XPost: linux.debian.policy   
   From: hartmans@debian.org   
      
   >>>>> "Russ" == Russ Allbery  writes:   
      
       Russ> This bug is a request to change the Policy requirement that   
       Russ> /var/run and /var/lock be absolute symlinks (to /run and   
       Russ> /run/lock, respectively), and instead be created as relative   
       Russ> symlinks to ../run and ../run/lock. Debian has attempted to   
       Russ> make this change in initscripts and base-files before but   
       Russ> rolled it back because Policy requires symlinks that cross   
       Russ> root file system directories to be relative links.   
      
      
   I have read your full analysis and I support the change with release   
   notes. I find the chroot behavior is more common these days than   
   filesystem relocation via symlinks.   
      
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