The fix for bug #934500 has the side effect of introducing broken
symlinks[1] into packages using it, causing complaints by tools that
report such oddities, e.g. adequate(1) or symlinks(1):

,----
| $ sudo symlinks -r /etc | grep dangling
| dangling: /etc/sv/ssh/log/supervise -> /run/runit/supervise/ssh.log
| dangling: /etc/sv/ssh/supervise -> /run/runit/supervise/ssh
| $ adequate openssh-server
| openssh-server: broken-symlink /etc/sv/ssh/log/supervise -> /run/runit/supervise/ssh.log
| openssh-server: broken-symlink /etc/sv/ssh/supervise -> /run/runit/supervise/ssh
`----

I find that quite annoying.

[2019-10-09 18:01] Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>

As I recall, dangling symlink is not violation of Policy (correct me if
I am wrong), so the best route is to teach these tools about this
special case, like we teach lintian.

So, I think adequate(1) need to be patched. Something else?

Sorry, this is not enough. Debian strives to be universal operating
system, and pays the price for it: on every system there is something
that is not needed for how this system is used.

You can use dpkg-exclude to alleviate this particular issue somewhat.

Hi,

Just a quick update on this bug

With the fix for #935939 I'm also considering to create the supervise
symlinks only in systems where runit is installed.

With runit-init the symlinks are not broken; also when you are using
runit under another init system (like with runit-run package) the
symlinks may be not broken.

Regards,
Lorenzo

Hello,

Bug #942053 in dh-runit reported by you has been fixed in the
Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://salsa.debian.org/debian/dh-runit/-/commit/1cfb265ba0c04f211bc157f9326092cd8677777f
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stop creating supervise links

No longer create supervise symlinks as part of the deb package.
Supervise symlinks can be created at runtime or, if missing,
will be created automatically by runsv.

Closes: #942053
------------------------------------------------------------------------

(this message was generated automatically)
-- 
Greetings

https://bugs.debian.org/942053

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
dh-runit, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 942053@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Lorenzo Puliti <plorenzo@disroot.org> (supplier of updated dh-runit package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Format: 1.8
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2022 12:09:54 +0200
Source: dh-runit
Architecture: source
Version: 2.14.0
Distribution: experimental
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Lorenzo Puliti <plorenzo@disroot.org>
Changed-By: Lorenzo Puliti <plorenzo@disroot.org>
Closes: 935939 942053
Changes:
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 .
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   * Create supervise links at runtime with make_svlinks,
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   * Bump minimal required version of runit and runit-helper
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