base-files upgrade fails when fsvs is installed

[Gunnar Thielebein]

When upgrading base-files and have fsvs installed I get this error message in loop:

find: Symbolic link `/etc/fsvs/6666cd76f96956469e7be39d750cc7d9/_base/sys/devices/virtual/tty/ptyp5/subsystem/ttyS2/device/subsystem/devices/i8042/serio1/subsystem/drivers/atkbd/serio0/input/input0/subsystem/event1/device/device/subsystem' is part of a loop in the directory hierarchy; we have already visited the directory to which it points.
find: Symbolic link `/etc/fsvs/6666cd76f96956469e7be39d750cc7d9/_base/sys/devices/virtual/tty/ptyp5/subsystem/ttyS2/device/subsystem/devices/i8042/serio1/subsystem/drivers/atkbd/serio0/input/input0/subsystem/event1/device/device/driver/pcspkr' is part of a loop in the directory hierarchy; we have already visited the directory to which it points.
find: Symbolic link `/etc/fsvs/6666cd76f96956469e7be39d750cc7d9/_base/sys/devices/virtual/tty/ptyp5/subsystem/ttyS2/device/subsystem/devices/i8042/serio1/subsystem/drivers/atkbd/serio0/input/input0/subsystem/event1/device/device/driver/module/drivers/platform:pcspkr' is part of a loop in the directory hierarchy; we have already visited the directory to which it points.
find: Filesystem loop detected; `/etc/fsvs/6666cd76f96956469e7be39d750cc7d9/_base/sys/devices/virtual/tty/ptyp5/subsystem/ttyS2/device/subsystem/devices/i8042/serio1/subsystem/drivers/atkbd/serio0/input/input0/subsystem/event1/device/device/input/input1' has the same device number and inode as a direcdpkg: error processing base-files (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 base-files

Its hard to cancel that message you have to hit Ctrl+C several times.
For workaround you can move that /etc/fsvs temporarly out but I dont see any sense in the symlink checking via find.
I would suggest using `find -P ...` in package scripts.

[Gunnar Thielebein (lorem-ipsum)]

concerns base-files 4.0.1ubuntu5.8.04.3 in hardy.

[Gunnar Thielebein (lorem-ipsum)]

also without fsvs installation this warning message of find appears:

find: Symbolic link `/boot/boot' is part of a loop in the directory hierarchy; we have already visited the directory to which it points. I know -P default, so add -H ( do not follow symbolic links ) to find params.

[Gunnar Thielebein (lorem-ipsum)]

this is annoying behaviour, can someone give at least a comment on that? fsvs is imo in intrepid now, so on later base-file upgrades this error will occur for others intrepid users!

[Kees Cook (kees)]

The finds being done in /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-files.postinst are to clean up bad permissions left behind by early versions of the intrepid installer.

Scott, perhaps either redirect stderr, or add a maxdepth?