From: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2025 01:36:58 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: autopkgtest: setup-host: clean out possibly-wrong /dev/log
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autopkgtest: setup-host: clean out possibly-wrong /dev/log

Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
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diff --git a/adt/acommon b/adt/acommon
index bd863c3..6541b14 100644
--- a/adt/acommon
+++ b/adt/acommon
@@ -135,6 +135,16 @@ setup-host () {
          ! test -d /var/cache/apt/archives; then
 	    rm /var/cache/apt/archives
 	fi
+
+	# On systemd systems, /dev/log is a symlink into /run/systemd,
+	# but we cannot run systemd in the inner environment,
+	# so we use rsyslog.  Clean out the symlink.
+	#
+	# The check for systemd is to let this test be less destructive
+	# when run under inadequate isolation on a non-systemd setup.
+        if ls -al /dev/log | grep systemd; then
+	    rm -f /dev/log
+	fi
     '
 
     : remove redundant packages