[pkg-netfilter-team] Bug#912046: debsums: Error: symlink loop detected in path 'sbin/ebtables'.

[gregor herrmann]

On Sat, 27 Oct 2018 17:39:50 +0200, Laurent Bigonville wrote:

> When running debsums -ac, it complains that:
> 
> debsums: Error: symlink loop detected in path 'sbin/ebtables'. Please file a bug against ebtables.
> 
> So here is the bug report.

I can't reproduce this (by installing the package and running
debsums), and I don't see any symlinkery in the package either but I
might miss somthing.

What do see are alternatives [0] but they all seem to be in the
iptables package and /sbin/ebtables doesn't seem to be involved.

So maybe this is/was an iptables problem and maybe this was/is fixed
(or maybe I have a to old iptables version).

Or is this another merged-/usr issue poppoing up?


Sorry if this sounds a bit a vague; I still wanted to share my ideas.


Cheers,
gregor, from the Bern BSP


[0]
# update-alternatives --display ebtables
ebtables - auto mode
  link best version is /usr/sbin/ebtables-nft
  link currently points to /usr/sbin/ebtables-nft
  link ebtables is /usr/sbin/ebtables
  slave ebtables-restore is /usr/sbin/ebtables-restore
  slave ebtables-save is /usr/sbin/ebtables-save
/usr/sbin/ebtables-nft - priority 20
  slave ebtables-restore: /usr/sbin/ebtables-nft-restore
  slave ebtables-save: /usr/sbin/ebtables-nft-save

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