Comment 2 for bug 1470842

I cannot reproduce the issue. Here is a log of the commands that I ran:

$ echo UNTRUNCATED | sudo tee /test
UNTRUNCATED
$ mkdir -p /run/lock/lxc/var/lib/lxc
$ ln -s /test /run/lock/lxc/var/lib/lxc/somename
$ ls -al /run/lock/lxc/var/lib/lxc/
total 0
drwxrwxr-x 2 tyhicks tyhicks 60 Jul 2 10:21 .
drwxrwxr-x 3 tyhicks tyhicks 60 Jul 2 10:21 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 tyhicks tyhicks 5 Jul 2 10:21 somename -> /test
$ sudo lxc-create --name somename --template download
...
Distribution: ubuntu
Release: trusty
Architecture: amd64
...
$ ls -al /run/lock/lxc/var/lib/lxc/
total 0
drwxrwxr-x 2 tyhicks tyhicks 60 Jul 2 10:21 .
drwxrwxr-x 3 tyhicks tyhicks 60 Jul 2 10:21 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 tyhicks tyhicks 5 Jul 2 10:21 somename -> /test
$ cat /test
UNTRUNCATED
$ sudo lxc-info --name somename
Name: somename
State: STOPPED
$ ls -al /run/lock/lxc/var/lib/lxc/
total 0
drwxrwxr-x 2 tyhicks tyhicks 60 Jul 2 10:21 .
drwxrwxr-x 3 tyhicks tyhicks 60 Jul 2 10:21 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 tyhicks tyhicks 5 Jul 2 10:21 somename -> /test
$ cat /test
UNTRUNCATED