Add information on cleaning old symlinks in /usr in dnf-system-upgrade.adoc

Add information on cleaning old symlinks in /usr in dnf-system-upgrade.adoc.

Fedora includes the symlinks utility, so it is easy to clean the old cruft.
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Jeffrey Walton 2019-11-21 15:59:50 +00:00
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@ -172,6 +172,23 @@ However, that doesn't mean that the package is not useful or that you don't use
*Only remove what you are sure you don't need*. *Only remove what you are sure you don't need*.
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[[sect-clean-up-old-symlinks]]
=== Clean-Up Old Symlinks
There may be some dangling symlinks after an upgrade. You can clean the danling links by installing the symlinks utility and deleteing the old links.
[source,bash]
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sudo dnf install symlinks
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Once the utility is installed you can run it like shown below. `-r` means recursive, and `-d` means delete.
[source,bash]
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sudo symlinks -r -d /usr
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[[sect-resolving-post-upgrade-issues]] [[sect-resolving-post-upgrade-issues]]
== Resolving Post-Upgrade Issues == Resolving Post-Upgrade Issues