Re: lintian: symlinks from /usr/lib into /lib
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On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Yann Dirson wrote:
> Package: lintian
> Version: 0.3.0
>
> E: e2fslibsg-dev: symlink-should-be-absolute usr/lib/libe2p.so ../../lib/libe2p.so.2.3
> N:
> N: Symbolic links into /etc or /var should be absolute.
> N:
> N: Refer to Policy Manual, section 3.3.5 for details.
> N:
>
> Neither the policy nor the packaging manual do say anything about the
> quite common case where a lib is in /lib/, and its dev link in
> /usr/lib/.
>
> On my installation, all such links are relative, so I suppose it's not
> a mistake from me, and it is probably a lintian bug, or is there
> really a reason of using absolute links there ?
I'm afraid there is one: /usr may be a symlink to somewhere else.
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