Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: ubiquity
a partition has folder B. and folder A being a symlink to B
if you mount the partition in the live cd nautilus (by clicking on it in the
left panel in nautilus) the symlink works correctly; going into A goes into B
start ubiquity
select to have the partition mounted as home in ubquity
choose user name A
installation fails, installer crashes without error message when it says
"setting up home directory" below progress bar
start ubiquity again
select to have the partition mounted as home in ubquity
choose user name B
installation works successfully ( and I get my old home directory back :) )
Then start up newly installed ubuntu. In system>admin>users and groups. can
change home directory location from B to A, no problems. So there is no actual
problem with having the home folder as a symlink once installed
Clearly there should be no difference between the folders. Whatever the
installer needs to do with the folder A it should be able to do it as if
it was B
This was using the ubuntu 8.04 live cd.
I'm sorry but i dont have any error logs, and also i dont really want to
reinstall ubuntu to get them. But i tried the installer several times and it
crashed every time until i changed my username from A to B, when i thought it
might have been having trouble with the symlink. So this might not be a very
useful bug report, but i thought i should report it anyway. It may also be
something specific to my home folder, as I have had it for a year now, but as
it doesnt cause a problem changing it once installed, i dont think it should be
a problem for ubiquity
** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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ubiquity crashes if folder for home directory is symlink
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246134
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