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Tag: usr-share-doc-symlink-without-dependency
Severity: error
Check: debian/copyright
Explanation: If the package installs a symbolic link
<code>/usr/share/doc/*pkg1* -> *pkg2*</code>, then *pkg1*
must depend on *pkg2* directory, with the same version as
*pkg1*.
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Adding the dependency just to fix this bug is often not a good solution.
Usually, it's better to include a real <code>/usr/share/doc/*pkg1*</code>
directory within *pkg1* and copy the copyright file into that
directory.
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Transitive dependencies are not allowed here. In other words, if the
documentation directory is shipped in *pkg3* and *pkg1* depends
on *pkg2*, which in turn depends on *pkg3*, that's still an
error. Copyright file extractors are not required to go more than one
level deep when resolving dependencies. Each package should have a
direct dependency on the package which includes its documentation
directory.
See-Also: debian-policy 12.5
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