually a symlink, and use patchelf on the symlink, patchelf fails to update the actual file, and instead removes the symlink and creates a new file with the updated rpath in place of the symlink. It appears there either needs to be a --follow-symlink option, or a --no-symlink option, and the default behavior is to either follow or not follow the symlink.

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  1. jyp commented on Dec 25, 2016

    @jyp

    This issue is blocking NixOS/nixpkgs#20794

    What can I do to help?

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