Bug#563773: lintian: false positive if a patch in debian/patches is a symlink
tag 563773 - moreinfo
thanks
Raphael Geissert wrote:
> I'm for now tagging it with 'moreinfo' because it needs to be discussed
> with the dpkg folks (whether symlinks outside the debian tarball are
> supported).
I had forgotten about this report, sorry. I talked to Raphaël Hertzog and
from the dpkg POV it appears that referencing patches outside the debian
tarball is allowed.
In other words, this is something that we need to fix in lintian then.
Cheers,
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Raphael Geissert - Debian Developer
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