Template: dump/dumpdates_is_a_symlink Type: note _Description: /etc/dumpdates is a symlink, dump will look in /var/lib/dumpdates Your /etc/dumpdates is a symlink. Dump will look for dumpdates in /var/lib/dumpdates. A symlink in /etc/dumpdates adds no known value (as nothing outside the dump package is known to use it) and is likely to confuse someone eventually. The most likely reason for this symlink to exist is that you once had a much earlier version of the Debian dump package installed that behaved poorly. Please remove /etc/dumpdates. Template: dump/moving_from_etc_to_var Type: note _Description: Moving existing /etc/dumpdates to /var/lib for FHS compliance.