Bug#1063554: firmware-linux-free: move files to /usr (DEP17)
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Hi Helmut,
On Fri, Feb 09, 2024 at 04:02:42PM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> Package: firmware-linux-free
> Version: 20200122-2
> Tags: patch
> User: helmutg@debian.org
> Usertags: dep17m2
>
> Hi,
>
> we want to finalize the /usr-merge transition by moving all aliased
> files from / to /usr via DEP17 to avoid any negative effects arising
> from aliasing. firmware-linux-free is involved, because it installs
> firmware files below /lib/firmware. Since it cannot be converted
> automatically using dh-sequence-movetousr, I'm attaching a patch. This
> patch should not be uploaded to bookworm-backports or earlier. Also note
> that firmware-carl9170 is in the process of taking over firmware from
> firmware-linux-free and doing so will cause a file loss (DEP17 P1). This
> is tracked as #1050989. I do not expect that firmware-linux-free needs
> to support firmware-carl9170 in mitigating this.
Before I do mess up: Ben did upload to experimental 20200122-3, which
runs dh_movetousr if available. Cf.
https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/firmware-free/-/commit/cdbadf48dd0250c88e60eba2e96ce45bbc42e59a
Is this actually enough?
Regards,
Salvatore
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