Tag: absolute-symlink-in-top-level-folder Severity: warning Check: files/symbolic-links Renamed-From: symlink-should-be-relative Explanation: Symbolic links to files in the same top-level directory should be relative. . As an example, a link in /usr to another file in /usr should be relative, while a link in /usr to a file in /etc should be absolute. . With Debhelper, running dh_link after creating the package structure will fix the issue for you. See-Also: debian-policy 10.5