XPost: linux.debian.policy   
   From: rra@debian.org   
      
   Bastien Roucaries  writes:   
      
   > I think we should update and ask a debconf question during upgrade if we   
   > detect /var being a symlink, that is the only problematic case, and   
   > upgrade if not the case during preinst   
      
   > Moreover it will allow sysadmin possibility to bail out and use bind   
   > mount if we detect a symlink   
      
   Oh, this is a good point. I don't think we have to decide this in Policy   
   (we can leave it to Santiago to decide in base-files; I'm not sure if   
   there are special considerations for debconf prompting at that low of a   
   level in the package dependency tree), but I can see the merits in that   
   approach.   
      
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   Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)                 
      
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