- if (! -d "$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package") {
- # If it is a dangling symlink, then don't do anything.
- # Think multi-binary packages that depend on each other and
- # want to link doc dirs.
- next if -l "$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package";
+ # If it is a symlink to a documentation directory from the same
+ # source package, then don't do anything. Think multi-binary
+ # packages that depend on each other and want to link doc dirs.
+ if (-l "$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package") {
+ my $linkval=readlink("$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package");
+ my %allpackages=map { $_ => 1 } getpackages();
+ if ($allpackages{basename($linkval)}) {
+ next;
+ }
+ # Even if the target doesn't seem to be a doc dir from the
+ # same source package, don't do anything if it's a dangling
+ # symlink.
+ next unless -d "$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package";
+ }