Bug 1657754 - dvipdfmx links to an unexistent file
Summary: dvipdfmx links to an unexistent file
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 1657755
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: texlive
Version: 29
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tom "spot" Callaway
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-12-10 11:37 UTC by Marco Guazzone
Modified: 2018-12-14 14:06 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2018-12-14 14:06:40 UTC
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Description Marco Guazzone 2018-12-10 11:37:13 UTC
Description of problem:

The command "dvipdfmx" does not work since it is a symbolic link to "xdvipdfmx" which does not exist in my file system.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

texlive-dvipdfmx-20180414-28.fc29.x86_64


How reproducible:

Simply install the texlive-dvipdfmx package


Steps to Reproduce:
1. sudo dnf install texlive-dvipdfmx
2. cd/usr/bin
3. ls dvipdfmx


Actual results:

The third step produces the following output:

   lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 Nov 26 19:22 dvipdfmx -> xdvipdfmx

where the symbolic link is broken.

As a consequence, the "dvipdfmx" command as well as the "dvipdfm", "ebb", "extracbb" commands) do not work.


Expected results:

"xdvipdfmx" must exist in the file system


Additional info:

I have tried to remove the above broken links and to reinstall the package:
  1. cd /usr/bin
  2. sudo rm dvipdfm dvipdfmx ebb extractbb
  3. sudo dnf reinstall texlive-dvipdfmx
without any success: the third step recreates the above broken links.

Comment 1 Tom "spot" Callaway 2018-12-14 14:06:40 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1657755 ***


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