Bug#1020228: usrmerge: fails to install on overlayfs

2022-09-18 Thread Luca Boccassi
On Sun, 18 Sep 2022 18:07:31 +0200 Ansgar wrote: > On Sun, 18 Sep 2022 16:15:28 +0200 Helmut Grohne wrote: > [usrmerge on overlayfs] > > > > I recommend turning the check around. First actually attempt to perform > > the conversion. If that happens to fails, check for overlayfs and > >

Bug#1020228: usrmerge: fails to install on overlayfs

2022-09-18 Thread Ansgar
On Sun, 18 Sep 2022 16:15:28 +0200 Helmut Grohne wrote: [usrmerge on overlayfs] > > I recommend turning the check around. First actually attempt to perform > the conversion. If that happens to fails, check for overlayfs and > conditionally emit the helpful message. That way, conversion actually

Bug#1020228: usrmerge: fails to install on overlayfs

2022-09-18 Thread Luca Boccassi
On Sun, 18 Sep 2022 16:15:28 +0200 Helmut Grohne wrote: > Package: usrmerge > Version: 30+nmu1 > Severity: serious > Justification: essential packages should not fail to install > Control: affects -1 + src:mmdebstrap > > If you happen to be on an overlayfs filesystem (doesn't have to be /) > and

Bug#1020228: usrmerge: fails to install on overlayfs

2022-09-18 Thread Helmut Grohne
Package: usrmerge Version: 30+nmu1 Severity: serious Justification: essential packages should not fail to install Control: affects -1 + src:mmdebstrap If you happen to be on an overlayfs filesystem (doesn't have to be /) and then install usrmerge into a chroot on that filesystem (for instance by