On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:09:36 -0800 Ian Zimmerman <i...@buug.org> wrote:
Ian> No, it happens to me too and I am certain I never messed with these Ian> directories manually. Ian> Ian> I think I know what the problem is. Look at #695501. Ian> Ian> "The relevant information" is indeed there - but there is a Ian> subdirectory "emacs" as well as one for the specific flavor Ian> (emacs23 in this case). The machinery looks at the directory and Ian> thinks "emacs" is one of the flavors that must be handled. So it Ian> tries to symlink these files from the flavor specific Ian> subdirectories of /etc and /usr/share (which is "emacs" ...) into Ian> the generic subdirectory (which is also "emacs"). Voila. And indeed, removing the offending file i.e. /var/lib/emacsen-common/state/flavor/installed/emacs seems to land things back in sane territory. So the question is, how did that file get there? I am sure I didn't create it. -- Ian Zimmerman gpg public key: 1024D/C6FF61AD fingerprint: 66DC D68F 5C1B 4D71 2EE5 BD03 8A00 786C C6FF 61AD http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c66875cda51109f76c6312f4d4743d1e.png Rule 420: All persons more than eight miles high to leave the court. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org