From: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 16:21:33 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Policy: Symbolic links must not traverse above the root directory.
X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=8ae9e321058ade1fda3e49e99a16360737b4e251

Policy: Symbolic links must not traverse above the root directory.

Wording: Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
Closes: #555979
---

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0ade396..e5235a6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 debian-policy (3.9.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Policy: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
+  * Policy: Symbolic links must not traverse above the root directory.
+    Wording: Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
+    Closes: #555979
 
- -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>  Sat, 22 Nov 2014 16:00:10 +0100
+ -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>  Sat, 31 Jan 2015 21:01:58 +0100
 
 debian-policy (3.9.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 7bb703b..24cf7d7 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -8891,6 +8891,7 @@ fname () {
 	    would point to <file>/srv/run</file> rather than the intended
 	    target.
 	  </footnote>
+	  Symbolic links must not traverse above the root directory.
 	</p>
 
 	<p>
diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.sgml b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
index cd7b54d..16b7664 100644
--- a/upgrading-checklist.sgml
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ picking your way through this list.
 
 Released xxx, 2015.
 
-</p>
+</p><p><taglist>
+<tag>10.5</tag>
+  <item> Symbolic links must not traverse above the root directory.
+  </item> </taglist></p>
 
 <sect id="3.9.6.0"> Version 3.9.6.0
 <p>