Bug number - 431109

Part of package: debian-policy.

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Debian Bug report logs -  #431109 Deprecate use of GPL/LGPL/GFDL symlinks
Package:      debian-policy; Maintainer for debian-policy is Debian Policy Editors <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>; Source for debian-policy is src:debian-policy (PTS, buildd, popcon).
Reported by: Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:33:01 UTC
Severity: wishlist
Tags: wontfix
Merged with 497470
Done: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.Summary: By January 2012, there are still more than 7,000 binary packages whose  copyright file refers to a versionless symlink, according to the Lintian page  http://lintian.debian.org/tags/copyright-refers-to-symlink-license.html

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gplv3.diffRobert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:03:19 +0200
gplv3.diffRobert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:59:55 +0200

Original bug report here.