#986113 debsums: differenciate dangling symlinks from missing files

Package:
debsums
Source:
debsums
Submitter:
Étienne Mollier
Date:
2021-03-29 18:09:06 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#986113#5
Date:
2021-03-29 18:04:04 UTC
From:
To:
Package: debsums
Version: 3.0.2
Severity: wishlist

Dear Maintainer,

Per suggestion on #985281[1], it would be nice if debsums was
capable of reporting, that some files owned by a package have
been converted to a "dangling symbolic link".  Currently, when
debsums hits such situation, it reports "missing file":

	debsums: missing file /usr/share/javascript/jquery-datatables-extensions/Buttons/js/dataTables.buttons.min.js (from libjs-jquery-datatables-extensions package)

	$ ls -l /usr/share/javascript/jquery-datatables-extensions/Buttons/js/
	[...]
	lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   88 Feb 12 07:11 jquery.dataTables.min.css -> ../../../../../../../../share/javascript/jquery-datatables/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css

[1]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=985281#56

Thank you for maintaining debsums!

Kind Regards,