[Pkg-games-ubuntu] [Bug 1026322] [NEW] Configuration symlink instead of directory

[Hegh]

Public bug reported:

The configuration of alien-arena is set up as a symlink:

lrwxrwxrwx  1 jonathan jonathan    34 Jul 18 16:39 alien-arena ->
/usr/share/games/alien-arena/data1

instead of a directory. Alien Arena apparently requires write access to
this directory, and refuses to start without it.

I was able to repair the installation by copying the data pointed to by
the symlink into a directory, which replaced the symlink:

cp -Lr alien-arena alien-arenax
rm alien-arena
mv alien-arenax alien-arena

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: alien-arena 7.53+dfsg-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic 3.2.19
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jul 18 16:43:23 2012
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120424)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: alien-arena
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: alien-arena (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise

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Title:
  Configuration symlink instead of directory

Status in “alien-arena” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The configuration of alien-arena is set up as a symlink:

  lrwxrwxrwx  1 jonathan jonathan    34 Jul 18 16:39 alien-arena ->
  /usr/share/games/alien-arena/data1

  instead of a directory. Alien Arena apparently requires write access
  to this directory, and refuses to start without it.

  I was able to repair the installation by copying the data pointed to
  by the symlink into a directory, which replaced the symlink:

  cp -Lr alien-arena alien-arenax
  rm alien-arena
  mv alien-arenax alien-arena

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: alien-arena 7.53+dfsg-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic 3.2.19
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Jul 18 16:43:23 2012
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120424)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: alien-arena
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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