Package: debootstrap Version: 0.3.3 Followup-For: Bug #390647 attached patch based on the information provided in this bug report, though it handles broken symlinks by skipping those files, which is maybe not ideal.
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--- functions.orig 2006-10-09 09:14:50.000000000 -0400 +++ functions 2006-10-09 09:15:41.000000000 -0400 @@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ conditional_cp () { if [ ! -e "$2/$1" ]; then - if [ -L "$1" ]; then + if [ -L "$1" ] && [ -e "$1" ]; then cat "$1" >"$2/$1" elif [ -e "$1" ]; then cp -a "$1" "$2/$1"