Hi! On Tue, 2021-12-14 at 21:00:40 +0800, Mad Horse wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.21.1 > Severity: important
> On my system, /var/lib/dpkg is an dedicated file system mounted there, so > there > is an directory /var/lib/dpkg/lost+found, and fixup_misplaced_alternatives() > within dpkg.postinst will try to "fix" it up, causing upgrade from dpkg > 1.16.1 > failed. > > Currently I walk this problem around by adding "lost+found" to the "known > file > list" in fixup_misplaced_alternatives(), but this function should only work > on > files, not directories, so we had better add some check to see whether this > assumed target is a file, in the first place. Ouch, indeed. Thanks, I've fixed this locally now, and will be included in the next upcoming release. Thanks, Guillem
