Arch Linux

Summary and Info:

I had a symlink I wanted to protect before overwriting by pacman, but it was removed after installing a package that places a file there, even tho the file was listed as NoExtract.
(NoUpgrade works, btw.)

Steps to Reproduce:

% ls -l /sbin/init
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 25 18:49 /sbin/init -> runit-init*

% grep NoExtr /etc/pacman.conf
NoExtract = sbin/init

% sudo pacman -S sysvinit
warning: sysvinit-2.88-8 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (1):

Name Old Version New Version Net Change Download Size

sysvinit 2.88-8 2.88-8 0.00 MiB

Total Installed Size: 0.14 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 0.00 MiB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
(1/1) checking package integrity [######################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files [######################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [######################] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space [######################] 100%
(1/1) upgrading sysvinit [######################] 100%
error: command failed to execute correctly
(intentional, tries to reload init.)

% ls -l /sbin/init
/bin/ls: cannot access /sbin/init: No such file or directory