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# `usr-share-doc-symlink-to-foreign-package`

If the package installs a symbolic link `/usr/share/doc/pkg1 -> pkg2`, then pkg1 and pkg2 must both come from the same source package.

The best solution is probably to stop symlinking the `/usr/share/doc` directory for this package and instead include a real /usr/share/doc/pkg1 directory within pkg1 with the appropriate contents (such as the `copyright` and `changelog.Debian.gz` files).

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

## See also

- Copyright information (Section 12.5) in the Debian Policy Manual

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