I checked this out and all versions of the tomcat6 package in natty (and all other releases) create relative paths for these links as part of the package build process.
This is in compliance with Debian Policy; I also don't believe that separating the sub-directories of /var is actually in compliance with the FHS standard that Debian/Ubuntu follows - see http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#THEVARHIERARCHY. Marking 'Won't Fix'. ** Changed in: tomcat6 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915089 Title: Tomcat 6 start up fails with unknown dir /var/lib/tomcat6/work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat6/+bug/915089/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs