http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55653 --- Comment #24 from Ray Culp <alias3.aerospace239@passinbox.com> --- (In reply to rens from comment #14)
Hi Thx for posting
What is a usrmerged Linux install?
I tested the install on side and Ubuntu, desktop version
No issues there.
Plz explain so I can try to fix it.
Best
Yes, I will explain as well as I can with my limited knowledge. :-) "usrmerge" is a change in the Linux filesystem that was proposed around 2012 and introduced gradually across different distros over the last ten years or so. Traditional directories like /bin, /sbin, and /lib were changed to symlinks pointing to /usr/bin, /usr/sbin and /usr/lib. For example, I think it only became the default on Ubuntu on 2019. If you copy or move a file to /sbin on a "usrmerged" system, it gets rerouted to /usr/sbin without any problems. The problem arises when you unpack an archive that contains the directory structure /sbin/somefile. Then the symlink /sbin is overwritten with an actual physical directory called /sbin. This destroys the symlink. When the system boots, it tries to run /sbin/init (which should point to /usr/sbin/init). But now it's gone. (In reply to rens from comment #15)
Not side, opens use which distro are you seeing this?
This is on Linux Mint 22.3, which is based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (In reply to mata from comment #21)
Oh, come on, your install script just obviously damaged someones system by doing stupid thing
Don't blame rens please. It's not his fault. And he made a great utility that actually works. <3 I messed up my own computer because ultimately I decided to run the script, and I lacked the knowledge to see that it would overwrite the symlink. If I wanted my OS to take me by the hand, I would have bought an Apple. :-) -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.