Your message dated Sat, 25 Feb 2023 20:17:15 +0200 with message-id <Y/pQq6vzgVABDHHX@localhost> and subject line Re: Bug#916596: iptables.postinst failure on link creation has caused the Debian Bug report #916596, regarding iptables.postinst failure on link creation to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: iptables Version: 1.8.2-2+b1 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, Issue occure during iptables:i386 1.8.2-2 -> 1.8.2-2+b1 upgrade. /var/lib/dpkg/info/iptables.postinst fail with message: ln: failed to create symbolic link ''$'\t'' /sbin/iptables-save': No such file or directory The root cause is here : <script> LIST="/sbin/iptables /sbin/iptables-save /sbin/iptables-restore /sbin/ip6tables /sbin/ip6tables-save /sbin/ip6tables-restore" for i in $LIST ; do </script> There are tabs before "/sbin/", so this cause "for i in $LIST" issue (tabs are used as a file name) Workaround: Remove tabs: <patch> LIST="/sbin/iptables /sbin/iptables-save /sbin/iptables-restore /sbin/ip6tables /sbin/ip6tables-save /sbin/ip6tables-restore" </patch> Issue are similar with #914074 and #914129, but not exactly the sames. Thanks for your help. Best regards, Olivier -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (90, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 4.18.0-2-686-pae (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages iptables depends on: ii libc6 2.28-2 ii libip4tc0 1.8.2-2+b1 ii libip6tc0 1.8.2-2+b1 ii libiptc0 1.8.2-2+b1 ii libmnl0 1.0.4-2 ii libnetfilter-conntrack3 1.0.7-1 ii libnfnetlink0 1.0.1-3+b1 ii libnftnl11 1.1.2-2 ii libxtables12 1.8.2-2+b1 iptables recommends no packages. Versions of packages iptables suggests: ii kmod 25-2 -- debconf information: perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC_ALL = (unset), LANG = "fr_FR.UTF-8" are supported and installed on your system. perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C"). locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory -- debsums errors found: perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC_ALL = (unset), LANG = "fr_FR.UTF-8" are supported and installed on your system. perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
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--- Begin Message ---Version: 1.8.4-1 On Sun, Feb 05, 2023 at 02:27:47PM +0000, Jeremy Sowden wrote: >... > > That sym-link code was removed in 1.8.4-1, which was uploaded at the end > of 2019. Sorry for the confusion, debugging my issue it seems to be a problem in ebtables that I'll report there. > J. cu Adrian
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