diff -u landscape-client-1.0.18/debian/changelog landscape-client-1.0.18/debian/changelog
--- landscape-client-1.0.18/debian/changelog
+++ landscape-client-1.0.18/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+landscape-client (1.0.18-0ubuntu4) intrepid; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/landscape-common.postinst: Don't blow up when the landscape-sysinfo
+    symlinks already exist (LP: #270131)
+
+ -- Christopher Armstrong <radix@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:23:14 -0400
+
 landscape-client (1.0.18-0ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low
 
   * debian/control: Add Replaces for landscape-common since
diff -u landscape-client-1.0.18/debian/landscape-common.postinst landscape-client-1.0.18/debian/landscape-common.postinst
--- landscape-client-1.0.18/debian/landscape-common.postinst
+++ landscape-client-1.0.18/debian/landscape-common.postinst
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@
         UPDATE_MOTD_LOCATION=/etc/update-motd.d/50-landscape-sysinfo
         if [ "$RET" = "Cache sysinfo in /etc/motd" ]; then
             rm -f $PROFILE_LOCATION 2>/dev/null || true
-            ln -s $WRAPPER $UPDATE_MOTD_LOCATION
+            ln -sf $WRAPPER $UPDATE_MOTD_LOCATION
             invoke-rc.d update-motd refresh || true
         elif [ "$RET" = "Run sysinfo on every login" ]; then
             rm -f $UPDATE_MOTD_LOCATION 2>/dev/null &&  /etc/init.d/update-motd refresh || true
-            ln -s $WRAPPER $PROFILE_LOCATION
+            ln -sf $WRAPPER $PROFILE_LOCATION
         else
             rm -f $UPDATE_MOTD_LOCATION 2>/dev/null &&  /etc/init.d/update-motd refresh || true
             rm -f $PROFILE_LOCATION || true