misc/39249: [linux] "release" fails with: nbmtree: existing entry for `.', type `dir' does not match type `file'

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>Number:         39249
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       [linux] "release" fails with: nbmtree: existing entry for `.', 
>type `dir' does not match type `file'
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    misc-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jul 29 23:00:01 +0000 2008
>Originator:     Andrew Cagney
>Release:        Current CVS
>Organization:
>Environment:
$ uname -a
Linux morgan 2.6.25.11-60.fc8 #1 SMP Mon Jul 21 01:40:51 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 
x86_64 GNU/Linux

>Description:
On Fedora 8, x86-64, when running: 
$ ./build.sh -u -U -m evbarm -a armeb -V KERNEL_SETS=NSLU2_ALL release
from 
http://wiki.netbsd.se/How_to_install_NetBSD_on_the_Linksys_NSLU2_%28Slug%29_without_a_serial_port%2C_using_NFS_and_telnet

postinstall-fix-obsolete ===> .
   === Removing obsolete files ===
/bin/sh /home/cagney/NetBSD/src/usr.sbin/postinstall/postinstall -s 
/home/cagney/NetBSD/src -d /home/cagney/NetBSD/src/obj/destdir.evbarm/ fix 
obsolete
Source directory: /home/cagney/NetBSD/src
Target directory: /home/cagney/NetBSD/src/obj/destdir.evbarm/
obsolete fix:
        Removed obsolete file 
/home/cagney/NetBSD/src/obj/destdir.evbarm//libexec/dhcpcd-hooks/15-hostname
        Removed obsolete file 
/home/cagney/NetBSD/src/obj/destdir.evbarm//libexec/dhcpcd-hooks/14-lookup-hostname
        Removed obsolete file 
/home/cagney/NetBSD/src/obj/destdir.evbarm//libexec/dhcpcd-hooks/10-resolv.conf
postinstall fixes passed: obsolete
postinstall fixes failed:
   ===============================
checkflist ===> distrib/sets
( cat /home/cagney/NetBSD/src/etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist ;  echo '/unset all' ;  cat 
/home/cagney/NetBSD/src/obj/destdir.evbarm/METALOG )  | 
/home/cagney/NetBSD/src/obj/tooldir.Linux-2.6.25.11-60.fc8-x86_64/bin/nbmtree 
-C -k all -N /home/cagney/NetBSD/src/etc > 
/home/cagney/NetBSD/src/obj/destdir.evbarm/METALOG.new &&  ( rm -f 
/home/cagney/NetBSD/src/obj/destdir.evbarm/METALOG ;  mv 
/home/cagney/NetBSD/src/obj/destdir.evbarm/METALOG.new 
/home/cagney/NetBSD/src/obj/destdir.evbarm/METALOG )
nbmtree: existing entry for `.', type `dir' does not match type `file'
nbmtree: failed at line 4878 of the specification

*** Failed target:  /home/cagney/NetBSD/src/obj/destdir.evbarm/METALOG.sanitised
*** Failed command: ( cat /home/cagney/NetBSD/src/etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist ; echo 
'/unset all' ; cat /home/cagney/NetBSD/src/obj/destdir.evbarm/METALOG ) | 
/home/cagney/NetBSD/src/obj/tooldir.Linux-2.6.25.11-60.fc8-x86_64/bin/nbmtree 
-C -k all -N /home/cagney/NetBSD/src/etc > 
/home/cagney/NetBSD/src/obj/destdir.evbarm/METALOG.new && ( rm -f 
/home/cagney/NetBSD/src/obj/destdir.evbarm/METALOG ; mv 
/home/cagney/NetBSD/src/obj/destdir.evbarm/METALOG.new 
/home/cagney/NetBSD/src/obj/destdir.evbarm/METALOG )
*** Error code 1

Stop.

>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix: