On Mon Mar 16, 2026 at 2:52 PM GMT, Guillem Jover wrote:
So, I'm afraid at least (for now), a patch that changes a symlink to
something else is not allowed. But anything else representable via git
formatted patches should be fine (well except binary patches which are
not supported by GNU patch).
I'll also look at trying to improve this for sid, but then older
dpkg-source will still refuse these sources.
Thanks: I am unlikely to be blocked by this particular issue myself, so
do not over-prioritise it. (I've pushed the corresponding change
upstream now, after some further testing, so won't need to do the
symlink shuffle dance in the Debian layer)
Best wishes,
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