Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.9.2.0
Severity: minor
The wording of section 10.5, where it says whether symlinks should be
absolute or relative, is not particularly clear if the symlink is to
a top-level file or directory rather than into one (such as a link from
/var/run to /run). The intent
* Carsten Hey [2011-05-11 01:06 +0200]:
> * Russ Allbery [2011-05-10 15:32 -0700]:
> > Carsten Hey writes:
> >
> > > Besides "/usr -> /", are symlinks to directories still supported as
> > > top-level directories and are there still people using such a setup?
> > > If nobody uses this anymore, the
* Russ Allbery [2011-05-10 15:32 -0700]:
> Carsten Hey writes:
>
> > Besides "/usr -> /", are symlinks to directories still supported as
> > top-level directories and are there still people using such a setup?
> > If nobody uses this anymore, the policy could be adapted to the year
> > 2011.
>
> I
Carsten Hey writes:
> Besides "/usr -> /", are symlinks to directories still supported as
> top-level directories and are there still people using such a setup?
> If nobody uses this anymore, the policy could be adapted to the year
> 2011.
Is there any reason *not* to continue supporting them?
* Russ Allbery [2011-05-10 09:41 -0700]:
> Roger Leigh writes:
>
> > Section 10.5 states:
>
> > In general, symbolic links within a top-level directory should be
> > relative, and symbolic links pointing from one top-level directory
> > into another should be absolute. (A top-level
Roger Leigh writes:
> Section 10.5 states:
> In general, symbolic links within a top-level directory should be
> relative, and symbolic links pointing from one top-level directory
> into another should be absolute. (A top-level directory is a
> sub-directory of the root dire
Hi,
Section 10.5 states:
In general, symbolic links within a top-level directory should be
relative, and symbolic links pointing from one top-level directory
into another should be absolute. (A top-level directory is a
sub-directory of the root directory `/'.)
It's not obvio
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