Re: Json-c library installed into /lib/ instead of /usr/lib/ ... is that relevant anymore?

[Cyril Brulebois]

Hi,

Boyuan Yang  (2019-01-15):
> I plan to make a clean-up upload for json-c based on current version in sid
> (instead of starting a transition). Since it provides a udeb package, words
> from the d-i team is also valuable. Please also let me know your suggestions.

Thanks for checking with us.

The loader will look into /usr/lib/ in d-i as well, so I don't
anticipate any issues here (unless something in another package
hardcodes the path to this library, which we would notice and fix).

So feel free to go ahead as far as d-i is concerned.


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org)
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant


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Json-c library installed into /lib/ instead of /usr/lib/ ... is that relevant anymore?

[Boyuan Yang]

Dear -devel list,

Recently I am looking into an orphaned but rather important library package,
libjson-c (popcon >35000, with udeb package). Suprisingly the library libjson-
c3 was installed into /lib// instead of /usr/lib//.

I digged a little bit into it and found out that it was originally due to
upstart that needed it during bootup [2] so the lib should be placed into /lib
according to FHS. However, with upstart disappeared from Debian archive (since
2016), other init systems seem not having dependency on json-c and that
usrmerge is approaching, I'm wondering if we should move the installation path
back to /usr/lib. Will there be any side effects?

I plan to make a clean-up upload for json-c based on current version in sid
(instead of starting a transition). Since it provides a udeb package, words
from the d-i team is also valuable. Please also let me know your suggestions.

--
Regards,
Boyuan Yang

[1] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/json-c
[2] https://bugs.debian.org/695566


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