Bug#697164: [new check] check for source packages with symlinks pointing outside

To: Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>, 697164@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#697164: [new check] check for source packages with symlinks pointing outside
From: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:16:14 +0200
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Reply-to: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>, 697164@bugs.debian.org
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On 2013-04-25 23:05, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> * Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>, 2013-04-25, 22:41:
>> Lintian 2.5.12 has a tag for this now, source-contains-unsafe-symlink,
> 
> The tag is not emitted for lintian4python... Should it be?
> 
> [...]


Ah, the tag ignores "well-behaved" absolute symlinks.

~Niels

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