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Re: lintian -i file.changes error



On Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 09:37:49PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 05:09:51PM -0400, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
> > >  W: ktouch: zero-byte-file-in-doc-directory 
> > > usr/share/doc/HTML/en/ktouch/.anchors
> > >  N:
> > >  N:   package contains a file which is empty
> > >  N:
> > 
> > Well, this ought to be obvious: is the file empty?  :-)
> > 
> > Actually, there is a bug in lintian that gives this warning erroneously
> > if .anchors is a HARD LINK, so also check that.  
> 
> And note that hard links are forbidden by policy.

Ah!  I looked for that bit of policy a few months ago, and couldn't find it.
Where did you find it?

-Steve



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