Where is it documented that Ubuntu policy is different than Debian's on
symlinked changelogs?
** Changed in: lintian (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Incomplete
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Please merge lintian 2.3.0 (main) from Debian unstable (main).
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/500870
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It's not forbidden in the policy, is it? CDBS symlinks the changelog
file on Ubuntu. Quote from cdbs 0.4.62+nmu1ubuntu1:
+ Symlink /usr/share/doc/ files to identical versions in any depending
package which is built by the source package (except copyright, to
adhere to Debian
Benjamin Drung benjamin.dr...@gmail.com writes:
It's not forbidden in the policy, is it? CDBS symlinks the changelog
file on Ubuntu. Quote from cdbs 0.4.62+nmu1ubuntu1:
+ Symlink /usr/share/doc/ files to identical versions in any depending
package which is built by the source
Right, which is the same policy rule as in Debian, it just comes up more
in Ubuntu because of this CDBS change. This test is not always wrong
and we'd be better off to sync.
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Please merge lintian 2.3.0 (main) from Debian unstable (main).
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/500870
You received
Given the discussion in http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=536434 I think this should be a sync, but I'll
resubscribe u-m-s and maybe someone else has a different view.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #536434
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=536434
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lintian (2.3.0ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low
* Merge from Debian unstable (LP: #500870), remaining changes:
- Don't warn about a symlinked changelog file in Ubuntu.
-- Benjamin Drung bdr...@ubuntu.com Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:11:34 +0100
** Attachment added: lintian_2.3.0ubuntu1.diff
