Bug#914897: debootstrap, buster: Please disabled merged /usr by default

2018-12-01 Thread Andreas Henriksson
Hello Didier, Thanks for providing your reasoning. On Sun, Dec 02, 2018 at 01:28:20AM +0100, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: [...] > In other words, if the debootstrap maintainers now agree with Ian about > toggling the "merged-/usr" default back to false, there's really no point for > the TC to ov

Bug#914897: debootstrap, buster: Please disabled merged /usr by default

2018-12-01 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le dimanche, 2 décembre 2018, 00.23:05 h CET Andreas Henriksson a écrit : > On Sat, Dec 01, 2018 at 07:20:57PM +0100, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > > * With my TC hat on, I have formally asked the debootstrap maintainers > > (and specifically Hideki Yamane) if they would consider a toggle of the

Bug#914897: debootstrap, buster: Please disabled merged /usr by default

2018-12-01 Thread Andreas Henriksson
Hello, On Sat, Dec 01, 2018 at 11:36:45PM +0100, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > Le samedi, 1 décembre 2018, 19.29:59 h CET Marc Haber a écrit : > > This might sound like a stupid question, what will happen when a package > > built on a usrmerged System will be installed on a non-usrmerged system? >

Bug#914897: debootstrap, buster: Please disabled merged /usr by default

2018-12-01 Thread Andreas Henriksson
On Sat, Dec 01, 2018 at 07:20:57PM +0100, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > As a way to improve my understanding of the issue at hand, here's my current > collection of data points regarding the "merged-/usr" question: > > * "merged-/usr" was enabled by default in debootstrap on June 13. 2018, some >

Bug#914897: debootstrap, buster: Please disabled merged /usr by default

2018-12-01 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le samedi, 1 décembre 2018, 19.29:59 h CET Marc Haber a écrit : > This might sound like a stupid question, what will happen when a package > built on a usrmerged System will be installed on a non-usrmerged system? FTR, I try to always assume that no question is stupid. Only answers can be. My un

Bug#914897: #914897: debootstrap, buster: Please disabled merged /usr by default

2018-12-01 Thread Simon McVittie
On Sat, 01 Dec 2018 at 17:18:35 +, Holger Levsen wrote: > https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/issues/unstable/paths_vary_due_to_usrmerge_issue.html > lists these packages. > > what surprises me currently, are those 3 packages which are reproducible > in buster (even though we also var

Bug#914897: debootstrap, buster: Please disabled merged /usr by default

2018-12-01 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Marc Haber writes: > On Sat, Dec 01, 2018 at 07:20:57PM +0100, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: >> * Currently, according to my `apt-file`, 259 binaries are shipped in /bin >> directly, accross 85 packages. (for /sbin, 597 binaries for 190 packages). > > This might sound like a stupid question, what w

Bug#914897: debootstrap, buster: Please disabled merged /usr by default

2018-12-01 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, Dec 01, 2018 at 07:20:57PM +0100, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > * Currently, according to my `apt-file`, 259 binaries are shipped in /bin > directly, accross 85 packages. (for /sbin, 597 binaries for 190 packages). This might sound like a stupid question, what will happen when a package

Bug#914897: debootstrap, buster: Please disabled merged /usr by default

2018-12-01 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
As a way to improve my understanding of the issue at hand, here's my current collection of data points regarding the "merged-/usr" question: * "merged-/usr" was enabled by default in debootstrap on June 13. 2018, some 5+ months ago. Any buster rootfs setup since has the /bin → /usr/bin symli

Bug#914897: #914897: debootstrap, buster: Please disabled merged /usr by default

2018-12-01 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, Ansgar, thanks a lot for doing this! On Sat, Dec 01, 2018 at 06:06:28PM +0100, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > So, I went through all reproducible build failures in unstable without > notes and added notes for differences caused by building in merged-/usr > vs non-merged-/usr packages. Together wi

Bug#914897: #914897: debootstrap, buster: Please disabled merged /usr by default

2018-12-01 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Ansgar Burchardt writes: > There were discussions about enabling this by default years ago, I > don't think minor issues should be a reason to delay this change. > > Note that it has been delayed for after the stretch release as there > were major issues back then (it was enabled by default for a s