ReaR shows warning "Broken symlink '/usr/lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.AW-CM256SM.txt.xz' in recovery system because 'readlink' cannot determine its link target"

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Issue

  • When creating a Rescue ISO, rear mkrescue (or rear mkbackup) shows the following warning
[root@example ~] # rear mkrescue
Cannot include default keyboard mapping (no 'defkeymap.*' found in /lib/kbd/keymaps)
Broken symlink '/usr/lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.AW-CM256SM.txt.xz' in recovery system because 'readlink' cannot determine its link target
[. . .]

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
    • ReaR

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