clone 985351 -1 retitle -1 changing gitexecdir breaks packages that install commands there severity -1 serious quit
Hi, Sven Joachim wrote: > It also breaks various add-on packages installing files into > /usr/lib/git-core, as seen in the gitbrute autopkgtest[1]: > > ,---- > | git: 'brute' is not a git command. See 'git --help'. > `---- This seems like a different issue from the one Guillem reported, though it has the same proximate cause. > The following packages install one or more files below /usr/lib/git-core > and are likely broken now: > > ,---- > | $ apt-file search /usr/lib/git-core | cut -d : -f1 | sort -u > | brz > | git-absorb > | git-crecord > | git-flow > | git-quick-stats > | git-restore-mtime > | gitbrute > | imediff > `---- I suspect these should install to /usr/bin/ instead. The exact location where git stores its commands is an implementation detail that packages are not meant to rely on. Thanks, Jonathan
