[Bug 942940] Re: precise base-files /var/run migrate_dir fails on pkg configure

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  precise base-files /var/run migrate_dir fails on pkg configure

Status in “base-files” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  
  Using precise, multistrap and live-build to build Linaro images, we have noted the following bug in base-files.  In debian/postinst.in on line 26 we have

  
       26 migrate_directory() {
       27   if [ ! -L $1 ]; then
       28     rmdir $1
       29     ln -s $2 $1
       30   fi
       31 }

  
  Note that due to multistrap later on in this same file line 55, will fail cause when the dpkg --configure -a step happens /var/run already exists and is not certain to be empty causing rmdir to fail.. 

       54   install_directory run/lock 1777 root
       55   migrate_directory /var/run /run

  
  The directory as part of the configure step can be safely blow away. Thus the fix recommended is :

       26 migrate_directory() {
       27   if [ ! -L $1 ]; then
       28     rm -rf $1
       29     ln -s $2 $1
       30   fi
       31 }

  Please apply.

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