Bug 1697662

Summary:	/etc/httpd/state: broken symbolic link to ../../var/lib/httpd/state (supplied by httpd-2.4.39-2.fc29.x86_64)
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	John Dodson <jwadodson>
Component:	httpd	Assignee:	Luboš Uhliarik <luhliari>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	29	CC:	anon.amish, jkaluza, jorton, luhliari, pahan
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Description John Dodson 2019-04-08 23:11:48 UTC

Description of problem:
In my checks for broken symlinks,
/etc/httpd/state: broken symbolic link to ../../var/lib/httpd/state
httpd-2.4.39-2.fc29.x86_64

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

httpd-2.4.39-2.fc29.x86_64

How reproducible:
On recent update of above package on a system with httpd not running but installed.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. file /etc/httpd/state
2.
3.

Actual results:
/etc/httpd/state: broken symbolic link to ../../var/lib/httpd/state

Expected results:
No broken symlink

Additional info:

If the symlink must be created (broken) by the installation of httpd
then the file ../../var/lib/httpd/state needs to also be created perhaps
containing the text "Virgin Installation of httpd - this file will eventually contain the status of the running server if it's ever turned on" but should
never be the target of a broken symlink.

Comment 1 Joe Orton 2019-04-09 07:22:50 UTC

Is it actually broken or is it just not readable to non-root users?

sudo file /etc/httpd/state

Comment 2 John Dodson 2019-04-09 12:06:15 UTC

It is broken.

Comment 3 John Dodson 2019-04-15 22:05:36 UTC

Still broken.

Comment 4 Joe Orton 2019-04-16 15:39:33 UTC

Package: httpd-2.4.39-3.fc31

Comment 5 John Dodson 2019-04-16 23:47:29 UTC

Thanks - but that's "a long way off" (ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora_version_history)
& will annoy me every day till then, sadly, as it will be reported as a broken link that needs
attention.

But at least it is a real bug that wasn't just a "user issue"?

What does the target contain in httpd-2.4.39-3.fc31 so I can create it appropriately now?

Comment 6 Joe Orton 2019-04-17 07:17:38 UTC

If you are a little bit patient, we'll get this to f29 as well.  I've switched the target to /var/lib/httpd.

Comment 7 Joe Orton 2019-04-17 07:52:26 UTC

Package: httpd-2.4.39-3.fc30

Comment 8 Joe Orton 2019-04-17 09:05:16 UTC

Package: httpd-2.4.39-3.fc29

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2019-04-17 09:18:43 UTC

httpd-2.4.39-3.fc30 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 30. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-419873d0ae

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2019-04-17 09:18:49 UTC

httpd-2.4.39-3.fc29 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 29. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-52487848d6

Comment 11 John Dodson 2019-04-17 13:56:24 UTC

Thanks - greatly appreciated.

Comment 12 Fedora Update System 2019-04-17 14:24:15 UTC

httpd-2.4.39-3.fc30 has been pushed to the Fedora 30 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-419873d0ae

Comment 13 Fedora Update System 2019-04-18 22:13:09 UTC

httpd-2.4.39-3.fc29 has been pushed to the Fedora 29 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-52487848d6

Comment 14 Fedora Update System 2019-04-27 21:26:14 UTC

httpd-2.4.39-3.fc30 has been pushed to the Fedora 30 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 15 Fedora Update System 2019-05-09 03:17:27 UTC

httpd-2.4.39-3.fc29 has been pushed to the Fedora 29 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.