encountered symlink for mycrpt.ini file [idiosyncratic]

[jmcgnh]

Encountered this error while provisioning against a Turnkey Linux Owncloud (Debian7-based):

TASK: [webmail | Enable php5-mcrypt] ******************************************
failed: [10.200.200.73] => {"failed": true, "gid": 0, "group": "root", "mode": "0644", "owner": "root", "path": "/etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/20-mcrypt.ini", "size": 72, "state": "file", "uid": 0}
msg: refusing to convert between file and link for /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/20-mcrypt.ini

FATAL: all hosts have already failed -- aborting

[jmcgnh]

Resolved by creating the link by hand, on the assumption that this had been incorrectly configured on the initial Turnkey Linux as a file copy rather than as a link.