commit 944471000841076f262997650d9a3bfe57f3366a
Author: dmorgan <dmorgan@localhost.(none)>
Date:   Sun Jun 26 23:35:37 2011 +0200

    (from Turbolinux)
    
    the length check is wrong:
    - dest_dir is /usr/src/debug by default
    - base_dir is $RPM_BUILD_DIR, which can be /RPM/BUILD

diff --git a/tools/debugedit.c b/tools/debugedit.c
index 57e3872..ba6c4e9 100644
--- a/tools/debugedit.c
+++ b/tools/debugedit.c
@@ -1534,11 +1534,6 @@
 	  fprintf (stderr, "You must specify a base dir if you specify a dest dir\n");
 	  exit (1);
 	}
-      if (strlen (dest_dir) > strlen (base_dir))
-	{
-	  fprintf (stderr, "Dest dir longer than base dir is not supported\n");
-	  exit (1);
-	}
     }
 
   /* Ensure clean paths, users can muck with these */