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Author: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Abbrev: sym
Type: binary, udeb
Needs-Info: index
Info: This script checks for broken symlinks.
Tag: package-contains-broken-symlink
Severity: normal
Certainty: wild-guess
Experimental: yes
Info: The package contains a symlink but the destination
for the link does not exist in the package nor in its
direct dependencies.
Tag: package-contains-broken-symlink-wildcard
Severity: normal
Certainty: possible
Info: The package contains a symlink with a target that
appears to be a "failed" wildcard expansion. Furthermore
the target does not exists in the package or any of its
direct dependencies (built from the same source).
Tag: package-contains-unsafe-symlink
Severity: serious
Certainty: certain
Info: The package contains an unsafe symlink. If followed,
the link will escape the package root.
Ref: policy 10.5
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