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Emne: Re: [DNG] There seems to be some strong disagreement in Debian regarding usrmerge
On Wed, 27 Dec 2023 12:17:48 -0800, Syeed wrote in message
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> On Mon, 18 Dec 2023 10:23:07 +0100
> Martin Steigerwald <martin@???> wrote:
>
> > Martin Steigerwald - 18.12.23, 10:19:50 CET:
> > > dpkg: See
> > > <https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/FAQ#broken-usrmerge>.
> >
> > That FAQ entry is crazy: First (some) dpkg maintainers recommend
> > undoing the usr-merge in case it has been done already...
>
> What I find funny is that more thought and effort has probably been
> put into creating an undo program than the actual merge itself:
>
> https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/dpkg/dpkg-fsys-usrunmess.8.en.html



..looks like something we should keep a fork of, and
chk all packages with, e.g. alongside amprolla.

..remember, Debian is still run by the SystemD-Bois and
has init, /usrmerge, /homeD etc plans that differ from
our ideas of init etc freedoms.


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...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
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