[Pbuilder-maint] Bug#367135: pbuilder: /etc/mtab symlink errors

[Andreas Beckmann]

Package: pbuilder
Version: 0.152
Severity: normal

Hi,

every time while extracting the .tgz and setting up the build
environment, the following error message is printed:

ln: creating symbolic link `/tmp/pbuilder/build/25744/etc/mtab' to
`../proc/mounts': File exists

indicating there would be something wrong.

I found two different /etc/mtab files in newly created base.tgz files:
a) with cdebootstrap: the proper symlink is already in place and no
   error should be printed
b) with debootstrap: /etc/mtab is a regular file with information about
   /proc and /sys and should probably be replaced


Andreas

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (300, 'unstable'), (30, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-vserver-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages pbuilder depends on:
ii  cdebootstrap                  0.3.11     Bootstrap a Debian system
ii  coreutils                     5.94-1     The GNU core utilities
ii  debianutils                   2.16       Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  debootstrap                   0.3.3      Bootstrap a basic Debian system
ii  gcc                           4:4.0.2-2  The GNU C compiler
ii  wget                          1.10.2-1   retrieves files from the web

Versions of packages pbuilder recommends:
ii  devscripts                    2.9.19     Scripts to make the life of a Debi
ii  fakeroot                      1.5.8      Gives a fake root environment
ii  sudo                          1.6.8p12-4 Provide limited super user privile

-- no debconf information