Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote, on 05/04/2014 00:54: > Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote, on 05/04/2014 00:49: >> Ralf Mardorf wrote, on 05/03/2014 23:11: >>> On Sat, 2014-05-03 at 22:46 +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: >>>> Tom H wrote, on 05/03/2014 15:02: >>>>> On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpe...@web.de> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On my machine /usr/lib/iceweasel/firefox-bin is a link to >>>>>> /usr/lib/iceweasel/iceweasel . So maybe on your machine >>>>>> /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/firefox-bin is a dangling link. >>>>>> What is the output of >>>>>> >>>>>> $ ls -lF /usr/local/share/firefox-3.6.28/firefox-bin >>>>> >>>>> The OP's installed an old version of firefox outside of the packaging >>>>> system! >>>>> >>>> >>>> I read that. But the symptom he describes could be due to a dangling link. >>> >>> I don't think so, a soft link would show that it's a soft link, it >>> doesn't matter, if it's broken or ok. So we are talking about a hard >>> link? >>> >> >> I thought of the following scenario: >> >> $ touch x >> $ ln -s x firefox-bin >> $ rm x >> >> Now with this dangling link named firefox-bin try >> >> $ ls firefox-bin >> firefox-bin >> >> $ ./firefox-bin >> -bash: ./firefox-bin: No such file or directory >> >> That's what the OT described. > OT should be OP > >> >> Regards, >> jvp.
But you're right, with the -l switch of the ls command the OP should have seen something like lrwxrwxrwx 1 user users 1 May 4 00:56 /tmp/xx/firefox-bin -> x indicating a soft-link. Regards, jvp. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53657620.4050...@web.de
