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FS#43636 - clamav-0.98.6-1: update fails, /var/log exists in file system

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Dieter Rethmeyer (Dieter) - Friday, 30 January 2015, 20:59 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Saturday, 31 January 2015, 02:11 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
clamav-0.98.6-1: update fails, /var/log exists in file system

Additional info:
* package version: clamav-0.98.6-1
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:
if clamav is not installed: pacman -S clamav
if clamav is installed: pacman -Syu
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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Saturday, 31 January 2015, 02:11 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Friday, 30 January 2015, 21:03 GMT
Did you make /var/log a symlink to somewhere else?
Comment by Dieter Rethmeyer (Dieter) - Friday, 30 January 2015, 21:37 GMT
Yes, I did. Does this cause the problem?
Arch is running on a SSD, the logs are written to a harddisk with symlinks to that partition.
Comment by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Friday, 30 January 2015, 21:37 GMT
Yes, you're trying to tell pacman to replace a file with a directory -- this isn't supported anymore.
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Saturday, 31 January 2015, 02:11 GMT
If you want to do this, use a bind mount, not a symlink. This is a local configuration issue, not a package bug.

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