Re: mc problem with EXTDIRHELPER variable

[Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de>]

Hi Frank,

looks ok here with MC on debian/stable.
>    Upon further investigation, the problem seems restricted to PDF
> files. MC will open ZIP and DEB files. If I run MC in an xterm I see this:


Enter some *.pdf will open it using okular as pdf-viewer.
> 
> /tmp/mc-frank/mcextELJ902: 11: @EXTHELPERSDIR@/doc.sh: not found

Hhmm, looks like it is looking for doc.sh in /tmp ???

> 
> The doc.sh file IS in /usr/lib/mc/ext.

Please check also permissions of any MC-related files in your /home/. In the 
past I once ran into a problem, when starting MC as root after a "su -". Then 
the MC-file in my /home became root permissions and could not br read as 
normal user again. Just an idea.....

And you can also try, to purge MC and reinstall (aptitude purge mc && aptitude 
install mc).

If done so, please recheck, if the issue is still there.

Hope this helps.

Best

Hans