[Bug 1241443] Re: installing the memtest package on FAT boot partition throws error because of symlink

[Peter Cordes]

IDK if having any part of your system on a filesystem that doesn't
support all the usual stuff (like symlinks) is officially supported.

memtest isn't available anymore, as I guess it's been removed since
memtest86+ has been the better choice for years.  So this bug should
probably get closed, esp. since it doesn't apply to this package.
(unless you were trying to ask for fancier handling of errors like
this.)


** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  installing the memtest package on FAT boot partition throws error
  because of symlink

Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  I was upgrading to Kubuntu 13.10 from Kubuntu 13.04.

  Almost all I know is in the title, I mistakenly closed the dialog that
  reported the error without copying the text.

  It said: the installation/upgrade will go on anyway, but the package
  memtest may not work, because the installer did not have the rights to
  create a symlink in my /boot folder (I guess because it points to a
  FAT partition which does not allow symlinks)

  It  seems that the upgrade indeed goes on without further errors.

  I don't know if I could expect something else than this error, because
  my boot settings are non standard. Maybe if the file from the memtest
  package is not too big, it could be copied instead of symlinked, and
  thus show no error.

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