Bug#860117: gcc-defaults: gdc<cross-triplet>: unhandled directory to symlink conversion: /usr/share/doc/PACKAGE
Control: severity -1 important
On 11.04.2017 17:42, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> Source: gcc-defaults
> Version: 1.168
> Severity: serious
> User: debian-qa@lists.debian.org
> Usertags: piuparts
>
> Hi,
>
> a test with piuparts revealed that your package misses the copyright
> file after an upgrade, which is a violation of Policy 12.5:
> https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s-copyrightfile
>
> After the upgrade /usr/share/doc/$PACKAGE/ is just an empty directory.
>
> This was observed on the following upgrade paths:
>
> stretch -> sid
as discussed offline, I'm lowering the severity. No cross compilers were
shipped in jessie, and the package is only needed to cross-build gcc itself.
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