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Bug#3196; Package ispell.   debian-devel@lists.debian.org  Subject: Bug#3196: ispell symlinks broken Reply-To: Bill Mitchell , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Bill Mitchell Resent-To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org Resent-Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1996 04:18:04 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: ispell X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Mon, 03 Jun 1996 04:18:04 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Mon, 03 Jun 1996 03:40:43 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0uQQUd-0005zFC; Sun, 2 Jun 96 20:39 PDT Received: from motgate2.mot.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA26768 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sun, 2 Jun 1996 20:39:45 -0700 Received: from pobox.mot.com (pobox.mot.com [129.188.137.100]) by motgate2.mot.com (8.7.3/8.6.10/MOT-3.8) with ESMTP id DAA29868 for ; Mon, 3 Jun 1996 03:37:57 GMT Received: from bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com (bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com [138.242.72.29]) by pobox.mot.com (8.7.3/8.6.10/MOT-3.8) with ESMTP id WAA06104 for ; Sun, 2 Jun 1996 22:39:36 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (mitchell@localhost) by bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA16310 for ; Sun, 2 Jun 1996 20:39:35 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com: mitchell owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 2 Jun 1996 20:39:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Mitchell X-Sender: mitchell@bb29c To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Package: ispell Version: 3.1.18-11 This seems as if this would likely either the result of a bug in the ispell or in update-alternatives. I'm a bit confused about this, since "grep alternatives /var/lib/dpkg/info/ispell*" didn't find any hits. Script started on Sun Jun 2 19:52:40 1996 bash# ispell x Can't open /usr/lib/ispell/default.hash bash# ls -l /usr/lib/ispell/default.hash lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 May 3 21:53 /usr/lib/ispell/default.hash -> /etc/alternatives/ispell-dictionary.hash bash# ls -l /etc/alternatives/ispell-dictionary.hash lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 May 18 19:47 /etc/alternatives/ispell-dictionary.hash -> /usr/lib/ispell/american.hash bash# ls -l /usr/lib/ispell/american.hash ls: /usr/lib/ispell/american.hash: No such file or directory bash# ls -F /usr/lib/ispell american.aff british.aff britishmed+.hash default.hash@ americanmed+.hash british.hash@ default.aff@ bash# Script done on Sun Jun 2 19:54:15 1996 mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell)   Acknowledgement sent to Bill Mitchell <mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com>:
New bug report received and forwarded to list.   -t  From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Bill Mitchell Subject: Bug#3196: Acknowledgement (was: ispell symlinks broken) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, but please ensure that the Subject line of your message starts with "Bug#3196" or "Re: Bug#3196" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs)   From nobody@pixar.com Mon Jun 3 04:40:42 1996 Return-Path: Received: from mongo.pixar.com [138.72.50.60] by ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk with smtp (Smail-3.1.29.0 #77) id m0uQQVV-00011EC; Mon, 3 Jun 96 04:40 BST Received: by mongo.pixar.com (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0uQQUd-0006BqC; Sun, 2 Jun 96 20:39 PDT Message-Id: Date: Sun, 2 Jun 96 20:39 PDT From: nobody@pixar.com (SVR4 nobody uid) To: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk Errors-To: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-Bugs: This is an autoforward from debian-bugs XFrom mdd.comm.mot.com!mitchell Sun Jun 2 20:39:47 1996 XReturn-Path: XReceived: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp X (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0uQQUd-0005zFC; Sun, 2 Jun 96 20:39 PDT XReceived: from motgate2.mot.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA26768 X (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sun, 2 Jun 1996 20:39:45 -0700 XReceived: from pobox.mot.com (pobox.mot.com [129.188.137.100]) by motgate2.mot.com (8.7.3/8.6.10/MOT-3.8) with ESMTP id DAA29868 for ; Mon, 3 Jun 1996 03:37:57 GMT XReceived: from bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com (bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com [138.242.72.29]) by pobox.mot.com (8.7.3/8.6.10/MOT-3.8) with ESMTP id WAA06104 for ; Sun, 2 Jun 1996 22:39:36 -0500 (CDT) XReceived: from localhost (mitchell@localhost) by bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA16310 for ; Sun, 2 Jun 1996 20:39:35 -0700 (PDT) XX-Authentication-Warning: bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com: mitchell owned process doing -bs XDate: Sun, 2 Jun 1996 20:39:34 -0700 (PDT) XFrom: Bill Mitchell XX-Sender: mitchell@bb29c XTo: debian-bugs@pixar.com XSubject: ispell symlinks broken XMessage-Id: XMime-Version: 1.0 XContent-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X X XPackage: ispell XVersion: 3.1.18-11 X XThis seems as if this would likely either the