So turns out the pushd popd was to make novarc work on a mac/bsd. Also not sure what the -f is for in readlink, but it doesn't work on a mac.
** Changed in: nova Status: Fix Committed => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to nova in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/766352 Title: novarc in nova.zip does not work perfectly as symlink -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs