Hi!
I just used YAST to update my kernel from 3.6.8 to 3.7.1, and after the process was over, I checked /boot and noted that the System.map link was pointing to the (deleted) previous system.map file.
fkereki@fkereki-desktop:/boot> dir
total 38592
-rw------- 1 root root 512 Jan 25 2011 backup_mbr
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Sep 7 14:50 boot -> .
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1236 Jul 15 02:11 boot.readme
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 137531 Dec 29 15:51 config-3.7.1-17-desktop
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 11 11:23 grub
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Nov 7 23:01 grub2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jan 11 11:23 initrd -> initrd-3.7.1-17-desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23129625 Jan 11 11:23 initrd-3.7.1-17-desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176760 Jul 16 02:32 memtest.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 443392 Oct 27 14:08 message
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 693373 Dec 29 17:19 symtypes-3.7.1-17-default.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 687869 Dec 29 16:53 symtypes-3.7.1-17-desktop.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 687019 Dec 29 17:41 symtypes-3.7.1-17-pae.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 239187 Dec 29 16:50 symvers-3.7.1-17-desktop.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 504 Dec 29 16:50 sysctl.conf-3.7.1-17-desktop
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Dec 1 10:07 System.map -> System.map-3.6.8-13-desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2005652 Dec 29 16:42 System.map-3.7.1-17-desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6324070 Dec 29 16:50 vmlinux-3.7.1-17-desktop.gz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Jan 11 11:23 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-3.7.1-17-desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4956064 Dec 29 16:42 vmlinuz-3.7.1-17-desktop
I recreated the symlink by hand, just in case -- I didn't dare reboot the machine with that problem.
My questions:
- is the System.map symlink needed?
- if so, why isn't it updated by YAST?
- if not, can I simply delete it?
Thanks, and best regards,
Federico Kereki
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