retitle #336331 pciutils: Symbolic link to pci.ids should not be relative thanks
On Sat, Oct 29, 2005 at 11:11:05AM -0400, Dylan Thurston wrote: > In /usr/share/misc, there is currently a symbolic link to pci.ids, > pointing to ../../../var/lib/pciutils/pci.ids . From policy 10.5: > > In general, symbolic links within a top-level directory should be > relative, and symbolic links pointing from one top-level directory > into another should be absolute. (A top-level directory is a > sub-directory of the root directory /.) > > Shouldn't this symbolic link be absolute? It should. > (In particular, this broke my system, where /usr is a symbolic link.) It did for me as well. 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: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
