[Bug 995448] [NEW] Resolvconf won't install if etc is on reiserfs

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Public bug reported:

When upgrading my machine to 12.04LTS resolvconf failed to install with
an error

lsattr: Operation not supported While reading flags on /etc/resolv.conf

I tracked this down to my / filesystem being on reiserfs which doesn't
support lsattr. I managed to get resolvconf to install by commenting out
the call to is_immutable_file in the postinst file. The
is_immutable_file needs to be guarded so that if the lsattr operation
isn't available it returns false (as the file can't be marked immutable
if the filesystem doesn't support extended attributes)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: resolvconf 1.63ubuntu12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.38-generic 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun May  6 12:57:44 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: resolvconf
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-06 (0 days ago)

** Affects: resolvconf (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise

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Title:
  Resolvconf won't install if etc is on reiserfs

Status in “resolvconf” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When upgrading my machine to 12.04LTS resolvconf failed to install
  with an error

  lsattr: Operation not supported While reading flags on
  /etc/resolv.conf

  I tracked this down to my / filesystem being on reiserfs which doesn't
  support lsattr. I managed to get resolvconf to install by commenting
  out the call to is_immutable_file in the postinst file. The
  is_immutable_file needs to be guarded so that if the lsattr operation
  isn't available it returns false (as the file can't be marked
  immutable if the filesystem doesn't support extended attributes)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: resolvconf 1.63ubuntu12
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.38-generic 3.2.16
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun May  6 12:57:44 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: resolvconf
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-06 (0 days ago)

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