Steve Langasek writes: > > It seems to me that the result of these two policies is that Debian > > doesn't support a system like mine that has a symbolic link from > > /usr/share/doc to another directory. > > > That's fine by me, I now have enough space to move it back again, but > > I imagine it is quite a common situation. > > FWIW, in 2.4 and 2.6 Linux kernels you also have the option to use mount > --bind, and in 2.6 kernels there's also mount --move, to let you distribute > your disk usage in a way that's more transparent to userspace. > > > Unless you have an alternative suggestion I propose to just back out > > the change that turned the relative link into an absolute one. > > Yes, that's definitely my preference. If you can provide an updated source > package with this change, I'd be happy to sponsor the upload. >
I realised I could use 'mount -bind' instead of a symbolic link yesterday and now it all works fine with the relative links. My regular sponsor has uploaded a new fixed package and so this bug should be fixed real soon now. Thanks for the offer and the help, Kevin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
