Bug 90805

Summary:	Upgrade from 7.3 to 9 produces a symbolic link error
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Iain Mott <mott>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Michael Fulbright <msf>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Mike McLean <mikem>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	9	CC:	mott
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Description Iain Mott 2003-05-14 00:38:09 UTC

Description of problem:

During upgrade of Redhat 7.3 to 9 (using disk images downloaded from web) an
error occurs immediately after the auto detection of the current OS. The error
reads as follows:

"The following are directories which should instead be symbolic link, which will
cause problems with the upgrade. Please return them to their original state as a
symbolic link and restart the upgrade

/usr/tmp"

To the best of my knowledge I have never tampered with this link. On my first
attempt to rectify the problem I deleted /usr/tmp - the same error occurred
during the upgrade. I then tried to re-establish the link with: ln -s /var/tmp/
/usr/tmp to create the correct link: /usr/tmp -> /var/tmp/

The same error message persists.

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


How reproducible:

consistent

Steps to Reproduce:
1.boot with the installation CD
2.perform upgrade operation
3.error occurs during the step after detection of the existing OS

Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2003-05-14 16:33:26 UTC

You want to link /usr/tmp to ../var/tmp (the .. is important).

Comment 2 Michael Fulbright 2003-05-14 16:33:46 UTC

*** Bug 90802 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Michael Fulbright 2003-06-18 20:47:07 UTC

Closing due to inactivity - please reopen if you have additional information to add.