UPDATE-DISTCC-SYMLINKS(8)

📦 version 3.4, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

okay so like. this is the man page for update-distcc-symlinks, and it lives in the System Manager's Manual, section 8. yes we're in the big-kid admin section. act accordingly 💅

✨ NAME ✨

update-distcc-symlinks — update symlinks in /usr/lib/distcc

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

update-distcc-symlinks

that's it. no flags. no arguments. she takes nothing and she gives everything 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what she does is: update-distcc-symlinks creates and removes symlinks in /usr/lib/distcc. that's the whole gig. that's her job. and honestly? she does it flawlessly.

if you wanna know more about the why and the what of that directory, go read the distcc man page. it's giving context, iykyk. 📖

now here's the thing, bestie — you do not normally need to run update-distcc-symlinks by hand. like, at all. it gets run automatically whenever compiler packages are removed or installed. the system handles it for you. she's lowkey a background main character, she doesn't need you to summon her. 🙈✨

so if you're sitting there about to type this command manually, pause. ask yourself: did a compiler package just get installed or removed by me, right now, manually? if not… step away from the terminal, queen. it's handled. 💀

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

  • distcc(1) — go read this one for the actual lore 🫶

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this manual page was written by Joel Rosdahl <joel@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system. thank you for your service, icon. 🎀

and that's the whole page, no cap. this was UPDATE-DISTCC-SYMLINKS(8) from the System Manager's Manual, dated 2011-11-03 — a classic, a legend, an absolute vintage baddie. periodt. 💖🌈⭐

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