On 2010-11-15 19:16:27 +0100, Rene Engelhard wrote: > severity 603595 minor > tag 603595 + wontfix > thanks > > On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 06:20:58PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > /usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.2/program/classes/bsh.jar is a > > dangling symlink: > > > > ypig% ls -l /usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.2/program/classes/bsh.jar > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2010-11-15 16:08:27 > > /usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.2/program/classes/bsh.jar -> > > ../../../../../share/java/bsh.jar > > ypig% ls -lL /usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.2/program/classes/bsh.jar > > ls: cannot access /usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.2/program/classes/bsh.jar: No > > such file or directory > > apt-get install bsh :)
This is bad. Users shouldn't have to install packages manually just to avoid dangling symlinks. IMHO, here the symlink should be added only when bsh is installed. It's strange that the Debian Policy Manual doesn't mention the status of dangling symlinks. Since tools like grep complain about them, they should be regarded as an error. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arénaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
