Hi,
Begin forwarded message:
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2026 22:00:35 +0200
From: Arnt Karlsen <arnt@???>
To: svante.signell@???
Subject: Re: [DNG] ..rabbit hole plugging creepy stuff like
usr-merge...
> On Sat, 04 Jul 2026 19:27:20 +0200, Svante wrote in message
> <d859e4a311c92bee97f0b902bd480eff329a8a40.camel@???>:
>
> > Hi Arnt.
> >
> > On Thu, 2026-07-02 at 04:51 +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > ..rabbit hole plugging creepy stuff like usr-merge, should
> > > start off easy with my oldest Devuan:
> > > root@nb6:~# for p in sbin bin lib lib32 lib64 ;do dpkg -S \
> > > $(which $(ls /$p/* )) |cut -d":" -f1 |sort |uniq |wc -l \
> > > ;echo "in /$p" ;done ;cat /etc/issue ;dpkg -l |wc -l
> > ...
> > > ..the newest kanotix32-towelfire-nightly-eeepc4G.iso I found
> > > contracted systemd and usr-merge and has 112 linked packages
> > > in /sbin, 295 linked it /bin and 24 linked in /lib, and 1263
> > > total packages and didn't reach my old cranky D-Link.
> > >
> > What does your script really do? A wish would be a script logging
> > the number of soft links and files referring to /bin, /sbin etc.
> > Then we could determine how many soft links are really needed for
> > Devuan without usrmerge. And those already implemented by me for
> > GNU/Hurd sid.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
>
> ..we're off-list, was this meant for the list?
>
> ..it counts the pacanges that has files is /sbin, /bin, /lib,
> /lib32 ond /lib64, that maybe should stay there, as statically
> linked programs, for root's exclusive use, in this fine era of
> such plentiful cheap disk space.
>
> ..the masses who lives in their /home/* should be happy with
> whatever is served from the /usr tree, and should _NOT_ need
> anything from above the /usr tree, or whatever they build in
> their own /home/~ .
>
> ..to list those files: for p in sbin bin lib lib32 lib64 ;do \
> echo "List of packages in /$p:" &&dpkg -S $(which $(ls /$p/* )) \
> |cut -d":" -f1 |sort |uniq ;echo "End of list of packages in /$p" \
> &&echo ;done ;cat /etc/issue ;echo -n "total number of packages \
> installed: " &&qalc -t $(dpkg -l |wc -l )-5
>
> ..the above lists packages that lives in /sbin, /bin, /lib, /lib32
> ond /lib64.on my chimaera and daedalus machines where I'm going to
> do any usrmerge.
..it was late in a long day and the above is missing a "not",
I ofcourse meant to say I or "we're going to help prevent or
reverse any usrmerge etc damage." :o)
> ..if the "qalc -t $(dpkg -l |wc -l )-5 " bit thruws an error msg,
> "aptitude install qalc " and try again, or, replace with "dpkg -l \
> |wc -l " and manually deduct the 5 "dpkg -l " header lines "wc -l "
> also counts.
>
>
> --
> ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
> ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
> Scenarios always come in sets of three:
> best case, worst case, and just in case.
--
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
Scenarios always come in sets of three:
best case, worst case, and just in case.
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