Bug#978636: move to merged-usr-only?
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 09:22:29PM +0000, Simon McVittie wrote:
> Some developers seem to be using "merged /usr" to refer to multiple
> concrete layouts:
> 1. an arrangement where all regular files that have traditionally been
> in /bin, /sbin, /lib and /lib64 are physically located in /usr,
> with symlinks /bin -> usr/bin, /sbin -> usr/sbin, /lib -> usr/lib,
> /lib64 -> usr/lib64
> (this is what usrmerge, debootstrap --merged-usr and Fedora do; dpkg
> maintainer Guillem Jover refers to this as "merged /usr via aliased
> directories" which seems like a good unambiguous term)
Aren't there two sub-solutions?
1a. with packages shipping files both in /bin und /usr/bin.
1b. with packages shipping files only in /usr/bin.
Bastian
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