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# `symlink-contains-spurious-segments`

The symbolic link target contains superfluous path segments like `..` or `.`. They are not needed and make the link longer than necessary, which goes against Debian policy.

Such segments can also cause unexpected problems in the presence of symlinked directories.

With Debhelper, running dh_link after creating the package structure will fix this problem for you.

Severity: | `error`
Experimental: | `false`

## See also

- Symbolic links (Section 10.5) in the Debian Policy Manual

- list of all the affected packages
- the source of this tag