Bug#1031696: Use of symbolic links in non-free ISO images breaks file system transposition support
Package: debian-cd
Followup-For: Bug #1031696
On Sat, 11 Mar 2023 03:31:50 +0000, Pete wrote:
> Just going to add, in case you wonder why it shouldn't be up to the
> software that is mounting the ISO to sort out symbolic links and just
> duplicate content, that neither Windows File Explorer nor 7-zip (both of
> which can mount/extract ISO content) will list anything under the
> '/firmware/' directory besides the 'dep11/' subdirectory and the
> 'Contents-firmware' file.
> In short, a Windows user trying to use the most common ways of
> extracting ISO content will be missing all the '*.deb' firmware files in
> '/firmware/'. So this means that, unfortunately, the issue can't exactly
> be dismissed as something that should be fixed at the ISO mounting level
> rather than at the Debian ISO mastering level, at least for Windows users.
On Sat, 11 Mar 2023 10:03:13 +0000, James wrote:
> A question: what operating system(s) and/or filesystem copying methods are
> you seeing the problem with?
Oops - sorry, I hadn't read your comment (quoted) about Windows, WFE and 7zip.
It wasn't my intent to make you repeat yourself by asking that question.
I'm planning to re-read this section of the 'debian-cd' code repository README
to try to determine whether it is relevant:
https://salsa.debian.org/images-team/debian-cd/-/blob/5aebb6794a3b8b2393663fb643e35eb8e510c9a4/README#L312-316
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