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Bug 1697662 - /etc/httpd/state: broken symbolic link to ../../var/lib/httpd/state (supplied by httpd-2.4.39-2.fc29.x86_64)
Summary: /etc/httpd/state: broken symbolic link to ../../var/lib/httpd/state (supplied...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: httpd
Version: 29
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Luboš Uhliarik
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-04-08 23:11 UTC by John Dodson
Modified: 2019-05-09 03:17 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: httpd-2.4.39-3.fc29 httpd-2.4.39-3.fc30
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Last Closed: 2019-04-27 21:26:14 UTC
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Description John Dodson 2019-04-08 23:11:48 UTC 
Description of problem:
In my checks for broken symlinks,
/etc/httpd/state: broken symbolic link to ../../var/lib/httpd/state
httpd-2.4.39-2.fc29.x86_64

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

httpd-2.4.39-2.fc29.x86_64

How reproducible:
On recent update of above package on a system with httpd not running but installed.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. file /etc/httpd/state
2.
3.

Actual results:
/etc/httpd/state: broken symbolic link to ../../var/lib/httpd/state

Expected results:
No broken symlink

Additional info:

If the symlink must be created (broken) by the installation of httpd
then the file ../../var/lib/httpd/state needs to also be created perhaps
containing the text "Virgin Installation of httpd - this file will eventually contain the status of the running server if it's ever turned on" but should
never be the target of a broken symlink.
Comment 1 Joe Orton 2019-04-09 07:22:50 UTC 
Is it actually broken or is it just not readable to non-root users?

sudo file /etc/httpd/state
Comment 2 John Dodson 2019-04-09 12:06:15 UTC 
It is broken.
Comment 3 John Dodson 2019-04-15 22:05:36 UTC 
Still broken.
Comment 4 Joe Orton 2019-04-16 15:39:33 UTC 
Package: httpd-2.4.39-3.fc31
Comment 5 John Dodson 2019-04-16 23:47:29 UTC 
Thanks - but that's "a long way off" (ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora_version_history)
& will annoy me every day till then, sadly, as it will be reported as a broken link that needs
attention.

But at least it is a real bug that wasn't just a "user issue"?

What does the target contain in httpd-2.4.39-3.fc31 so I can create it appropriately now?
Comment 6 Joe Orton 2019-04-17 07:17:38 UTC 
If you are a little bit patient, we'll get this to f29 as well.  I've switched the target to /var/lib/httpd.
Comment 7 Joe Orton 2019-04-17 07:52:26 UTC 
Package: httpd-2.4.39-3.fc30
Comment 8 Joe Orton 2019-04-17 09:05:16 UTC 
Package: httpd-2.4.39-3.fc29
Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2019-04-17 09:18:43 UTC 
httpd-2.4.39-3.fc30 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 30. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-419873d0ae
Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2019-04-17 09:18:49 UTC 
httpd-2.4.39-3.fc29 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 29. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-52487848d6
Comment 11 John Dodson 2019-04-17 13:56:24 UTC 
Thanks - greatly appreciated.
Comment 12 Fedora Update System 2019-04-17 14:24:15 UTC 
httpd-2.4.39-3.fc30 has been pushed to the Fedora 30 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-419873d0ae
Comment 13 Fedora Update System 2019-04-18 22:13:09 UTC 
httpd-2.4.39-3.fc29 has been pushed to the Fedora 29 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-52487848d6
Comment 14 Fedora Update System 2019-04-27 21:26:14 UTC 
httpd-2.4.39-3.fc30 has been pushed to the Fedora 30 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 15 Fedora Update System 2019-05-09 03:17:27 UTC 
httpd-2.4.39-3.fc29 has been pushed to the Fedora 29 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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