Re: support for merged /usr in Debian
On 30 December 2015 at 22:51, Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it> wrote:
> We have a reasonably tested usrmerge package which can be used to
> convert on the fly a system to merged /usr, and the good news is that
> there are only three packages which need to be fixed to work on a merged
> /usr system.
>
> Thanks to my conversion program in usrmerge there is no need for a flag
> day, archive rebuilds or similar complexity and we can even continue to
> support unmerged systems.
>
> I welcome your comments, but if you have any questions then please read
> the FAQ first:
> https://wiki.debian.org/UsrMerge
> https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/users/md/usrmerge.git/plain/debian/README.Debian
>
> If you want to help then please have a look at the open bugs linked on
> wiki.d.o about lintian and policy work.
>
> --
> ciao,
> Marco
The "solution" proposed here: https://wiki.debian.org/UsrMerge just stinks.
Please, make sure this thing remains an option, never the default.
Happy new year!
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