Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: ubiquity
First installment of hardy-6 actually makes me use my backup for the
first time in ages: Trying to have my old "/usr/local" partition already
configured to be mounted while in the installer, installation seemed to
"hang" a few moments showing a message resembling "cleaning conflicting
operating system files", and indeed it took me a while to see the
installer was actually "cleaning up" my /usr/local, which included
removing files I manually put there, most notably /usr/local/data which
is a place where I keep most of my not-user-specific files which are to
survive reinstallations.
Apart from whether or not putting anything vital to /usr/local is a good
idea: Should the installer really bother trying to "clean" and remove
files off /usr/local even while mounting this partition during the
installation? I doubt this is a good idea, given the overall
understanding of /usr/local being the "local" hierarchy... At least,
without pointing this out during install, this is a good way to trash
some files...
** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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hardy alpha6 installer: "cleaning" /usr/local mount?!
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/200582
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