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- To: Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>, 1057121-done@bugs.debian.org
- Cc: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
- Subject: Re: Bug#1057121: dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/lib/firmware/...
- From: Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 17:30:48 +0200
- Message-id: <aHpoqHGvPAAa37BW@per.namespace.at>
- In-reply-to: <20231130071845.GA148715@subdivi.de>
- References: <87plzreozk.5.fsf@jidanni.org> <87plzreozk.5.fsf@jidanni.org> <20231130071845.GA148715@subdivi.de>
On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 08:18:45AM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> Control: reassign -1 release-notes
> Control: retitle -1 document expected warnings for the bookworm to trixie upgrade
>
> On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 02:26:07PM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> > Package: firmware-misc-nonfree
> > Version: 20230625-1
> >
> > Saw tons of these.
> > Unpacking firmware-misc-nonfree (20230625-1) over (20230515-3) ...
> > dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/lib/firmware/wfx': Directory not empty
> > dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/lib/firmware/ueagle-atm': Directory not empty
> > dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/lib/firmware/tigon': Directory not empty
> > dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/lib/firmware/tehuti': Directory not empty
> >
> > Due to
> > /lib/firmware/tehuti/bdx.bin etc.
>
> I fear these warnings are to be expected when upgrading from bookworm to
> trixie or within development releases as trixie is being prepared. This
> is a result of the way we choose to finalize the /usr-merge transition
> and the only way to not have such warnings would have been to spread the
> transition to forky. Consensus has been to accept the warnings in favour
> of finishing sooner rather than later.
>
> That said, I see how these warnings cause confusion. We should document
> them in the release-notes as being specifically expected in a bookworm
> to trixie upgrade, but not beyond.
Done in https://salsa.debian.org/ddp-team/release-notes/-/commit/7b4d47982eb706cc083c2ef2b4a184c3fb78ae7b
Best,
Chris
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