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bug#27146: system init: if /etc doesn't exist, create it


From: Ludovic Courtès
Subject: bug#27146: system init: if /etc doesn't exist, create it
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2017 00:37:37 +0200
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ng0 <address@hidden> skribis:

> I had the unfortunate experience of remote fixing a system,
> and one way I tried to fix my original problem was to
> remove the /etc directory (this included the content of
> debian 8 with some alternative changes to the minimal
> one I did not set up myself).
> When I rebooted, this is still at activation of the first
> system generation, I get the repl because the symlink
> target does not exist (obviously).
>
> We should think of such situations, however uncommon they are,
> and check if /etc exists. If it doesn't exist create it
> otherwise it is assumed that it exists and for example
> this symlink creation will work: ssl -> /run/current-system/profile/etc/ssl

Indeed, fixed in 49962b15a1c4e72a55b6cf273806d203906de2ed.

Thanks,
Ludo’.





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