Discussion of Sorcery related topics

[Benoit PAPILLAULT <benoit.papillault AT free.fr>]

Hi there,

I just found the files /var/lib/sorcery/protected and excluded files. 
AFAIK, "protected" prevents files from being removed when dispelling a 
spell and "excluded" adds the feature of not tracking (by sorcery) the 
file listed. However, what is the difference between "protected" and 
"excluded"?

How symlinks are handled? I have seen that /lib/ld-linux.so.2 in the 
"excluded" file, but it's a symlink to /lib/ld-2.3.2.so. So when 
dispelling glibc (as part of a cast -c glibc), the link will not be 
removed, but the real file is.

Benoit PAPILLAULT, ISO Guru