Hi, On Tue, Apr 09, 2019 at 06:05:00PM +0200, Andreas Beckmann wrote: > On 2019-04-09 11:44, Andreas Beckmann wrote: > > 0m17.9s ERROR: WARN: Broken symlinks: > > /etc/rmt -> /usr/sbin/rmt (tar) > > > > 0m22.0s ERROR: FAIL: After purging files have disappeared: > > /usr/sbin/rmt -> /etc/alternatives/rmt not owned
[...] > Cloning the bug to tar, since its prerm contains a similar construct. > (And I don't mean the update-alternatives call ...) > > remove|deconfigure) > update-alternatives --remove rmt /usr/sbin/rmt-tar > if test -L /sbin/rmt && test /sbin/rmt -ef /usr/sbin/rmt; then > rm -f /sbin/rmt > fi > ;; > > Probable use > > if ! test -L /sbin && test -L /sbin/rmt && ... > I think the code trying to remove the /sbin/rmt symlink should just be removed. tar stopped creating it in 1.15.1-1 (2005). Thanks, Ivo
