* Carsten Hey [2011-05-11 01:06 +0200]: > * Russ Allbery [2011-05-10 15:32 -0700]: > > Carsten Hey <[email protected]> writes: > > > > > Besides "/usr -> /", are symlinks to directories still supported as > > > top-level directories and are there still people using such a setup? > > > If nobody uses this anymore, the policy could be adapted to the year > > > 2011. > > > > Is there any reason *not* to continue supporting them?
Actually, there is a bug that could be triggered by absolute symlinks. bind9/sid contains the directory /var/run/named. If I run cdeboootstrap (I assume the same is true for debootstrap if dpkg is not available) and pass bind9 as extra package to install, tar (run by cdebootstrap) would create /var/run/bind9 instead of $TARGET/var/run/bind9 if $TARGET/var/run is an absolute symlink. #514015 contains a past example that triggered this bug. Carsten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
