Bug#40706: AMENDMENT 17/7/99] /usr/share/doc vs. /usr/doc transition

[Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>]

Peter S Galbraith wrote:
> Don't use absolute links.
> >From policy version 2.5.0.0:
> 
> 4.5. Symbolic links
> -------------------
> 
>      In general, symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be
>      relative, and symbolic links pointing from one toplevel directory into
>      another should be absolute. (A toplevel directory is a sub-directory
>      of the root directory `/'.)

You forgot to quote the rationale :)  I think this should be an exception,
for the reasons I've given.  Since we're amending policy, we can easily
specify an exception to this general rule.

Richard