Bug#56264: apt-get fails on postinst when /usr partition exists

[Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>]

Delete /etc/apt/apt.conf.

Or perhaps, read the file and note the line saying it should Never, Ever, be
copied in wholesale from /usr/doc/apt/examples/.

Bear Giles wrote:
> To say I was shocked by this message is an understatement - AFAIK
> I was never asked for permission to remount /usr read-only during the
> installation of apt or dpkg.  This is clearly a policy decision which
> must be left to the system adminstrator -- and which is a *huge*
> headache when dpkg makes assumptions about what the user wants.

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