Public bug reported:

Hi,

in the doc directory all symlinks point to themselves:

$ ls -l /usr/share/doc/flex/
total 60
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11536 mars   2  2016 ABOUT-NLS.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   624 déc.   6  2012 AUTHORS
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    27 janv.  4  2017 changelog.Debian.gz -> 
../flex/changelog.Debian.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3368 janv.  4  2017 copyright
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root  4096 avril  8  2017 examples/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    22 janv.  4  2017 NEWS.Debian.gz -> 
../flex/NEWS.Debian.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7366 mars   2  2016 NEWS.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16758 déc.   6  2012 ONEWS.gz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    21 janv.  4  2017 README.Debian -> 
../flex/README.Debian
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    17 janv.  4  2017 README.gz -> ../flex/README.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3143 déc.   6  2012 THANKS
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1539 févr. 27  2016 TODO

A similar problem exists in other binary packages from the same source
package:

$ ls -l /usr/share/doc/libfl-dev/
total 60
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11536 mars   2  2016 ABOUT-NLS.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   624 déc.   6  2012 AUTHORS
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    27 janv.  4  2017 changelog.Debian.gz -> 
../flex/changelog.Debian.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3368 janv.  4  2017 copyright
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root  4096 avril  8  2017 examples/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    22 janv.  4  2017 NEWS.Debian.gz -> 
../flex/NEWS.Debian.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7366 mars   2  2016 NEWS.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16758 déc.   6  2012 ONEWS.gz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    21 janv.  4  2017 README.Debian -> 
../flex/README.Debian
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    17 janv.  4  2017 README.gz -> ../flex/README.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3143 déc.   6  2012 THANKS
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1539 févr. 27  2016 TODO

This problem does not exists in Debian sid.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: flex 2.6.1-1.3
Uname: Linux 4.13.9-041309-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Fri Oct 27 18:02:48 2017
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
SourcePackage: flex
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: flex (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful

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