[Bug 2031690] Re: dotnet sdk installed incorrectly

[Mateus Rodrigues de Morais]

Hello Michael, thank you for reporting this bug!

The link /usr/bin/dotnet -> ../lib/dotnet/dotnet is a valid one per
Debian Policy [1], which states that "In general, symbolic links within
a top-level directory should be relative, and symbolic links pointing
from one top-level directory to or into another should be absolute."

In fact, the "decision" to make the link relative is automatically made
by a tool called dh_link [2], which creates these links conforming with
Debian Policy.

It seems that FAKE's SDK Resolver isn't handling this well and fails to
find assemblies. Therefore, we believe that this is an issue that should
be resolved on FAKE's side.

[1] https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#symbolic-links
[2] https://manpages.debian.org/testing/debhelper/dh_link.1.en.html#DESCRIPTION

** Changed in: dotnet6 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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Title:
  dotnet sdk installed incorrectly

Status in dotnet6 package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  dotnet binary installed to 
  /usr/lib/dotnet/dotnet
  link in /usr/bin is incorrect:
  /usr/bin/dotnet -> ../lib/dotnet/dotnet
  should be 
  /usr/bin/dotnet -> /usr/lib/dotnet/dotnet

  incorrect link causes failure with dotnet fake build. System is unable
  to find assemblies.

  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID: Ubuntu
  Description:    Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
  Release:        22.04
  Codename:       jammy

  dotnet6:
    Installed: 6.0.121-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
    Candidate: 6.0.121-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
    Version table:
   *** 6.0.121-0ubuntu1~22.04.1 500
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe amd64 Packages
          500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/universe amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  I expected
  $ dotnet fake build
  to build the project

  What happened
  $ dotnet fake build
  was unable to find assemblies

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
  Package: dotnet6 6.0.121-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-26.26~22.04.1-generic 6.2.13
  Uname: Linux 6.2.0-26-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: i3
  Date: Thu Aug 17 14:11:08 2023
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-04-19 (120 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20230223)
  SourcePackage: dotnet6
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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