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Re: merged /usr considered harmful (was Re: Bits from the Technical Committee)



Hi,

On 2021-07-20 3:30 p.m., Marc Haber wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jul 2021 14:47:04 +0200, Svante Signell
> <svante.signell@gmail.com> wrote:
>> According to the dpkg developer and maintainer Guillem users can still
>> rescue their systems from merged-/usr-via-aliased-dirs with the aid of 
>> dpkg-fsys-usrunmess(8), see 
>> https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/FAQ#Q:_Does_dpkg_support_merged-.2Fusr-via-aliased-dirs.3F
> 
> The naming of the utility alone gives me the impression that we have a
> dpkg maintainer who has gone to war with the rest of the distribution.
> I am not sure whether Debian should accept that.
> 
I think that the option "usrunmess" says pretty much the state of mind
regarding the person who named it this way.

Something like "usrunmerge" would be more realistic.
> Greetings
> Marc
> 

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