On 11/28/18 1:07 PM, Ian Jackson wrote: > Package: debootstrap > Version: debootstrap/1.0.110 > Severity: serious > > Merged /usr is now the default in buster. As discussed on > debian-devel, however, binary packages built on a merged-usr system > are not installable on a non-merged-usr system. I think we would like > ad hoc builds of packages from one buster machine to be installable on > other buster machines. That is not compatible with the current > approach. > > This was an unanticipated problem. The discussion on -devel has not > reached a consensus on a way forward, and there is no transition plan. > > Accordingly, please revert this change for buster. > We already have a change queued to revert it for build chroots. I don't believe anything more is warranted at this stage.
> IMO this revert should be done quickly, to minimise the number of > installs which will generate broken packages. If you do not agree > with my proposal, then I still think we should revert the change in > sid/buster while the matter is discussed. > > This affects stretch-backports too, but I think it will be most > convenient to file a separate bug for that. > Definitely not. Cheers, Julien