On 2011-08-12 23:54 +0200, Jerome BENOIT wrote: >> If you don't want to do that, use a bind mount rather than a symlink for >> /usr/src. Then the /usr/src/linux-kbuild-3.0.0 symlink will work (but >> /usr/local/src/linux-kbuild-3.0.0 will not). >> > > In other words, the issue remains. > > Is there a way to ask to the involved package to link via an absolute path > rather than a relative one ?
Not really, although it might be possible to convert it to absolute after unpacking if you install a dpkg trigger which does that. > May I fill a bug report here ? Debian policy requires the link to be relative¹, so the Debian kernel team will not change their packages to accommodate you. Sven ¹ http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s10.5 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87y5yxg76j....@turtle.gmx.de