Package: java-gcj-compat-dev Version: 1.0.51-1 Severity: normal $ /usr/bin/javac bash: /usr/bin/javac: Too many levels of symbolic links
So let's see: /usr/bin/javac -> /etc/alternatives/javac /etc/alternatives/javac -> /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/bin/javac /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/bin/javac -> ../../../../bin/ecj (seems to be /usr/bin/ecj, please DON'T do something like this, as it is a symlink across partition boundaries if /usr is mounted on a different partition than / with /etc which must be ok) /usr/bin/ecj -> /etc/alternatives/ecj /etc/alternatives/ecj -> /usr/bin/ecj-bootstrap -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 340 2006-01-28 09:33 /usr/bin/ecj-bootstrap Invoking /etc/alternatives/javac works. ln -sf /etc/alternatives/javac t; ./t ln: accessing `t': Too many levels of symbolic links So it is really the depth and not the '../../' orgy this time. bye, -christian- -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-2-amd64-k8-smp Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages java-gcj-compat-dev depends on: ii ecj-bootstrap [ecj] 3.1.2-1 bootstrap version of the Eclipse J ii gcj-4.0 4.0.2-7j1 The GNU compiler for Java(TM) ii gjdoc 0.7.7-1 documentation generation framework ii java-gcj-compat 1.0.51-1 Java runtime environment using GIJ Versions of packages java-gcj-compat-dev recommends: pn ecj-bootstrap-gcj <none> (no description available) pn libgcj6-src <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]