[bug-notifications] [phpldapadmin 0004283]: preinstall script throws errors in sparse root zones

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http://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=4283 
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Reported By:                flod
Assigned To:                dam
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Project:                    phpldapadmin
Issue ID:                   4283
Category:                   packaging
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     feedback
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Date Submitted:             2010-02-17 03:20 CET
Last Modified:              2010-02-17 12:48 CET
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Summary:                    preinstall script throws errors in sparse root zones
Description: 
When installing on sparse root zones with a read-only /opt fs the
preinstall script will throw errors in the process of migrating data from
/opt/csw/apache2/share/htdocs/phpldapadmin to
/opt/csw/share/www/phpldapadmin/htdocs .

I have no idea if the behavior of the migration script can be changed on
the basis of the status of the files (inherited from root zone or not).

Nevertheless the installation finishes with success and the final state
seems to be sane in my case.
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 (0007462) flod (reporter) - 2010-02-17 12:48
 http://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=4283#c7462 
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old directory: /opt/csw/apache2/share/htdocs/phpldapadmin
new directory: /opt/csw/share/www/phpldapadmin/htdocs

To your question: I installed the package for the first time. The old
directory did not exist before the installation.

My view on what seems to happen:
= global zone installation
pre-install script: The old directory is not found, no migration is done.

installation: a symbolic link from the old to the new directory is
installed (package content).
/opt/csw/apache2/share/htdocs/phpldapadmin ->
/opt/csw/share/www/phpldapadmin/htdocs

= sparse root zone installation
pre-install script: The script follows the symbolic link that was
installed in the global zone. In the directory it finds all the newly
installed files. The script tries to migrate these and throws errors as the
fs is read-only.

installation: all files are inherited from the global zone