In this case, this page should be updated to reflect the fact it is not broken.
https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/MergedUsr Nol' Le jeudi 15 juillet 2021 à 10:13 +0100, Luca Boccassi a écrit : > On Wed, 2021-07-14 at 23:40 +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: > > On Wed, 2021-07-14 at 19:54:56 +0000, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > > > Sean Whitton dixit: > > > > * #978636 move to merged-usr-only? > > > > > > > > We were asked to decide whether or not Debian 'bookworm' > > > > should > > > > continue to support systems which are not using the merged-usr > > > > filesystem layout. We decided that support should not > > > > continue beyond > > > > Debian 'bullseye'. > > > > > > What? WHAT? ＷＨＡＴ？ > > > > > > > The decision is captured here: > > > > <https://bugs.debian.org/978636#178> > > > > > > No reason provided either. This stinks. I’m v̲e̲r̲y̲ > > > disappointed. > > > Debian is becoming untenable. Years ago, I had hoped it won’t. > > > > I've been meaning to send a note about this for some time now, but > > as I feel it keeps getting ignored, it always seems a bit > > pointless. > > > > But in any case, given that merged-usr-via-aliased-dirs is not > > really > > supported by dpkg anyway, it is broken by design [B], I have no > > intention whatsoever to break any of my systems with such layout > > going > > forward, I'm thus planning to spend any necessary volunteer time > > implementing any fix, workaround or solution required to avoid > > having > > to use it, in detriment of other Debian volunteer time. I already > > started some time ago with dpkg-fsys-usrunmess(8), present already > > in > > the upcoming bullseye release. > > > > [B] < > > https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/FAQ#Q:_Does_dpkg_support_merged-.2Fusr-via-aliased-dirs.3F > > > > > > > Thanks, > > Guillem > > Hi, > > As it has been said and written many times already, in reality this > is > not broken by design at all and in fact it is the only successful > strategy that has been deployed by other distros - it's what is being > called merged-usr-via-moves-and-symlink-farms that is broken. We can > say this with certainty because both approaches have been tried, so > there's actual real-world data to look at. Just go look at the > absolute > mess that Suse got themselves into by following that solution - a 10- > years-long massive half-done-never-finished headache that took an > inordinate amount of work to back out of, and move to the actual > working solution that everybody else are using - merged-usr-via- > aliased-dirs. On the other hand Fedora/RHEL had a smooth and simple > transition using merged-usr-via-aliased-dirs, and that was the end of > it. > > Dpkg has some very minor bugs that rpm/dnf/yum/zypper/whatever do not > suffer from. So what? It is perfectly normal as it's software and all > softwares have bugs. They could be fixed, worked around, or ignored, > like all other bugs. >
