On 22 Jan, Richard Smith wrote:
The answer is that I have a /tmp partition (shared with another distribution), and my /var is actually a link to /tmp/VAR.SuSE. So the REAL path to /etc/texmf.cnf needs an extra ../ to get back to / and thence to /etc. "find" showed up many other broken links, broken for the same reason. ... 3. (Extra) How many installations are in the same boat?
I've had the same problem with /opt. On my system, /opt is a symlink to /usr/opt. Relative symlinks under /opt (like those in GNOME) break with every upgrade. Took me two weeks to solve it the first time. Now I just remember to fix them after upgrading... Personally, I wish packagers would use absolute paths with symlinks. Or at least with the links that go back to /. What 'find' command did you use to get broken links? -- Robert Wohlfarth rjwohlfar@bigfoot.com "Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?" -- Matthew 6:25b