remove RPMs with cyclic dependancies.

[heinlein at madboa.com (Paul Heinlein)]

On 8/4/05 11:17 AM, Dave Gutteridge wrote:

> In the /opt/openoffice.org1.9.122/program/ directory there are still two 
> files remaining:
> 
> [root@localhost program]# ls
> python  python-core
> 
> And they're flashing red, which I've never seen before. It's very 
> ominous looking.

In a stock Red Hat-esque setup, the flashing red indicates a dangling 
symlink. Try this:

cd /var/tmp
touch zzz
ln -s zzz yyy
rm zzz
ls

The yyy link should appear in blinking red because the file to which it 
points, zzz, is no longer available. You can delete dangling links 
without danger.

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