[Bug 662638] [NEW] Postinst fails if webapps/ROOT is a symlink

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Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: tomcat6

Ubuntu Lucid, amd64, tomcat6 6.0.24-2ubuntu1.4

For historic reasons, we have /var/lib/tomcat6/webapps/ROOT as a symlink
into the deployed application. During postinst, dpkg fails:

Setting up tomcat6 (6.0.24-2ubuntu1.4) ...
cp: cannot overwrite non-directory `/var/lib/tomcat6/webapps/ROOT' with directory `/usr/share/tomcat6/webapps/default_root'
dpkg: error processing tomcat6 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 tomcat6

Unless there is a policy reason, I would expect the postinst to ignore
changes in /var/lib/tomcat6/webapps, especially since it is not listed
as part of the package upstream/static files (dpkg -L tomcat6 | grep
ROOT - no results)

** Affects: tomcat6 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Postinst fails if webapps/ROOT is a symlink
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/662638
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