[tex-live] LInks for binaries not installed

[Daniel Flipo]

Hi all,

A TL2005 user working on a Linux Debian Sarge platform reports that the 
links for binaries fail to install.

For instance, instead of
 >   lrwxrwxrwx  1 melennec wdinstall 7 Jan 23 11:21 pdflatex -> pdfetex
he gets a non executable file:
 >   -rw-r--r--  1 melennec wdinstall 7 Jan 23 11:21 pdflatex

BTW, other links in texmf/doc/man/man1 and in texmf-dist/doc/ also fail 
to install...

His log file says:

Unpacking zip files for packages...
............................................
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/lamed) failed
.warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/altpdfamstex) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/amstex) failed
....warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/bg5+latex) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/bg5+pdflatex) failed
.warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/fdf2tan) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/fdf2tex) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/makempy) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/mptopdf) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/texfind) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/texfont) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/texshow) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/texutil) failed
.warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/cslatex) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/pdfcslatex) failed
.warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/csplain) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/pdfcsplain) failed
..warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/ctangle.1) failed
warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/cweave.1) failed
.........warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/dvilj2p.1) failed
warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/dvilj4.1) failed
warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/dvilj4l.1) failed
warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/dvilj6.1) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/dvilj6) failed
...warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/dvigif) failed
..warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/eplain) failed
.warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/etex) failed
...warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/getnonfreefonts-sys) failed
..warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/jadetex) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/pdfjadetex) failed
.warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/kpsepath.1) failed
warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/kpsexpand.1) failed
warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/mktexfmt.1) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/kpsepath) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/kpsexpand) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/mktexfmt) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/texhash) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/uniqleaf) failed
..warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/latex) failed
...warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/mf-nowin.1) failed
..warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/mex) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/pdfmex) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/utf8mex) failed
..warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/mllatex) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/mltex) failed
..warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/lambda) failed
.warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/odvicopy.1) failed
warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/odvips.1) failed
warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/odvitype.1) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/odvips) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/ofm2opl) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/opl2ofm) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/ovf2ovp) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/ovp2ovf) failed
..warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/altpdfaleph) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/altpdfcont-en) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/altpdfcont-nl) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/altpdfetex) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/altpdflambda) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/altpdflatex) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/altpdfomega) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/pdflatex) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/pdftex) failed
.warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/pdfcrop) failed
...warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/physe) failed
.warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/phyzzx) failed
.warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/pdfplatex) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/platex) failed
........warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/fmtutil-sys.1) failed
warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/updmap-sys.1) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/allec) failed
...warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/texconfig-sys.1) failed
...warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/texsis) failed
..warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/thumbpdf) failed
.......warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/oxdvi.1) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/oxdvi) failed
.warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/pdfxmltex) failed
warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/xmltex) failed
warning:  symbolic link (texmf-dist/doc/latex/custom-bib/README) failed
warning: symbolic link (texmf-dist/doc/latex/fncychap/README) failed
..................................
Done unpacking.

Has anybody a clue of what happens?
Thanks in advance,
-- 
Daniel Flipo                             Daniel.Flipo at univ-lille1.fr
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