Bug#323999: Dangling Symlink in /lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/source in kernel-image-2.6.8-16

[bob@proulx.com (Bob Proulx)]

Horms wrote:
> Allyn, MarkX A wrote:
> > There is a symbolic link at /lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/source
> > which points to someone's home directory (horms). The horms
> > home directory does not exist on a new installation.
> > 
> > This is in the stable (Sarge) release.
> 
> Thanks, I'll take a look into fixing it and get it in the
> next Sarge update. Incidently, that link isn't used for anything
> much, so it shouldn't do much harm.

Strange that it would be there.  When I install a kernel that does not
have the target of the source link in place then I get the following
message (cut from the install of a locally compiled custom kernel
compilation):

 Hmm. The package shipped with a symbolic link /lib/modules/2.6.12-1+1-p4-smp/source
 However, I can not read it: No such file or directory
 Therefore, I am deleting /lib/modules/2.6.12-1+1-p4-smp/source

Shouldn't the same thing have happened here with this non-existent
link target?  The above was built with a sarge make-kpkg.  But perhaps
in side the postinst script has changed?

But I think the source link should never be shipped with the package.
So avoiding including that would be useful.  To avoid the build link
there is "delete_build_link := YES" in the kernel-pkg.conf file.  But
I don't see anything equivalent for the source link.

Bob