[debbugs-tracker] bug#27146: closed (system init: if /etc doesn't exist, create it)

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regarding system init: if /etc doesn't exist, create it
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--- Begin Message --- Subject: system init: if /etc doesn't exist, create it Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 13:13:29 +0000

I had the unfortunate experience of remote fixing a system,
and one way I tried to fix my original problem was to
remove the /etc directory (this included the content of
debian 8 with some alternative changes to the minimal
one I did not set up myself).
When I rebooted, this is still at activation of the first
system generation, I get the repl because the symlink
target does not exist (obviously).

We should think of such situations, however uncommon they are,
and check if /etc exists. If it doesn't exist create it
otherwise it is assumed that it exists and for example
this symlink creation will work: ssl -> /run/current-system/profile/etc/ssl

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> > I had the unfortunate experience of remote fixing a system,
> > and one way I tried to fix my original problem was to
> > remove the /etc directory (this included the content of
> > debian 8 with some alternative changes to the minimal
> > one I did not set up myself).
> > When I rebooted, this is still at activation of the first
> > system generation, I get the repl because the symlink
> > target does not exist (obviously).
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> > We should think of such situations, however uncommon they are,
> > and check if /etc exists. If it doesn't exist create it
> > otherwise it is assumed that it exists and for example
> > this symlink creation will work: ssl -> /run/current-system/profile/etc/ssl
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> Indeed, fixed in 49962b15a1c4e72a55b6cf273806d203906de2ed.
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