Making /usr/doc/XXX symbolic link to ../share/doc/XXX is BAD idea
reassign 47298 debian-policy
thanks
Hi,
If this is a bug, then it needs to be fixed for all packages,
not just libcgi-perl.
Marc> Due to lack of space on the main partition, I moved /usr/doc to
Marc> some other partition (let's call it /DISK2) and made /usr/doc
Marc> to be a symbolic link to /DYSK2/doc. Unfortunately, during next
Marc> upgrade I found, that:
Marc> - in Debian potato some packages documentation goes to /usr/share/doc
Marc> (your decision, I'll not complain)
Marc> - some of those packages (including those two I describe above) try to
Marc> create /usr/doc/PACKAGE to be an symbolic link to /usr/share/doc/PACKAGE
Marc> (I guess "compatibility"...)
Marc> - unfortunately, they create those links as relative links - what does
Marc> not work correctly in my configuration: for instance creating in
Marc> /usr/doc (in my config symlink to /DISK2/doc) - symbolic link to
Marc> ../share/doc results in invalid link to /DISK2/share/doc (directory,
Marc> which does not exist)
Marc> Solution: I recommend creating absolute links instead of relative (i.e.
Marc> symlinking to /usr/share/doc/XXX, not to ../share/doc/XXX).
manoj
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