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symlinks and transitive dependencies?



Is this okay?

3 packages, A, B, and C.

B depends on A.
C depends on B.

B has a symlink to a directory in A.
C has a symlink to the same directory in A, rather than a symlink to the
symlink in B which points to the directory in A.

Lintian complains about this:
E: xslibg: usr-doc-symlink-without-dependency xlib6g

Is it okay to do this with a transitive dependency?  I don't see why not;
it reduces the number of symlinks that must be traversed to get to the
final destination.

-- 
G. Branden Robinson                 |  The key to being a Southern Baptist:
Purdue University                   |  It ain't a sin if you don't get caught.
branden@purdue.edu                  |  -- Anthony Davidson
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