[tex-live] Re: Re: Symbolic linking fails

[Christian Lasarczyk]

Hi,

I created a minimal script (attachment) to show the problem and hope people
can test this on other systems. Here are the different outputs:

Debian, ERROR:
./unziptest.sh
insgesamt 8
lrwxrwxrwx  1 lasar ls11   3 2005-11-27 10:38 bar -> foo
-rw-r-----  1 lasar ls11  13 2005-11-27 10:38 foo
-rwxr-x---  1 lasar ls11 314 2005-11-27 10:37 unziptest.sh
  adding: foo (deflated 8%)
  adding: bar (stored 0%)
Archive:  my.zip
  Length     Date   Time    Name
 --------    ----   ----    ----
       13  11-27-05 10:38   foo
        3  11-27-05 10:38   bar
 --------                   -------
       16                   2 files
Archive:  my.zip
  inflating: foo
    linking: bar                     warning:  symbolic link (bar) failed

insgesamt 16
-rw-r-----  1 lasar ls11   3 2005-11-27 10:38 bar
-rw-r-----  1 lasar ls11  13 2005-11-27 10:38 foo
-rw-r-----  1 lasar ls11 269 2005-11-27 10:38 my.zip
-rwxr-x---  1 lasar ls11 314 2005-11-27 10:37 unziptest.sh
foolasar at mixi ....

---
Opensuse, FINE:

./unziptest.sh
insgesamt 8
lrwxrwxrwx  1 lasar users   3 2005-11-27 10:36 bar -> foo
-rw-r--r--  1 lasar users  13 2005-11-27 10:36 foo
-rwxr-xr-x  1 lasar users 314 2005-11-27 10:36 unziptest.sh
  adding: foo (deflated 8%)
  adding: bar (stored 0%)
Archive:  my.zip
  Length     Date   Time    Name
 --------    ----   ----    ----
       13  11-27-05 10:36   foo
        3  11-27-05 10:36   bar
 --------                   -------
       16                   2 files
Archive:  my.zip
  inflating: foo
    linking: bar                     -> foo
finishing deferred symbolic links:
  bar                    -> foo
insgesamt 12
lrwxrwxrwx  1 lasar users   3 2005-11-27 10:36 bar -> foo
-rw-r--r--  1 lasar users  13 2005-11-27 10:36 foo
-rw-r--r--  1 lasar users 269 2005-11-27 10:36 my.zip
-rwxr-xr-x  1 lasar users 314 2005-11-27 10:36 unziptest.sh
testTestTEST


The last lines and the line containing the warning are the most interesting
ones. I would be glad, if someone with an uptodate Debian system could
check if she/he can observer the same problem. If so, you could remove
symbolic links from zip and create them automatically in the installation
script.

Best regards,
    Christian



Karl Berry wrote:

>     I want to supplement, that installation is fine on my home system
> 
> Glad to hear it.
> 
> If an unzip refuses to do anything with symbolic links, I don't see
> there's much we can do about that.  I hope you or someone can
> investigate to see when and why it really fails.
> 
> Best,
> karl
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