On Sat, Jul 11, 2026 at 12:51:21PM -0600, Jeffrey Cliff wrote:
> > Presumably amd64 comes from --print-architecutre?
>
> yes
>
> >Does dpkg know about /lib32? (run something like dpkg -S /lib32)
>
> $ dpkg -S /lib32
> diversion by base-files from: /lib32
> diversion by base-files to: /.lib32.usr-is-merged

So is /lib32 a dangling symlink as the original message said?

> tried :
> 1) mv /lib32 /root/hope-this-doesnt-bork
> 2) apt reinstall usrmerge
> 3) apt install base-files
>
> same result(ie broken)

Broken how? The error message at least should be different as you have moved
/lib32 out of the way?

Do you have /usr/lib32?

If so, remove /the dangling /lib32, and symlink a new /lib32 -> /usr/lib32

That might help.

Are you on IRC? It might be quicker to resolve this on libera.chat #devuan-dev?

Mark