On 8 Jul 2007, at 19:01, Jean-François Mertens wrote: > On 09 Jul 2007, at 00:14, Kevin Horton wrote: > >> >> On 8 Jul 2007, at 17:55, Martin Costabel wrote: >>> I didn't follow the whole discussion, so I don't know if you noticed >>> that /sw/share/texmf-local is supposed to be a *symlink* to >>> /sw/etc/texmf.local. The current version of cadabra destroys this >>> and >>> replaces it by a real directory. This is a severe bug. >>> >>> Look at jadetex for an example; it does this: >>> >>> mkdir -p %i/etc >>> mv %i/share/texmf-local %i/etc/texmf.local >> >> Ouch. Thanks for noticing this Martin. I did not realize that /sw/ >> share/texmf-local was supposed to be a symlink. I can change the >> cadabra package so that it no longer clobbers the symlink. But, I >> wonder what I can put in the package that will actually check for the >> damage and repair it. > Didn't follow the discussion either.. ., but here the damage seems > much less: > dpkg -L shows indeed that cadabra installed > /sw/share/texmf-local/tex/latex/cadabra/tableaux.sty > but the symlink is still in place , and > # readlink -f /sw/share/texmf-local/tex/latex/cadabra/tableaux.sty > /sw/etc/texmf.local/tex/latex/cadabra/tableaux.sty > > This is the behaviour I expected from dpkg. > (It is in the reverse direction that there is a problem: > dpkg refuses to overwrite dirs with symlinks; so if there > are really machines were the symlink was destroyed by cadabra, > you would need careful PreInstScripts in the next rev to repair > the damage)
Thanks Jean-François for checking the extent of the damage. A revised cadabra.info file is in the Tracker: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php? func=detail&aid=1750008&group_id=17203&atid=414256 It would be good to get this released ASAP. Kevin Horton Ottawa, Canada ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
