directory is a sub-directory of the root
directory <file>/</file>.) For example, a symbolic link
from <file>/usr/lib/foo</file> to <file>/usr/share/bar</file>
- should be relative (<file>../bar</file>), but a symbolic link
- from <file>/var/run</file> to <file>/run</file> should be
+ should be relative (<file>../share/bar</file>), but a symbolic
+ link from <file>/var/run</file> to <file>/run</file> should be
absolute.<footnote>
This is necessary to allow top-level directories to be
symlinks. If linking <file>/var/run</file>