[pkg-netfilter-team] Bug#914074: ln: failed to create symbolic link '/sbin/iptables': File exists

[Thorsten Glaser]

Package: iptables
Version: 1.8.2-1
Severity: serious
Justification: not installable

Setting up iptables (1.8.2-1) ...
ln: failed to create symbolic link '/sbin/iptables': File exists
dpkg: error processing package iptables (--configure):
 installed iptables package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1


-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers buildd-unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'buildd-unstable'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.18.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=C (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/lksh
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages iptables depends on:
ii  libc6                    2.27-8
ii  libip4tc0                1.8.2-1
ii  libip6tc0                1.8.2-1
ii  libiptc0                 1.8.2-1
ii  libmnl0                  1.0.4-2
ii  libnetfilter-conntrack3  1.0.7-1
ii  libnfnetlink0            1.0.1-3+b1
ii  libnftnl7                1.1.1-1
ii  libxtables12             1.8.2-1

iptables recommends no packages.

Versions of packages iptables suggests:
ii  kmod  25-2

-- no debconf information