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Date:	Fri, 06 Dec 2013 11:26:18 -0500
From:	Ken Brown <kbrown AT cornell DOT edu>
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On 12/6/2013 8:25 AM, Andrea Venturoli wrote:
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 andrea mkgroup 23 11 set 12.22 /usr/bin/emacs ->
>> /etc/alternatives/emacs
>> $ ls -l /etc/alternatives/emacs
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 andrea mkgroup 22 11 set 12.22 /etc/alternatives/emacs ->
>> /usr/bin/emacs-X11.exe

I don't know if this explains your emacs problem, but the group 
"mkgroup" indicates that /etc/group (and possibly /etc/passwd) should be 
rebuilt  Don't you get a message about this when you start a shell?

Ken

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