Bug#249414: lintian: Fails to detect usr-doc-symlink
On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 11:24:45PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> The first paragraph of section 12.7. of your policy is:
>
> <-- snip -->
>
> Packages that are not Debian-native must contain a compressed copy of
> the `debian/changelog' file from the Debian source tree in
> `/usr/share/doc/<package>' with the name `changelog.Debian.gz'.
>
> <-- snip -->
>
> I'd read this section of your policy that
> /usr/share/doc/<package>/changelog.Debian.gz must always point to
> "a compressed copy of the `debian/changelog' file from the Debian source
> tree" <package> was built from.
>
> Since this is a "must", a violation through a dependency that is not on
> exactly the same version of the package containing the actual file seems
> to be a RC bug.
It's not in http://release.debian.org/sarge_rc_policy.txt, and therefore
not release-critical.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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