On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 14:56:53 +0100, Andreas Beckmann wrote: > Package: release.debian.org > Severity: normal > User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org > Usertags: unblock > > Maybe unblock package sendmail > > sendmail in squeeze and testing creates a big mess with symlinks in > /usr/share/doc (and the same in /usr/share/bug, although less noticable) > with the following problems: > * non-strict dependencies on the only package with a copyright file, so > many packages may end up without a copyright file installed at all > * installing files over the symlinks, silently overwriting other > packages (from src:sendmail) > > In my changes Thomas and I concentrated on cleaning up this symlink mess > by having /usr/share/doc/$PACKAGE a real directory again everywhere (and > clean up on package upgrades as good as possible) and putting the > documentation in th eappropriate packages. > I wonder if it's not better to leave things as they are, and leave it to whoever adopts sendmail for jessie to clean it up...
Cheers, Julien
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