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. 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/lk3rqf$ufl$1...@ger.gmane.org
