[Bug 879643] Re: Installer crashed with OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/target/var'

[Colin Watson]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 891711 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/891711

** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 875741
   OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/target/var'
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 891711
   Fails to copy directory over symlink (e.g. /var/lock when downgrading from 11.10 to 11.04)

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Title:
  Installer crashed with OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/target/var'

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Tried to install UBuntu 11.10 Oneiric on m latop. The installer
  crashes.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.287
  Date: Fri Oct 21 15:56:29 2011
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_CA.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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