The same problem exists for me, using standard 32bit stable.
The problem is that perl sees a symlink as a directory, if it points to a directory. Perhaps this is a change since 5.005 -> newer versions of perl? Anyhow, update-jail creates directories if it sees that they are such, via -d.. and so this is why our problem exists... The solution is to add a check at line 172 of update-jail. Change this line from: if (-d $file) { to: if (-d $file && ! -l $file) { and now symlinked directories will not be created via mkdir, but by rsync.. and this works much better. Please let me know how this works for you! Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]