Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote, on 05/04/2014 00:49: > 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 <[email protected]> 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. OT should be OP
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