sympl-ssl dies when config directory is mangled
This looks to be a problem in Symbiosis also, but only appeared when upgrading from Symbiosis to Sympl.
What's happening is that sympl-ssl is being run, but if it has no certs for a site and a mangled config directory, it will fail and prevent the package from being configured.
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