On 07/10/2013 19:49, Paul Gevers wrote:
Ah, I now see what you mean. The /usr/share/dx/java/* and /usr/share/dx/samples/* are files in dxsamples. Why did you want to move them from dxsamples to dx? Most of the time, but certainly not always, I would put them in the package that provides the target files. This is also what lintian warns about, so I guess my idea is not strange.
I agree that in most cases you would want the symlinks in the package that provides the target files. I think an exception would be where there is not a strong dependence (either way) between the package providing the target files and the package that needs, or makes use of, the symlinks. I that case, I think the symlinks should go in the package that uses them.
Also, in the dx package there are several symlinks located in /usr/lib/dx, I feel having all of these in the dx package rather than some in dx, some in dx-doc and some in dxsamples makes the most sense.
The extended description of the experimental 'package-contains-broken-symlink' Lintian tag is: "The package contains a symlink but the destination for the link does not exist in the package nor in its direct dependencies."
In my case, dx recommends dx-doc and suggests dxsamples. I have not checked, but it seems as if the Lintian tag does not follow recommends and suggests depedencies, only depends. Do you think I should file a bug against Lintian querying this?