Public bug reported:
For some reason some binaries (e.g. `/usr/bin/reset`) got replaced by
symlinks pointing to the link itself which made `dpkg` fail with errors
in the form of `unable to make backup symlink for './usr/bin/reset': No
such file or directory`. It'd be more helpful if `dpkg` would explain
this issue since it's unlikely that a symlink to itself is intended.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: dpkg 1.18.2ubuntu5.1 [modified: usr/bin/dpkg-deb]
Uname: Linux 4.3.3-040303-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Mar 4 00:13:42 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-20 (318 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64
(20141022.2)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=screen
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: dpkg
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-03-03 (0 days ago)
modified.conffile..etc.cron.daily.dpkg: [deleted]
** Affects: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial
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Title:
improve feedback if files are invalid symlinks
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