Bug 187870 – Upgrade rejected if /var/cache is a symlink

Bug 187870 - Upgrade rejected if /var/cache is a symlink

Summary:	Upgrade rejected if /var/cache is a symlink

Status:	CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	anaconda (Show other bugs)
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Version:	5
Hardware:	All Linux

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Assigned To:	Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact:	Mike McLean
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Reported:	2006-04-04 03:03 EDT by Joachim Backes
Modified:	2008-08-02 19:40 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2007-06-12 09:55:22 EDT
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Description Joachim Backes 2006-04-04 03:03:15 EDT

Description of problem:
I tried to update my FC4 installation to FC5. The update fails if /var/cache or
/var/cache/yum are symlinks to a fs on another partition (I made this for disk
space reasons). If excanging this symlink by a real directory /var/cache/yum
on the boot partition, the update runs.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Starting from the
fc5 install cd.

How reproducible: Every time


Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results: Update fails.


Expected results: Update is running.


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Comment 1 Chris Lumens 2006-04-04 15:31:06 EDT

How does the upgrade fail?  Does it give you an exception traceback?  If so,
please attach the complete dump to this bug report.

Comment 3 Red Hat Bugzilla 2007-06-11 23:09:38 EDT

requested by Jams Antill

Comment 4 Joachim Backes 2007-06-12 00:51:52 EDT

Having no more FC4 installations, so I can't reproduce the bug.

May be closed.

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