[Bug 1728094] Re: circular symlinks in package

[Juhani Numminen]

At the end of bionic and cosmic build logs, the file listing does not show circular links.
Does this bug still exist?

https://launchpadlibrarian.net/383281636/buildlog_ubuntu-cosmic-amd64.flex_2.6.4-6.2_BUILDING.txt.gz
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/358514516/buildlog_ubuntu-bionic-arm64.flex_2.6.4-6_BUILDING.txt.gz

** Changed in: flex (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  circular symlinks in package

Status in flex package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Hi,

  in the doc directory all symlinks point to themselves:

  $ ls -l /usr/share/doc/flex/
  total 60
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11536 mars   2  2016 ABOUT-NLS.gz
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   624 déc.   6  2012 AUTHORS
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    27 janv.  4  2017 changelog.Debian.gz -> ../flex/changelog.Debian.gz
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3368 janv.  4  2017 copyright
  drwxr-xr-x 4 root root  4096 avril  8  2017 examples/
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    22 janv.  4  2017 NEWS.Debian.gz -> ../flex/NEWS.Debian.gz
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7366 mars   2  2016 NEWS.gz
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16758 déc.   6  2012 ONEWS.gz
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    21 janv.  4  2017 README.Debian -> ../flex/README.Debian
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    17 janv.  4  2017 README.gz -> ../flex/README.gz
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3143 déc.   6  2012 THANKS
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1539 févr. 27  2016 TODO

  A similar problem exists in other binary packages from the same source
  package:

  $ ls -l /usr/share/doc/libfl-dev/
  total 60
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11536 mars   2  2016 ABOUT-NLS.gz
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   624 déc.   6  2012 AUTHORS
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    27 janv.  4  2017 changelog.Debian.gz -> ../flex/changelog.Debian.gz
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3368 janv.  4  2017 copyright
  drwxr-xr-x 4 root root  4096 avril  8  2017 examples/
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    22 janv.  4  2017 NEWS.Debian.gz -> ../flex/NEWS.Debian.gz
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7366 mars   2  2016 NEWS.gz
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16758 déc.   6  2012 ONEWS.gz
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    21 janv.  4  2017 README.Debian -> ../flex/README.Debian
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    17 janv.  4  2017 README.gz -> ../flex/README.gz
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3143 déc.   6  2012 THANKS
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1539 févr. 27  2016 TODO

  This problem does not exists in Debian sid.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: flex 2.6.1-1.3
  Uname: Linux 4.13.9-041309-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Fri Oct 27 18:02:48 2017
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  SourcePackage: flex
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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