Re: Debhelper and /lib/systemd vs /usr/lib/systemd
Hi,
On 25.08.21 21:45, Sam Hartman wrote:
The dpkg maintainer hasn't been happy with the discussions here, and
I think facilitating to a level where Guillem is part of the
consensus is beyond my skill.
The discussion so far has been around the question whether there is
actually a problem and whether it is actually required for the dpkg
database to be consistent with the file system. It is unsurprising that
the dpkg maintainer has an opinion about that.
So I don't actually know how to get to something actionable. I do
believe the chance of breakage if we move around paths inside
packages is high enough that we should block path canonicalization on
a dpkg that can handle that, even if that takes a long time.
We have a few half-baked solution proposals.
Combining the parts from Ted Ts'o (for usrmerged systems) and mine (for
not-yet usrmerged systems) would be the complex and generic approach.
I think I've also seen some ideas along the lines of "have the usrmerge
package patch the dpkg database", which would be simpler.
Would it make sense to start a wiki page?
Simon
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