[Bug 2092609] [NEW] Invalid copyright symlink in 24.04 package

[Hadrien Patte]

Public bug reported:

Ubuntu release: noble 24.04
Package version: openssl_3.0.13-0ubuntu3.4_amd64.deb

Since ubuntu 24.04, the openssl package depends on libssl3t64 instead of
libssl3. But in the 24.04 version of the openssl package currently
available from security.ubuntu.com, the package's copyright file located
at /usr/share/doc/openssl/copyright is a symlink to
../libssl3/copyright. That symlink is broken as the libssl3 package does
not exist in 24.04 and has been replaced with the  libssl3t64 package
which has its copyright file at /usr/share/doc/libssl3t64/copyright.

openssl packages for more recent ubuntu releases (24.10 and 25.04) do
not present this issue and have openssl's copyright file properly link
to ../libssl3t64/copyright.

Note: the changelog.Debian.gz and changelog.gz files also present the
same symlink target issue.

** Affects: openssl (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Invalid copyright symlink in 24.04 package

Status in openssl package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Ubuntu release: noble 24.04
  Package version: openssl_3.0.13-0ubuntu3.4_amd64.deb

  Since ubuntu 24.04, the openssl package depends on libssl3t64 instead
  of libssl3. But in the 24.04 version of the openssl package currently
  available from security.ubuntu.com, the package's copyright file
  located at /usr/share/doc/openssl/copyright is a symlink to
  ../libssl3/copyright. That symlink is broken as the libssl3 package
  does not exist in 24.04 and has been replaced with the  libssl3t64
  package which has its copyright file at
  /usr/share/doc/libssl3t64/copyright.

  openssl packages for more recent ubuntu releases (24.10 and 25.04) do
  not present this issue and have openssl's copyright file properly link
  to ../libssl3t64/copyright.

  Note: the changelog.Debian.gz and changelog.gz files also present the
  same symlink target issue.

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