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[Erik Sornes <1792934@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Since this case is open, I just write here the total patch as created
bye ilya above, it works great for us with ubuntu 20.04, thanks, ilya!

--- debsums.old 2024-10-09 10:36:02.079783414 +0200
+++ debsums.new 2024-10-11 10:04:30.347251492 +0200
@@ -470,8 +470,7 @@
         if ($seen{$fp}) {
             # better die now with a clear error message then later
             # with a sysopen fails
-            die "$self: Error: symlink loop detected in path '$path'. ",
-                "Please file a bug against $package.\n";
+            return "";
         }
         $seen{$fp} = 1;
         if (-l $fp) {
@@ -496,8 +495,11 @@
         $path = $diversion{$path}[0] if exists $diversion{$path}
             and $diversion{$path}[1] ne $pack
             and $diversion{$path}[1] ne $pack =~ s/:.*//r;
-
         my $resolved = resolve_path($path,$pack);
+       if ($resolved eq "") {
+               warn "$self: symlink loop - can't open $pack file $root/$path ($@)\n";
+               return 2;
+       }
         if ((!sysopen F, "$root/$resolved", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|$my_noatime) &&
             (!sysopen F, "$root/$resolved", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK))
         {

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Title:
  symlink loop detected in path 'usr/share/doc/module-init-
  tools/changelog.Debian.gz'

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