>Number:         18366
>Category:       install
>Synopsis:       
>Confidential:   yes
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    install-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Sep 21 14:29:01 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     phoffman@proper.com
>Release:        NetBSD 1.6
>Organization:
	
>Environment:
	
	
System: NetBSD above.proper.com 1.6 NetBSD 1.6 (GENERIC) #0: Sun Sep 8 19:43:40 UTC 2002 autobuild@tgm.daemon.org:/autobuild/i386/OBJ/autobuild/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
	
I had /var/mail symlinked to /usr/mail (so that incoming mail didn't cause
/ to get full). I upgraded to 1.6 using the standard installer. When
I was finished, /var/mail was its own directory and the symlink was
gone. Of course, mail started flowing into new mailboxes in /var/mail.
>How-To-Repeat:
	
Trivial.
>Fix:
	
Change the installer script to not trash symlinks in /var. Also, maybe this
all should be documented in the install, specifically what other than
/etc gets messed with.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
 Installing 1.6 messes with things in /var