Bug#198220: dpkg: Should dpkg -S follow symlinks?

[Petri Koistinen <petri.koistinen@iki.fi>]

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.10
Severity: wishlist

$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/java
dpkg: /usr/bin/java not found.
$ ls -l /usr/bin/java
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           22 Jun  4 20:12 /usr/bin/java -> /etc/alternatives/java
$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/java
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           26 Jun  8 02:11 /etc/alternatives/java -> /usr/lib/j2se/1.4/bin/java
$ ls -l /usr/lib/j2se/1.4/bin/java
-rwxr-xr-x    2 root     root        20820 Nov  1  2002 /usr/lib/j2se/1.4/bin/java
$ dpkg -S /usr/lib/j2se/1.4/bin/java
j2re1.4: /usr/lib/j2se/1.4/bin/java

Should dpkg follow symbolic links if match is not found?

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux dsl-hkigw4a35.dial.inet.fi 2.4.20-3-k7 #1 Sun Jun 8 01:35:14 EST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii  dselect                       1.10.10    a user tool to manage Debian packa
ii  libc6                         2.3.1-17   GNU C Library: Shared libraries an

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