On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:11:11 +1000 David Timms <dtimms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am getting the following with a package I'm working on: > > $ rpmlint --info RPMS/noarch/pyvnc2swf-0.9.3-3.fc9.noarch.rpm > pyvnc2swf.noarch: W: symlink-should-be-relative /usr/bin/vnc2swf > /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pyvnc2swf/vnc2swf.py > Absolute symlinks are problematic eg. when working with chroot environments. > > pyvnc2swf.noarch: W: symlink-should-be-relative /usr/bin/vnc2swf-edit > > Absolute symlinks are problematic eg. when working with chroot environments. You resolve these like this: Instead of doing: ln -s /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pyvnc2swf/edit.py /usr/bin/vnc2swf-edit You do a relative link, like this: cd /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pyvnc2swf/ ln -s edit.py ../../../../bin/vnc2swf-edit hth, ~spot -- Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx> -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging