On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 04:45:41PM +0100, Loïc Minier wrote: > clone 461440 -1 > reassign -1 debian-policy 3.7.3.0 > stop > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2008, Sven Joachim wrote: > > In this version, libgtk2.0-0 no longer has a versioned dependency on > > libgtk2.0-common. That means that you must not symlink > > /usr/share/doc/libgtk2.0-0 to libgtk2.0-common, see policy section 12.3. > > Similarly, /usr/share/doc/libgtk2.0-bin must not link to libgtk2.0-0. > > > > When you close this bug, don't forget to delete existing symlinks in > > your preinst scripts. > > Indeed; this is made clear in > <file:///usr/share/doc/debian-policy/policy.html/footnotes.html#f83>. > > I'd rather have this relaxed in policy; would it be possible to drop > the strict versionning requirements for symlinks?
No, this could cause the copyright file to be inaccurate, in the event the license change between versions and packages come from a different versions. Personnally I would rather mandate that every packages include the copyright file in the deb. There are better way to trim /usr/share/doc for system low on diskspace. Cheers, Bill.