Bug#580223: kpsewhich runs in endlees loop, symlink loop

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> wrote:

> I think kpsewhich should never search in /sys. Also /proc and other
> directories may be omitted.

Indeed - but I don't see why it would.  There must be some strange
configuration on the system.

You do have an interactive shell in the chroot, don't you?  Then please

- send the output of 

  egrep "^(SYST|T)EXMF =" /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf 

- send the file kpsedebug.lg after running

  kpsewhich --debug=90 language.def 2> kpsedebug.lg

Regards, Frank

-- 
Dr. Frank Küster
Debian Developer (TeXLive)
VCD Aschaffenburg-Miltenberg, ADFC Miltenberg
B90/Grüne KV Miltenberg