On Linux several executables are installed as a copy of /usr/bin/miktex instead of a symlink

[CastleStar14654]

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On Linux, four executables in ~/bin, mktexlsr, texhash, texlinks, and updmap, are installed as a copy of /usr/bin/miktex, instead of a symlink, and is not executable by default due to copying. I wonder if it is by design or by mistake, because I tried manually replacing them as symlinks of /usr/bin/miktex, and they work fine.

[CastleStar14654]

Seems to be related with

miktex/Programs/MiKTeX/miktex/topics/links/commands/LinksManager.cpp

Lines 451 to 462 in a6b6ba9

	#if defined(WITH_MKTEXLSR)
	{ MIKTEX_MIKTEX_EXE, { "mktexlsr" }, LinkType::Copy },
	#endif
	#if defined(WITH_TEXHASH)
	{ MIKTEX_MIKTEX_EXE, { "texhash" }, LinkType::Copy },
	#endif
	#if defined(WITH_TEXLINKS)
	{ MIKTEX_MIKTEX_EXE, { "texlinks" }, LinkType::Copy },
	#endif
	#if defined(WITH_UPDMAP)
	{ MIKTEX_MIKTEX_EXE, { "updmap" }, LinkType::Copy },
	#endif

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Cheers

[CastleStar14654]

@edocevoli I find that your solution is to make the copy process copy the executive bit as well. However, since these four executables are still installed as a copy, when I update the MiKTeX using package manager like apt, other installed symbolic links are updated since they are only links, but these four copied executables won't. They will keep being the original version.