On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 08:59:53PM -0500, golinux wrote:
> On 2025-08-21 20:40, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > Does usrmerge have to happen before uprgade from desalus to excalibur?
> >
> > Or is that for the next bug upgrade after excalibur?
> >
> > I currently have separate partitions for / and for /usr.
> >
> > Will /usr still be a separate partition from / ?
> >
> > Should I repartition so that /usr has at least as much free space
> > as / currently has occupied space? Presumably it will have to be able
> > to get a copy of everything from /bin, /sbin, and /lib.
> >
> > Or should I preemtively move everything in now in the /usr
> > partition into a new /usr file tree within / , thereby
> > abolishing the separate /usr partition?
> >
> > -- hendrik
> >
>
> Hi Hendrik,
>
> This should answer at least some of your questions:
>
> https://www.devuan.org/os/announce/excalibur-usrmerge-announce-2024-02-20.html

It does.
But it is unclear on one thing: It says
* ensure there is sufficient disk space to accommodate the merge
but it doesn't say how to estimate the disk space that will be needed.

I managed to figure out that usr merge involves moving stuff from
other places into /usr, so it's /usr that has to have enough free space.

But I've seen enough confusion online over the past few months that
it should be very explcit about estimating how much space will be
needed where.

-- hendrik