[Bug 873549] Re: installer crashed when importing accounts

[Alex Cornejo]

Going through the syslog I found the problem. To reproduce simply do the
following steps:

create a partition for your home folder (using gparted or whatever).

create a folder for your user, (i.e. mkdir /media/home/${USER})

create a bad symlink in that folder to a ~/.face file (ln -sf
/nonexistentfile /media/home/${USER}/.face)

now attempt to install ubuntu, and select manual partitions to mount
your existing /home partition. The installer will crash.

replacing the .face file is not a critical operation, so crashing
because the file existed (but had an invalid symlink) doesn't make
sense. The installer should either delete the invalid symlink and
replace with a "good" .face file, or simply ignore the error and move
on.

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Title:
  installer crashed when importing accounts

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have tested this with the latest amd64 and i386 iso. I am using the
  usbinstall method (created with usb-creator-gtk).

  I am using the manual partition method, since I have a complicated
  setup with separated /boot, /home and / partitions, and some windows
  and backup ntfs partitions.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.287
  Date: Thu Oct 13 14:01:27 2011
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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