--- /dev/null
+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.