Bug#301286: false handling of symlinks
tags 301286 moreinfo
severity 301286 normal
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On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 11:44:01PM +0100, Nico Golde wrote:
> Package: lintian
> Version: 1.23.8
> Severity: important
>
> Hi,
> I have a problem with the handling of symlinks. I have to
> symlinks which points to a manpage so the user is able to
> call the same manpage with different names.
>
> lintian complains about the names of the symlinks because
> they don't end with .gz.
> I tried to rename them to .gz but then I get this:
> E: mutt-ng: manpage-not-compressed-with-gzip usr/share/man/man1/muttngbug.1.gz
> E: mutt-ng: empty-manual-page usr/share/man/man1/muttngbug.1.gz
> It seems to be a bug.
> Sorry, I don't have the time to look at the lintian source.
Pleaes provide us with things like a ls -l of the symlinks, and where
they point to, and a file of them. Currently, there is certainly not
enough information to possibly track this issue down.
Or provide a pointer to the .deb, for example.
--Jeroen
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Jeroen van Wolffelaar
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