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openSUSE 15.6 sysctl pointing to itself

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I have just run `zypper up on a openSUSE 15.6 computer and the installation of the new kernel says dracut-install error: /sbin/sysctl is pointing to itself` and indeed this symbolic link is a loop:
king:~ # l /sbin/sysctl
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Feb 21 15:59 /sbin/sysctl -> /sbin/sysctl
~> uname -a
Linux king 6.4.0-150600.23.50-default #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri May  9 22:09:52 UTC 2025 (dee422c) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
(I have two other openSUSE 15.6 computers where `/sbin/sysctl` is a elf 64-bit binary of Feb 21 same timestamp which is 27288 bytes in size). Do I need to repair this? by copying the binaries?
Asked by R. J. Mathar (121 rep)
Jun 12, 2025, 12:15 PM
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