* bug#27146: system init: if /etc doesn't exist, create it
@ 2017-05-30 13:13 ng0
2017-08-02 22:37 ` Ludovic Courtès
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: ng0 @ 2017-05-30 13:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 27146
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I had the unfortunate experience of remote fixing a system,
and one way I tried to fix my original problem was to
remove the /etc directory (this included the content of
debian 8 with some alternative changes to the minimal
one I did not set up myself).
When I rebooted, this is still at activation of the first
system generation, I get the repl because the symlink
target does not exist (obviously).
We should think of such situations, however uncommon they are,
and check if /etc exists. If it doesn't exist create it
otherwise it is assumed that it exists and for example
this symlink creation will work: ssl -> /run/current-system/profile/etc/ssl
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* bug#27146: system init: if /etc doesn't exist, create it
2017-05-30 13:13 bug#27146: system init: if /etc doesn't exist, create it ng0
@ 2017-08-02 22:37 ` Ludovic Courtès
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2017-08-02 22:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ng0; +Cc: 27146-done
ng0 <ng0@pragmatique.xyz> skribis:
> I had the unfortunate experience of remote fixing a system,
> and one way I tried to fix my original problem was to
> remove the /etc directory (this included the content of
> debian 8 with some alternative changes to the minimal
> one I did not set up myself).
> When I rebooted, this is still at activation of the first
> system generation, I get the repl because the symlink
> target does not exist (obviously).
>
> We should think of such situations, however uncommon they are,
> and check if /etc exists. If it doesn't exist create it
> otherwise it is assumed that it exists and for example
> this symlink creation will work: ssl -> /run/current-system/profile/etc/ssl
Indeed, fixed in 49962b15a1c4e72a55b6cf273806d203906de2ed.
Thanks,
Ludo’.
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