On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 01:32:47PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Thu, 05 Oct 2017, Kamil Cholewiński wrote: > > I wrote a short script that calls "apt-file find 'bin/'", filters > > results to include only stuff from /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin, and > > looks for basename clashes. Turns out, in Stretch, there are 97 hits. > > (If you also include /usr/games, 126.) > > > (Of couse, I'm counting all packages, regardless of whether they specify > > "Conflicts:" or not, and regardless of whether the full name is shared, > > or just the basename.) > > > > For example, packages "389-ds-base" and "dmucs", both provie a command > > called "monitor". The former's command is located in /usr/sbin, the > > latter's in /usr/bin. Neither package conflicts with the other. > > This is sounds like a bug in both packages; monitor is way too generic > to be a name.
Another one is "import" - should simply NEVER be a program name - should be reserved. man page: import - saves any visible window on an X server and outputs it as an image file. You can capture a single window, the entire screen, or any rectangular portion of the screen git does it sensibly (in the last few years) with a primary basename and sub commands. Many of these packages (especially old X stuff) “should” migrate to the command/subcommand way of life. I know, I know, show me the patches... > Everything under point 1 sounds like a bug, and probably needs a > mass-bug filing (but that should be discussed on > debian-de...@lists.debian.org, not here.) > > > 2. (I know this is crazy, unsupported, violates FHS, kills kittens, and > > I'm actually Asking For Trouble by doing this, but whatever.) I can't > > safely symlink /sbin to /bin, and I can't do a /usr -> / either. > > Part of the goal for this is being tracked in > https://wiki.debian.org/UsrMerge, and is a release goal (and the > default). > > There should only be a few packages with outstanding bugs in this case: > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=usrmerge;users=m...@linux.it > > In theory, you should be able to install usrmerge, and things should > "just work™". New for me. Thanks.
