Roger Leigh <rle...@codelibre.net> writes: > Section 10.5 states:
> 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 `/'.) > It's not obvious from the wording whether "symbolic links within" > is referring to the symbolic link file itself (source) or destination > contained within the link. Which is the case? > Some rationale for these requirements would also be useful. By "within" it means that both the source and the target are beneath the same top-level directory. So a symlink from a file in /usr to another file in /usr (even if one is in /usr/lib/foo and the other is in /usr/share/bar) would be relative, by default. > This is related to #626263. > With the creation of /run we are making /var/run a symlink to /run > (and /var/lock a symlink to /run/lock). The question is whether > these links should be absolute or relative. i.e. should /var/run > point to /run or ../run? It should be absolute: /var is a different top-level directory than /run. Suggestions on rewording are definitely welcome. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
