On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 10:42:28AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Now, we could warn on symlinks in /etc in general, not to tell people to > make them conffiles but rather to point out this possible bug, but in that > case the bug only triggers if the symlink replaces something that was > previously a file, and lintian doesn't have a way of knowing that.
Lintian could warn on symlinks in /etc that point back to /etc. I am not sure whether other cases may be dangerous as well. I trust your judgment whether it makes sense to implement the check or not. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
