absolute-symlink-in-top-level-folder
Symbolic links to files in the same top-level directory should be relative.
As an example, a link in /usr
to another file in /usr
should be relative, while a link in /usr
to a file in
/etc
should be absolute.
With Debhelper, running dh_link after creating the package structure will fix the issue for you.
For more information please consult:
- Symbolic links (Section 10.5) in the Debian Policy Manual
The tag is present in Lintian version 2.114.163
.
That is the most recent version we know about.
We use semantic versions.
The patch number is a commit step indicator relative to the
2.114.0
release tag in our Git
repository.
You can find the detection logic for this version at commit 3410a22. For merge requests, please use the latest version in the Lintian check files/symbolic-links.
Visibility: warning
- symlink-should-be-relative