I don't know why find(1) says they are N - Non existent. ls -Ll shows them fine.
$ find NOSHUCH sleep -type l -printf %Y\\n|s N f $ find NOSHUCH sleep |xargs ls -l lrwxrwxrwx 1 jidanni jidanni 16 2010-04-07 13:37 NOSHUCH -> /usr/bin/NOSHUCH lrwxrwxrwx 1 jidanni jidanni 10 2010-04-07 13:39 sleep -> /bin/sleep $ find NOSHUCH sleep |xargs ls -lL ls: cannot access NOSHUCH: No such file or directory -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 18204 2010-03-06 21:23 sleep I put an exit just before the link checking damage. # find /tmp/mkinitramfs_VcP7aW/ -type l -printf '%p %Y\n'| grep -c ' N$' 483 # find /tmp/mkinitramfs_VcP7aW/ -type l|xargs ls -Llog 2>&1|nl|tail -n 3 481 -rwxr-xr-x 1 10084 2010-03-22 19:25 /tmp/mkinitramfs_VcP7aW/sbin/rmmod 482 -rwxr-xr-x 1 121900 2010-03-15 09:42 /tmp/mkinitramfs_VcP7aW/sbin/udevadm 483 -rwxr-xr-x 1 113408 2010-03-15 09:42 /tmp/mkinitramfs_VcP7aW/sbin/udevd # find /tmp/mkinitramfs_VcP7aW/bin/ -type l -printf '%p %Y\n'| grep -c ' N$' 35 # find /tmp/mkinitramfs_VcP7aW/bin/umount -type l -printf '%p %Y\n'| grep -c ' N$' 0 Ha ha ha... the bug is in find(1)! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87ljczolht....@jidanni.org