upload rejected with symbolic link to debian/copyright

[Matthias Klose]

Rejected:
Symbolic link for debian/copyright not allowed

git-annex (7.20191230-1build2) focal; urgency=medium

  * No-change rebuild for libffi soname change.

Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 20:50:32 +0100
Changed-By: Matthias Klose <email address hidden>
Maintainer: Debian Haskell Group <email address hidden>

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

This also seems to be an error in Debian, or at any rate is supposed to be:

  https://salsa.debian.org/ftp-team/dak/blob/master/config/debian/lintian.tags#L69

We should find out why this wasn't rejected in Debian.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Oh right. That Lintian tag is for binary packages, not source packages; debian/copyright symlinks in source packages seem to be permitted. I guess lp.archiveuploader.dscfile.findFile will need to get a bit smarter (but still making sure not to follow symlinks that point outside the source tree).