Bug#295213: general: Upgrade removed /usr/local (symlink)

[Tuomo Valkonen <tuomov@modeemi.fi>]

Package: general
Severity: grave
Justification: causes non-serious data loss


Apt-get upgrade just moments ago removed my /usr/local/ symlink and
replaced it with a hierarchy of empty directories. The contents of
the proper /usr/local/ on another disk seem to be intact.

The contents of the new /usr/local/ after the upgrade:

~$ find /usr/local/
/usr/local/
/usr/local/lib
/usr/local/lib/python2.3
/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages
/usr/local/lib/python2.1
/usr/local/lib/python2.1/site-packages
/usr/local/lib/python2.2
/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages
/usr/local/lib/xemacs
/usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-lisp
/usr/local/share
/usr/local/share/emacs
/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp
/usr/local/share/emacs/21.3
/usr/local/share/emacs/21.3/site-lisp
/usr/local/share/zsh
/usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.ISO-8859-1 (charmap=ISO-8859-1)