> Well, that symlink is contained in the package tetex-base itself > (i.e. created during build time). Do you have any clue, why it > was not written to the disk?
I removed it myself to get rid of the circular symlink. When I reinstall tetex-base on a system where both language.def symlinks are removed, the proper /usr/share/texmf/tex/plain/config/language.def symlink comes back, but I get this error: # apt-get install --reinstall tetex-base [...] Preparing to replace tetex-base 3.0-7 (using .../tetex-base_3.0-7_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement tetex-base ... Replaced by files in installed package tex-common ... Setting up tetex-base (3.0-7) ... dpkg: tetex-base: warning - config file `/etc/texmf/plain/language.def' is a circular link (= `/etc/texmf/plain/language.def') and this symlink is created: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 2005-09-09 14:12 /etc/texmf/plain/language.def -> /etc/texmf/plain/language.def If I reinstall tetex-base on a system where /usr/share/texmf/tex/plain/config/language.def exists, I get: # apt-get install --reinstall tetex-base [...] Preparing to replace tetex-base 3.0-7 (using .../tetex-base_3.0-7_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement tetex-base ... dpkg: tetex-base: warning - config file `etc/texmf/plain/language.def' is a circular link (= `/etc/texmf/plain/language.def') Replaced by files in installed package tex-common ... Setting up tetex-base (3.0-7) ... dpkg: tetex-base: warning - config file `/etc/texmf/plain/language.def' is a circular link (= `/etc/texmf/plain/language.def') and the same final result. > Can you (just for fun) purge you teTeX system on the broken machine > and do a complete reinstall 3.0? Does that solve the problem? It is not funny because it would remove 40 packages and 150MB from my system and reinstalling everything afterwards would be a pain. Furthermore I would loose the ability to test a potential fix. BTW, keeping my system in a broken state is a pain. Should I wait for a potential fix or fix it myself ? -- Laurent Bonnaud. http://www.lis.inpg.fr/pages_perso/bonnaud/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
