[pkg-netfilter-team] Bug#916596: iptables.postinst failure on link creation

[Adrian Bunk]

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Control: severity -1 serious

On Fri, Dec 28, 2018 at 02:59:26PM +0100, Arturo Borrero Gonzalez wrote:
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> On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 13:14:19 +0100 Olivier <olivieraj at free.fr> wrote:
> > Package: iptables Version: 1.8.2-2+b1 Severity: important
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> > Dear Maintainer,
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> > Issue occure during iptables:i386 1.8.2-2 -> 1.8.2-2+b1 upgrade.
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> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/iptables.postinst fail with message:
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> > ln: failed to create symbolic link ''$'\t''
> > /sbin/iptables-save': No such file or directory
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> I can't reproduce the issue:
>...
> I didn't try in i386 because I don't have any machine (virtual or
> physical) with that arch, maybe is a architecture specific bug in the
> shell? Hard to believe to say the least.
>...

I can reproduce the problem in a current amd64 unstable chroot.

#1007829 was a similar problem in arptables,
I haven't checked how these are related.

cu
Adrian