Hi,following up on Helmut's email [1], I'd like to start a MBF to get all udeb producing packages updated to use the canonical paths so we can get rid of [2] eventually (ideally forky).
Special thanks go out to Holger Wansing, who has been busy updating a lot of packages already. So the remaining list is thankfully shorter than I expected.
The dd-list is attached. The proposed text for the MBF is: """ Hi, your package #PACKAGE# produces one or more udeb packages for the debian-installer (d-i) and installs files into an aliased location, like /sbin, /bin or /lib. Please update your package to install those files into the canonical location under /usr. For more information see [1]. If you have further questions, there is an IRC channel named #debian-usrmerge on OFTC. Regards, Michael [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/11/msg00245.html """ The proposed command line for mass-bug is """mass-bug --source --severity=normal --user helmutg@debian.org --usertags "udeb-usrmove" --subject="Please update udeb packages to use non-aliased paths"
"""I think Helmut's email is detailed enough to serve as a direct reference. If you think this should be turned into a wiki page that can be updated, amended etc, please let me know.
Regards Michael [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/11/msg00245.html[2] https://sources.debian.org/src/debian-installer/20250803%2Bdeb13u2/build/util/merge-usr
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