Jim Cornette writes:
The problem is encountered on a laptop which is shutdown frequently after use. When the library.so.n.#prelink#<random-characters> file is encountered, there is usually the library.so.n file intact with an earlier date for it. When the #prelink# files are located, usually there are entries for the same library with dates either a day or two later for the #prelink# version. This problem is bothersome. However, the problem with library symlinked to /tmp/prelink<random-characters> scares me since I clean /tmp frequently and realize that others use ramdisks for files destined to /tmp. Prelink might be better off using var/cache/prelink for its temporary action for in transition actions.
During shutdown all existing processes should receive a SIGTERM first, then SIGKILL five seconds later if they are still running.
File a bug against prelink, stating that prelink should be catching the SIGTERM, and cleaning up after itself.
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