result of a bug in the Xispell or in update-alternatives. I'm a bit confused about this, since X"grep alternatives /var/lib/dpkg/info/ispell*" didn't find any hits. X XScript started on Sun Jun 2 19:52:40 1996 Xbash# ispell x XCan't open /usr/lib/ispell/default.hash Xbash# ls -l /usr/lib/ispell/default.hash Xlrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 May 3 21:53 /usr/lib/ispell/default.hash -> /etc/alternatives/ispell-dictionary.hash Xbash# ls -l /etc/alternatives/ispell-dictionary.hash Xlrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 May 18 19:47 /etc/alternatives/ispell-dictionary.hash -> /usr/lib/ispell/american.hash Xbash# ls -l /usr/lib/ispell/american.hash Xls: /usr/lib/ispell/american.hash: No such file or directory Xbash# ls -F /usr/lib/ispell Xamerican.aff british.aff britishmed+.hash default.hash@ Xamericanmed+.hash british.hash@ default.aff@ Xbash# XScript done on Sun Jun 2 19:54:15 1996 X Xmitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) X YReceived: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Mon, 03 Jun 1996 03:40:43 GMT   Information forwarded to debian-devel@lists.debian.org:
Bug#3196; Package ispell.   debian-devel@lists.debian.org  Subject: Bug#3196: ispell symlinks broken Reply-To: K J MacDonald , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: K J MacDonald Resent-To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org Resent-Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 20:18:06 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: ispell X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Thu, 06 Jun 1996 20:18:06 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Thu, 06 Jun 1996 19:46:50 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0uRl0D-0005yRC; Thu, 6 Jun 96 12:45 PDT Received: from haymarket.ed.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA19141 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Thu, 6 Jun 1996 12:45:51 -0700 Received: from tattoo.ed.ac.uk (tattoo.ed.ac.uk [129.215.128.24]) by haymarket.ed.ac.uk (8.6.13/8.6.12) with SMTP id UAA02256; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 20:45:35 +0100 From: K J MacDonald To: Bill Mitchell , debian-bugs@pixar.com In-Reply-To: Bill Mitchell's message of Sun, 2 Jun 1996 20:39:34 -0700 (PDT) Cc: debian-bugs@lists.debian.org Date: Thu, 6 Jun 96 20:44:34 BST Message-Id: <9606062044.aa09740@uk.ac.ed.tattoo> > This seems as if this would likely either the result of a bug in the > ispell or in update-alternatives. I'm a bit confused about this, since > "grep alternatives /var/lib/dpkg/info/ispell*" didn't find any hits. There's a script called /usr/sbin/update-ispell-dictionaries in the ispell package, which is called by the dictionary postinst scripts. This in turn calls update-alternatives. > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 May 18 19:47 /etc/alternatives/ispell-dictionary.hash -> /usr/lib/ispell/american.hash > bash# ls -l /usr/lib/ispell/american.hash > ls: /usr/lib/ispell/american.hash: No such file or directory > bash# ls -F /usr/lib/ispell > american.aff british.aff britishmed+.hash default.hash@ > americanmed+.hash british.hash@ default.aff@ > bash# There is a symlink american.hash -> americanmed+.hash in the iamerican-3.1.18-3.deb file, so it's been lost somehere along the line (assuming that's the version of the dictionary you're using?). I've tried recreating this situation by installing/removing the british and american dictionaries in all the combinations/orders I can think of, and always found these sym links preserved. Does siimply uninstalling and reinstalling iamerican fix the problem? Kenny. | "http://www.glg.ed.ac.uk/~kenny" | | Portuguese/English/French Translations/Teaching by Native Portuguese | | "http://www.nsl.co.uk/tls" |   Acknowledgement sent to K J MacDonald <kenny@tattoo.ed.ac.uk>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list.   -t  From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: K J MacDonald Subject: Bug#3196: Info received (was Bug#3196: ispell symlinks broken) In-Reply-To: <9606062044.aa09740@uk.ac.ed.tattoo> References: <9606062044.aa09740@uk.ac.ed.tattoo> Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers' mailing list and filed with the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#3196" or "Re: Bug#3196" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs)   From nobody@pixar.com Thu Jun 6 20:46:49 1996 Return-Path: Received: from mongo.pixar.com [138.72.50.60] by ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk with smtp (Smail-3.1.29.0 #77) id m0uRl16-00011SC; Thu, 6 Jun 96 20:46 BST Received: by mongo.pixar.com (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0uRl0E-0005z7C; Thu, 6 Jun 96 12:45 PDT Message-Id: Date: Thu, 6 Jun 96 12:45 PDT From: nobody@pixar.com (SVR4 nobody uid) To: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk Errors-To: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-Bugs: This is an autoforward from debian-bugs XFrom tattoo.ed.ac.uk!kenny Thu Jun 6 12:45:54 1996 XReturn-Path: XReceived: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp X (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0uRl0D-0005yRC; Thu, 6 Jun 96 12:45 PDT XReceived: from haymarket.ed.