On 08 Oct 2003 19:35:26 +0200, JG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> penned: > Hi, > > "Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: > >> Cron keeps yapping at me, so I investigate and find the following: >> >> home:~# ls -l /usr/share/man/man1/tixindex.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root >> root 31 Sep 21 10:12 /usr/share/man/man1/tixindex.1.gz -> >> /etc/alternatives/tixindex.1.gz home:~# ls -l >> /etc/alternatives/tixindex.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root >> 36 Sep 26 19:56 /etc/alternatives/tixindex.1.gz -> >> /usr/share/man/man1/tixindex8.1.1.gz home:~# ls >> /usr/share/man/man1/tix* /usr/share/man/man1/tixindex.1.gz@ >> /usr/share/man/man1/tixwish8.1.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/tixwish.1.gz@ >> >> >> My question: what exactly is tixindex an alternative *for*? Am I >> safe just blowing away both those symlinks? >> >> This may or may not be relevant: >> >> home:~# ls -l /etc/alternatives/tixindex lrwxrwxrwx 1 root >> root 20 Sep 26 19:56 /etc/alternatives/tixindex -> >> /usr/bin/tixindex8.1 >> > > $ update-alternatives --display tixindex > > should give you a good start. > > Hope this helps, > > Jaume
Thanks! It says "no alternatives" ... hrm. I removed the alternatives entry by way of update-alternatives --remove-all, but of course that doesn't fix the existing problem. It finally occured to me to check the bug reports for this package. Sure enough: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=tix8.1 #214055: tix8.1: /usr/share/man/man1/tixindex8.1.1.gz missing -- monique Please respond to the group OR to my email, but not both. (Group preferred.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
