Le 17/11/2025 à 22:27, karl@??? a écrit :
> he usr-merge is particulary painful when you have remote system
> (which can be wery remote) needing upgrading. Debian was once
> the champ in that area. But I will never ever install something
> debian-related on remote systems again.

    You're right in principle. I would tend to mitigate that proplem
though: just question how much the remote system needs upgrading.

     Probably very remote systems, like those on planet Mars, should be
simple enough that they don't need a comprehensive distro and would work
well with a static Busybox and a few static applications.

    If your remote system is in Antarctia, then ship a new hardware
with a new release to exchange during next southern-summer campaign.

    Otherwise just postpone the dist-upgrade until you can stand in
front of the machine.

    Can you provide an example where a remote dist-upgrade is mandatory?

--     Didier