extract-debootstrap doesn't work with symlinks
Bug #252171 reported by
Colin Watson
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu CD Images |
Fix Released
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Low
|
Colin Watson | ||
Bug Description
Crispin Flowerday reported that extract-debootstrap always extracts zero-sized files right now because tar can't extract symlink targets. We need to extract the whole udeb and then copy just the bit we need.
Related branches
| Changed in ubuntu-cdimage: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | New → Triaged |
Revision history for this message
| Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in ubuntu-cdimage: | |
| assignee: | nobody → kamion |
| status: | Triaged → Fix Released |
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revno: 715
committer: Colin Watson <email address hidden>
branch nick: cdimage
timestamp: Mon 2008-09-29 21:44:24 +0100
message:
make extract-debootstrap extract the whole udeb and copy out just the script we need, in order to work properly with symlinks (LP: #252171)