extract-debootstrap doesn't work with symlinks
Bug #252171 reported by
Colin Watson
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu CD Images |
Fix Released
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Low
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Colin Watson |
Bug Description
Crispin Flowerday reported that extract-debootstrap always extracts zero-sized files right now because tar can't extract symlink targets. We need to extract the whole udeb and then copy just the bit we need.
Related branches
Changed in ubuntu-cdimage: | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
status: | New → Triaged |
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revno: 715
committer: Colin Watson <email address hidden>
branch nick: cdimage
timestamp: Mon 2008-09-29 21:44:24 +0100
message:
make extract-debootstrap extract the whole udeb and copy out just the script we need, in order to work properly with symlinks (LP: #252171)