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relative-symlink

Symbolic links between different top-level directories should be absolute.

If you use debhelper, running dh_link after creating the package structure will fix this problem for you.

For more information please consult:

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 ea05801. For merge requests, please use the latest version in the Lintian check files/symbolic-links.

Visibility: error

Renamed from:
  • symlink-should-be-absolute

The following 1 source packages in the archive triggered the tag 1 times (in any Lintian version).

There were no overrides.