samba and /var/lock

[Rion]

Just noticed next in the installation log of samba

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 * Installation of a directory is blocked by a file:
 *   '/var/lock'
 * This file will be renamed to a different name:
 *   '/var/lock.backup.0000'

This is a fresh installation of Gentoo. And in the latest stage3 /var/lock is a symlink to /run/lock while /run/lock does not exist at all.
So after installation of samba /var/lock is not a symlink anymore but a real directory.

Is it at a kind of bug?

[VinzC]

This error happens essentially when installing in a chroot, which has incomplete mounts, such as /run — I've just been hit as well. This error doesn't occur if you install samba on a running [Gentoo] system. So one obvious workaround is to

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mount -t tmpfs none /mnt/gentoo/run && mkdir /mnt/gentoo/run/lock

before chrooting.

[Rion]

yeah. my case.
I just fixed it manually.
thanks