Bug#257650: [collection/debfiles,checks/changelog] should cope with changelog beeing a symlink
On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 01:13:06AM +0200, Frank Lichtenheld wrote:
> I forward it to the BTS to not forget it. It's a minor issue since
> it only affects one or two packages in the archive.
... one of them being the default MTA, exim4.
> Anyway, 'debian/changelog' being a symlink is awkward... Policy 4.4:
> "Changes in the Debian version of the package should be briefly
> explained in the Debian changelog file debian/changelog.", which a
> willing mind can read as that debian/changelog must be a file, implying
> it cannot be a symlink. What about checking whether debian/changelog is
> a symlink, and bail out with a lintian warning if it is?
exim4-daemon-heavy and exim4-daemon-light depend on exim4-base, and
their changelog.gz is a symlink to the file in exim4-base. I don't
think that this is a policy violation.
Greetings
Marc
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