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[Chad Smith <1741093@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

cloud-init clean command traces when attempting to del_dir on the
'instance' symlink if instance is ordered before 'instances' when
traversing the /var/lib/cloud directory.


smoser@milhouse:~$ lxc launch ubuntu-daily:bionic b4
Creating b4
Starting b4
smoser@milhouse:~$ lxc exec b4 -- ls -l /var/lib/cloud
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  6 Jan  3 17:35 data
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  2 Jan  3 17:35 handlers
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Jan  3 17:35 instance -> /var/lib/cloud/instances/b4
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root  3 Jan  3 17:35 instances
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root  6 Jan  3 17:35 scripts
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root  3 Jan  3 17:35 seed
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  2 Jan  3 17:35 sem
smoser@milhouse:~$ lxc exec b4 cloud-init clean
ERROR: Could not remove instance: Cannot call rmtree on a symbolic link

** Affects: cloud-init
     Importance: Low
     Assignee: Chad Smith (chad.smith)
         Status: In Progress

** Changed in: cloud-init
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: cloud-init
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Chad Smith (chad.smith)

** Changed in: cloud-init
       Status: New => Incomplete

** Changed in: cloud-init
       Status: Incomplete => In Progress

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1741093

Title:
  cloud-init clean traceback on instance dir symlink

Status in cloud-init:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  cloud-init clean command traces when attempting to del_dir on the
  'instance' symlink if instance is ordered before 'instances' when
  traversing the /var/lib/cloud directory.

  
  smoser@milhouse:~$ lxc launch ubuntu-daily:bionic b4
  Creating b4
  Starting b4
  smoser@milhouse:~$ lxc exec b4 -- ls -l /var/lib/cloud
  total 4
  drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  6 Jan  3 17:35 data
  drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  2 Jan  3 17:35 handlers
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Jan  3 17:35 instance -> /var/lib/cloud/instances/b4
  drwxr-xr-x 3 root root  3 Jan  3 17:35 instances
  drwxr-xr-x 6 root root  6 Jan  3 17:35 scripts
  drwxr-xr-x 3 root root  3 Jan  3 17:35 seed
  drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  2 Jan  3 17:35 sem
  smoser@milhouse:~$ lxc exec b4 cloud-init clean
  ERROR: Could not remove instance: Cannot call rmtree on a symbolic link

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