Hi Ionut, Thank you for your quick response.
| > $ ls -l /usr/share/grace6/fonts/type1/bchb.pfa | > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Feb 12 17:42 /usr/share/grace6/fonts/type1/bchb.pfa -> /usr/share/AbiSuite/fonts/bchb.pfa | > | > but its target doesn't exist: | > | > $ ls /usr/share/AbiSuite/fonts/bchb.pfa | > ls: /usr/share/AbiSuite/fonts/bchb.pfa: No such file or directory | > $ | [. . .] | | Hi Ryo, | | Please purge everything that is abiword related and reinstall. | /usr/share/AbiSuite existed in woody for the last time. Some defoma | old files may still be lying around. That makes sense. But, I've failed to solve the problem so far. I found that defoma-reconfigure complained about abiword: # /usr/sbin/defoma-reconfigure W: abiword-common: Application not found. /usr/sbin/defoma-reconfigure: `defoma-app update abiword-common' failed (0). [. . .] dpkg doesn't show any abiword related packages. I deleted one file and one directory that I found obviously related to abiword: /etc/defoma/hints/xfonts-abi.hints /var/lib/defoma/abiword-common.d/ So, 1) I purged grace6. The /usr/share/grace6/ directory is deleted. 2) I ran /usr/sbin/defoma-reconfigure . It didn't complain about abiword. "strace -f /usr/sbin/defoma-reconfigure" doesn't even include the string "abi" now. 3) I installed grace6, again. This created the spurious symlink again! $ ls -l /usr/share/grace6/fonts/type1/bchb.pfa lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Feb 12 17:42 /usr/share/grace6/fonts/type1/bchb.pfa -> /usr/share/AbiSuite/fonts/bchb.pfa I got stuck. Ryo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]