Hello, I have just uploaded * base-files * bash * dash * glibc * util-linux to unstable. These were the last remaining packages shipping aliased files inside the package set relevant to debootstrap.
Once any of these packages has been built until the last of these has been built, debootstrap (and other implementations) will fail to work. I performed these uploads simultaneously to keep the disruptance minimal. While the changes are already part of Ubuntu noble and I have extensively tested them locally, I cannot entirely rule out mistakes and will handle them in the next days. If you spot problems that look related to these uploads, please X-Debbugs-Cc me in your bug reports or contact me on IRC (e.g. #debian-usrmerge). For trixie, there currently are migration blocks to prevent partial migration of these changes. The release team will lift them once we are satisfied with the situation in unstable such that the time where debootstrapping trixie also is minimized. Thanks for bearing with me and also thanks to all the people (release team and affected package maintainers in particular) who support this work. Helmut