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA19141 X (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Thu, 6 Jun 1996 12:45:51 -0700 XReceived: from tattoo.ed.ac.uk (tattoo.ed.ac.uk [129.215.128.24]) by haymarket.ed.ac.uk (8.6.13/8.6.12) with SMTP id UAA02256; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 20:45:35 +0100 XFrom: K J MacDonald XSubject: Re: Bug#3196: ispell symlinks broken XTo: Bill Mitchell , debian-bugs@pixar.com XIn-Reply-To: Bill Mitchell's message of Sun, 2 Jun 1996 20:39:34 -0700 (PDT) XCc: debian-bugs@lists.debian.org XDate: Thu, 6 Jun 96 20:44:34 BST XMessage-Id: <9606062044.aa09740@uk.ac.ed.tattoo> X X> This seems as if this would likely either the result of a bug in the X> ispell or in update-alternatives. I'm a bit confused about this, since X> "grep alternatives /var/lib/dpkg/info/ispell*" didn't find any hits. X XThere's a script called /usr/sbin/update-ispell-dictionaries in the Xispell package, which is called by the dictionary postinst scripts. XThis in turn calls update-alternatives. X X> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 May 18 19:47 /etc/alternatives/ispell-dictionary.hash -> /usr/lib/ispell/american.hash X> bash# ls -l /usr/lib/ispell/american.hash X> ls: /usr/lib/ispell/american.hash: No such file or directory X> bash# ls -F /usr/lib/ispell X> american.aff british.aff britishmed+.hash default.hash@ X> americanmed+.hash british.hash@ default.aff@ X> bash# X XThere is a symlink american.hash -> americanmed+.hash in the Xiamerican-3.1.18-3.deb file, so it's been lost somehere along the line X(assuming that's the version of the dictionary you're using?). X XI've tried recreating this situation by installing/removing the british Xand american dictionaries in all the combinations/orders I can think of, Xand always found these sym links preserved. Does siimply uninstalling Xand reinstalling iamerican fix the problem? X XKenny. X X| "http://www.glg.ed.ac.uk/~kenny" | X| Portuguese/English/French Translations/Teaching by Native Portuguese | X| "http://www.nsl.co.uk/tls" | X YReceived: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Thu, 06 Jun 1996 19:46:50 GMT   Information forwarded to Kenneth MacDonald <K.MacDonald@ed.ac.uk>:
Bug#3196; Package ispell.   Kenneth MacDonald  Subject: Bug#3196: Old bugs need to be looked at Reply-To: remco@blaakmeer.student.utwente.nl (Remco Blaakmeer), 3196-maintonly@bugs.debian.org Resent-From: remco@blaakmeer.student.utwente.nl (Remco Blaakmeer) Resent-To: Kenneth MacDonald Resent-Date: Sun, 01 Feb 1998 11:06:27 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj@debian.org X-Debian-PR-Message: report 3196 X-Debian-PR-Package: ispell X-Debian-PR-Keywords: X-Loop: owner@bugs.debian.org Received: via spool by 3196-maintonly@bugs.debian.org id=M3196.88633099830157 (code M ref 3196); Sun, 01 Feb 1998 11:06:27 GMT Message-Id: Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 12:00:19 +0100 (CET) From: remco@blaakmeer.student.utwente.nl (Remco Blaakmeer) To: 3196-maintonly@bugs.debian.org This is an automated message sent to all bugs older than one year. This bug is very old. Please take a look at it and see if you can fix it. If it has already been fixed, please close it. If you have problems fixing it or if you don't have the time to fix it, please ask the people on debian-devel@lists.debian.org for help, so that at least the oldest bugs can be solved before Debian 2.0 is released. Remco Blaakmeer   Acknowledgement sent to remco@blaakmeer.student.utwente.nl (Remco Blaakmeer):
Extra info received and forwarded to maintainer. Copy sent to Kenneth MacDonald <K.MacDonald@ed.ac.uk>.   -t  From: owner@bugs.debian.org (Ian Jackson) To: remco@blaakmeer.student.utwente.nl (Remco Blaakmeer) Subject: Bug#3196: Info received for maintainer only (was Old bugs need to be looked at) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: X-Debian-PR-Message: ack-info 3196 Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developer(s) (but not to the mailing list) to accompany the original report. Your message has been sent to the package maintainer(s): Kenneth MacDonald If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please send it to 3196-maintonly@bugs.debian.org, as before. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (administrator, Debian bugs database)   Received: (at 3196-maintonly) by bugs.debian.org; 1 Feb 1998 11:03:18 +0000 Received: (qmail 30153 invoked by uid 71); 1 Feb 1998 11:03:17 -0000 Received: from cal011205.student.utwente.nl (HELO blaakmeer.student.utwente.nl) (root@130.89.222.95) by debian.novare.net with SMTP; 1 Feb 1998 11:03:17 -0000 Received: by blaakmeer.student.utwente.nl id m0xyx8N-0013wXC (Debian Smail-3.2.0.100 1997-Dec-8 #2); Sun, 1 Feb 1998 12:00:19 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 12:00:19 +0100 (CET) From: remco@blaakmeer.student.utwente.nl (Remco Blaakmeer) To: 3196-maintonly@bugs.debian.org Subject: Old bugs need to be looked at This is an automated message sent to all bugs older than one year. This bug is very old. Please take a look at it and see if you can fix it. If it has already been fixed, please close it. If you have problems fixing it or if you don't have the time to fix it, please ask the people on debian-devel@lists.debian.org for help, so that at least the oldest bugs can be solved before Debian 2.0 is released. Remco Blaakmeer