Installer crashed with OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/target/var'
Bug #879643 reported by
Marc Boisvert-Dupras
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #891711: Fails to copy directory over symlink (e.g. /var/lock when downgrading from 11.10 to 11.04).
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Bug Description
Tried to install UBuntu 11.10 Oneiric on m latop. The installer crashes.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.287
Date: Fri Oct 21 15:56:29 2011
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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Exception during installation: ubiquity/ install. py", line 656, in <module> ubiquity/ install. py", line 130, in run copy_all( ) ubiquity/ install. py", line 408, in copy_all mkdir(targetpat h, mode)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/
install.run()
File "/usr/share/
self.
File "/usr/share/
os.
OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/target/var'