On Fri, 2022-03-25 at 11:32 -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Luca Boccassi dijo [Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 02:28:12PM +0000]: > > I am part of that group, and that is definitely _not_ why I wouldn't > > touch dpkg with a barge pole as things stand (and have stood for > > years). You are making a gigantic leap with that assumption, not sure > > what you base it on. As a downstream and upstream maintainer in several > > large projects I fix things that don't impact me all the time, all over > > the place. > > > > But anyway, it turns out it's all moot because - drum roll - there is a > > patch: > > > > https://0x0.st/oNFG.diff > > > > This was shared just now on #debian-devel IRC by user 'uau', linked > > here with explicit permission. > > > > So it looks like you, Russ and others who chimed in this thread should > > now be in a position to test your theory that a missing patch was the > > only issue. Care to take it forward? > > Wow, this is a positive turn of events! Do you happen to have more > information as to the identity of the submitter? We should be able of > properly granting attribution... > > The patch seems sane from a first, very much 10000m-point-of-view. Of > course, it is very situation-specific and not generalized for > following any unexpected symlinks in the directory hierarchy, but I do > not expect that to be an issue (as we are talking about a very > specific migration here). I am absolutely unfamiliar with dpkg > internals and there are some bits that jump to my eye, but I do not > think there is much use in me discussing very-minor things that should > be obvious to people who are actually involved with dpkg. > > Has this diff been shared with Guillem, or included in any relevant > bug report? Sorry, I don't know anything more than what I have shared - it was linked and briefly discussed by user 'uau' on #debian-devel this afternoon. I just happened to be online, noticed it and asked for permission to share it here, which was granted. I do not know this user, and I do not know if this patch has been shared or discussed elsewhere. -- Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
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