base-files postinst recurses into /etc/udev/.dev while trying to fix permissions
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base-files (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: base-files
While upgrading base-files to the latest version on hardy, the postinst, to fixes permissions in /dev, recurses into /etc/udev/.dev, and then into /proc and other parts of the filesystem while following symlinks in /dev. This gives out a copious amount of output, looking like this:
find: Symbolic link `/etc/udev/
find: Symbolic link `/etc/udev/
find: Symbolic link `/etc/udev/
find: Symbolic link `/etc/udev/
find: Symbolic link `/etc/udev/
find: Symbolic link `/etc/udev/
find: Symbolic link `/etc/udev/
find: Symbolic link `/etc/udev/
It would be nice to exclude this path from the find invocation...