Could you please add some quick clarifications for this Thomas? Might be good for all users.
1) The message (as of today’s dist-upgrade) still shows critical error - while I understand it is an warning. Many threads discuss this problem. Is this correct, is dist-upgrade related problems in this case a Critical Error or is it a Warning? 2) On ubuntu cloud clones (e.g., amazon elastic builds) will this break any resolvconf functionality not intended by the clone administrator/creator. I.e., the person(s) hard-coding the /etc/resolv.conf file (not symlink) with information, or will it continue to work without properly (defaulting to prior 12.04 config files etc). 3) The resolveconf system is often bundled with kernel updates. If I accept this Error as a Warning and see broken updates in apt, will I then be able to update to later kernels? 4) added as "fix released" in some related bugs (incomplete here) while upgrade process from version x to y (distributions) are likely to produce these errors - this is incorrect. Note: I specifically need kernel updates to nfs servers and it has dependencies on resolvconf in the update packages (from what I can understand from apt-get -s). INFO: 1) uname -a Linux ip-10-39-8-203 3.2.0-35-virtual #55-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 5 18:02:05 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux 2) sudo dpkg-reconfigure DOES NOT WORK or chattr (all with many reboots) 3) cannot set immutable bit easily (standard amazon elastic clone). However, with hacks from https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1003595 I can make it use a symlink. Still dist-upgrade and dpkg reconf. process fails with error. 4) nr 3 hacks works despite output (symlink present after reboot with same info as before adding symling): # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8) # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN nameserver 172.16.0.23 search eu-west-1.compute.internal 5) ls -l /etc/resolv.conf lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Jun 16 2012 /etc/resolv.conf -> ../run/resolvconf/resolv.conf related: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/resolvconf/+bug/1000244 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1003595 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000244 Title: Symlink /etc/resolv.conf does not exist after installation or upgrade of resolvconf -- various causes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/resolvconf/+bug/1000244/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
