#prelink# semi-disaster

[Sam Varshavchik]

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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