On Fri, 05 Jan 2024 08:33:17 +0100
"G. L. Gragnani" <g.l.gragnani@???> wrote:

> Package: initramfs-tools-core
> Version: 0.142
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> mkinitramfs reports a series of errors of this kind:
> /sbin/modprobe not found
> depmod not found

a duplicate of #826 and #828
https://bugs.devuan.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=826
https://bugs.devuan.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=828

>
> I'm attaching a file of the output.
>
> Is this bug related to the usr-merge problem?

Yes, upstream (Debian) is moving *everything* from /bin /sbin /lib to
their /usr counterparts ( /usr/bin /usr/sbin ..) to mitigate problems
between usrmerge layout and dpkg [1].

Expect /bin /sbin /lib in your unmerged system to become empty very
soon.

[1] https://subdivi.de/~helmut/dep17.html