Bug#418962: tomcat5.5: Should not use relative symlinks

[Marcus Better]

severity 418962 normal
thanks

> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable

That's stretching it a bit, no? The default install works.

> If a users such as myself makes CATALINA_BASE some other directory like
> /srv/tomcat5.5, any upgrade of the product will delete the symlinks and
> replace them with the relative links above... breaking the tomcat
> installation.

Please explain this. If you redefine CATALINA_BASE, you need to create your 
own directory hierarchy in, e.g., /srv/tomcat5.5, with its own log directory. 
The original files in /var/lib/tomcat5.5 should not matter and can be left as 
they are. Upgrading the package will certainly not alter anything under /srv.

I'll try for myself and see what happens...

(In general, you can use dpkg-divert to move files belonging to packages so 
that the original files aren't touched by upgrades. But this shouldn't be 
necessary in this case.)

Marcus
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