[Buildd-tools-devel] Bug#401180: schroot: using a symlink for /var/lib/schroot/mount causes /home and /tmp to be erased

[Andreas Barth]

severity 401180 serious
thanks

* Steve Langasek (vorlon at debian.org) [061202 02:08]:
> On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 02:29:29PM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> Symlinking system directories that are under the control of packages is
> always a risky affair.  I'm sorry if this resulted in real data loss for
> you, but I don't think it's appropriate to hold schroot responsible at an
> RC-level for all the ways that things can go wrong if you put symlinks where
> directories are expected.

I think schroot should really be fixed here, and should be fixed prior
to a stable release. I can imagine lots of people to run into the same
situation.

Cheers,
Andi
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