Bug#1417: w3-el always produces messages about damaged link
Package: w3-el
Version: 2.6.2-2
chiark:binary> really dpkg -i */w3-el*.deb
(Reading database ... 16255 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace w3-el (using net/w3-el-2.2.16-1.deb) ...
w3-el: damaged link detected: /usr/lib/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.el -/-> /etc/site-start.el
w3-el: Replacing damaged link: /usr/lib/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.el -> /etc/site-start.el
Unpacking replacement w3-el ...
Setting up w3-el ...
chiark:binary> ls -al /usr/lib/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.el
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Sep 20 22:53 /usr/lib/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.el -> /etc/site-start.el
chiark:binary> really dpkg -i */w3-el*.deb
(Reading database ... 16255 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace w3-el (using net/w3-el-2.2.16-1.deb) ...
w3-el: damaged link detected: /usr/lib/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.el -/-> /etc/site-start.el
w3-el: Replacing damaged link: /usr/lib/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.el -> /etc/site-start.el
Unpacking replacement w3-el ...
Setting up w3-el ...
Ian.
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