[Bug 1792934] Re: symlink loop detected in path 'usr/share/doc/module-init-tools/changelog.Debian.gz'

[Pas]

strace -f debsums module-init-tools:


lstat("/usr/share/doc/module-init-tools", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=23, ...}) = 0
readlink("/usr/share/doc/module-init-tools", "/usr/share/doc/libkmod2", 4095) = 23
write(2, "debsums: Error: symlink loop det"..., 146debsums: Error: symlink loop detected in path 'usr/share/doc/module-init-tools/changelog.Debian.gz'. Please file a bug against module-init-tools.

So it seems this is a bug in debsums, probably it assumes that there are
no symlinked files in the relevant md5sums files.

/var/lib/dpkg/info/module-init-tools.md5sums file is just one line:

c629c0d493d1b6559648de3f63d398d9  usr/share/doc/module-init-
tools/changelog.Debian.gz

But /usr/share/doc/module-init-tools is a symlink. And module-init-tools
(24-1ubuntu3.2) itself is a pretty empty package, it just has that one
file anyhow, and nothing depends on it, it can be removed. (It's only
available in bionic anyway.)

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Title:
  symlink loop detected in path 'usr/share/doc/module-init-
  tools/changelog.Debian.gz'

Status in kmod package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I ran debsums -ac and it printed this error

      debsums: Error: symlink loop detected in path 'usr/share/doc
  /module-init-tools/changelog.Debian.gz'. Please file a bug again
  module-init-tools.

  So here I am, filing a bug against module-init-tools.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: module-init-tools 24-1ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-34.37-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Sep 17 16:13:36 2018
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-02 (2144 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LC_CTYPE=lt_LT.UTF-8
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: kmod
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-09-16 (1 days ago)

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