Your message dated Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:23:27 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1123885: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #589229,
regarding vmfs-tools: possible FHS violation, as fsck.vmfs is not in /sbin
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Package: vmfs-tools
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 9.1.1
Hi.
I might have spotted a policy violation here (therefore the sevirity serious).
Policy section 9.1.1. specifies:
"The location of all installed files and directories must comply with the
Filesystem Hierarchy
Standard (FHS), version 2.3, with the exceptions noted below,..."
The FHS in turn specifies:
"The following files, or symbolic links to files, must be in /sbin if the
corresponding subsystem is installed:
...
fsck.*
mkfs.*
"
(see http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#SPECIFICOPTIONS8).
As far as I can tell this is not the case, right?
I also do not see any exception for this in section 9.1.1.
I don't judge whether /sbin is really a better location,.... just wanted to
bring this to your
attention :)
Cheers,
Chris.
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Version: 0.2.5-1.1+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package vmfs-tools has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1123885
The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using https://snapshot.debian.org/.
Please note that the changes have been done on the master archive and
will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the
earliest.
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Thorsten Alteholz (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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