Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: base-files
While upgrading base-files to the latest version on hardy, the postinst,
to fixes permissions in /dev, recurses into /etc/udev/.dev, and then
into /proc and other parts of the filesystem while following symlinks in
/dev. This gives out a copious amount of output, looking like this:
find: Symbolic link `/etc/udev/.dev/fd/3/proc/5451/cwd' is part of a loop in
the directory hierarchy; we have already visited the directory to which it
points.
find: Symbolic link `/etc/udev/.dev/fd/3/proc/5451/root' is part of a loop in
the directory hierarchy; we have already visited the directory to which it
points.
find: Symbolic link `/etc/udev/.dev/fd/3/proc/5466/task/5466/root' is part of a
loop in the directory hierarchy; we have already visited the directory to which
it points.
find: Symbolic link `/etc/udev/.dev/fd/3/proc/5466/root' is part of a loop in
the directory hierarchy; we have already visited the directory to which it
points.
find: Symbolic link `/etc/udev/.dev/fd/3/proc/5467/task/5467/root' is part of a
loop in the directory hierarchy; we have already visited the directory to which
it points.
find: Symbolic link `/etc/udev/.dev/fd/3/proc/5467/root' is part of a loop in
the directory hierarchy; we have already visited the directory to which it
points.
find: Symbolic link `/etc/udev/.dev/fd/3/proc/5545/task/5545/root' is part of a
loop in the directory hierarchy; we have already visited the directory to which
it points.
find: Symbolic link `/etc/udev/.dev/fd/3/proc/5545/root' is part of a loop in
the directory hierarchy; we have already visited the directory to which it
points.
It would be nice to exclude this path from the find invocation...
** Affects: base-files (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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base-files postinst recurses into /etc/udev/.dev while trying to fix permissions
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/306973
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