Bug 3823 - upgrade to 6.0 failed due to link pb
Summary: upgrade to 6.0 failed due to link pb
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
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Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: installer
Version: 6.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Matt Wilson
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Reported: 1999-06-30 10:57 UTC by proux
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-02-10 21:13:26 UTC

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Description proux 1999-06-30 10:57:14 UTC 
In the very begining 6.0 installation script, installation
try to
find rpmdatabase in /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
But on my system /var is a link to /tmp_var/var (I've got
one filesystem to /var and /tmp, /tpm is an other link to
/tpm_var/tmp).
I think, installation try to find packages.rpm on
/mnt/var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
but for me, it will become /tmp_var/var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
and this file is not find out there. It shoud be
/mnt/tmp_var/var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
So instalation failed. If I recreate a normal /var every
think is allright !
Comment 1 Jay Turner 1999-06-30 12:12:59 UTC 
Installer is unable to find the RPM database when it is located on a
symbolically linked volume.  This issue has been forwarded to the
installer developer for further action.
Comment 2 Jeff Johnson 1999-06-30 23:07:59 UTC 
Make sure you use a relative link as in

	cd /
	ln -sf tmpvar/var var

Please reopen if this doesn't fix the problem.
Comment 3 proux 1999-07-01 07:20:59 UTC 
It's already a symbolic link !
Comment 4 Jay Turner 2000-02-10 21:13:59 UTC 
This issue is a result of the symbolic link being absolute instead of relative.
This is what causes the problem.  Changing the link from an absolute to a
relative link will solve the problem.
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