[Bug 993660] Re: package samba-common 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.4 failed to install/upgrade: unable to open '/etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/samba.dpkg-new': Too many levels of symbolic links

[Whit Blauvelt]

The steps above didn't work for me. What did was pulling /etc/dhcp3
/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/samba from a different system.

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Title:
  package samba-common 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.4 failed to
  install/upgrade: unable to open '/etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter-
  hooks.d/samba.dpkg-new': Too many levels of symbolic links

Status in “samba” package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  When I tried "apt-get install -f" from a command line, I got this:

  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  Correcting dependencies... Done
  The following extra packages will be installed:
    samba-common
  The following packages will be upgraded:
    samba-common
  1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded.
  2 not fully installed or removed.
  Need to get 0 B/326 kB of archives.
  After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
  Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 
  Preconfiguring packages ...
  (Reading database ... 506164 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to replace samba-common 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.4 (using .../samba-common_2%3a3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.5_all.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement samba-common ...
  dpkg: warning: samba-common: config file 'etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/samba' is a circular link
   (= '/etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/../../dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/../../dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/../../dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/../../dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/../../dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/../../dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/../../dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/../../dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/../../dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/../../dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/../../dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/../../dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/../../dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/../../dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/../../dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/../../dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/../../dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/../../dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/../../dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/../../dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/../../dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/../../dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/../../dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/../../dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/../../dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/samba')
  dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/samba-common_2%3a3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.5_all.deb (--unpack):
   unable to open '/etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/samba.dpkg-new': Too many levels of symbolic links
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/samba-common_2%3a3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.5_all.deb
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: samba-common 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-13.57-generic-pae 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-13-generic-pae i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: openafs nvidia
  AptOrdering:
   samba-common: Install
   samba-common: Configure
   smbclient: Configure
   winbind: Configure
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed May  2 18:09:52 2012
  ErrorMessage: unable to open '/etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/samba.dpkg-new': Too many levels of symbolic links
  PackageArchitecture: all
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   nautilus 1:2.32.2.1-0ubuntu13
   gvfs     1.8.0-0ubuntu3
  SambaClientRegression: Yes
  SourcePackage: samba
  Title: package samba-common 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.4 failed to install/upgrade: unable to open '/etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/samba.dpkg-new': Too many levels of symbolic links
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-07-16 (291 days ago)

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