Bug#996833: Please include information whether system is usrmerged or not
(I've merged #923090 and #996833 since they are asking the same. Adding
Guillem to CC here.)
On 19 Oct 2021 Michael Biebl wrote:
> given the decisions by the CTTE to go with a merged-/usr file system
> layout, I think it would be useful (at least during the transition
> phase), if reportbug included the information whether a system is
> already using such a file system layout or not.
>
> reportbug already includes:
>
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>
> One can sort of deduce this information from the above line (on a
> merged-/usr system /bin/sh typically points to /usr/bin/dash)
Yes, I think this existing indicator is already reliable in practice.
(I've grepped through a few thousand random bug reports to see what
other shells besides bash and dash would turn up as link targets for
/bin/sh, and only found a handful instances of /bin/lksh and /bin/pdksh.
Not a problem with regard to detecting merged-/usr.)
Guillem, is this 'good enough' for you? Or does anyone still think there
is value in adding an explicit note about merged-/usr status even if the
actual information is already present?
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