#!/bin/sh # # mmdebstrap does have a --merged-usr option but only as a no-op for # debootstrap compatibility # # Using this hook script, you can emulate what debootstrap does to set up # merged /usr via directory symlinks, even using the exact same shell function # that debootstrap uses. # # mmdebstrap will not include this functionality via a --merged-usr option # because there are many reasons against implementing merged-/usr that way: # # https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/MergedUsr # https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/FAQ#Q:_Does_dpkg_support_merged-.2Fusr-via-aliased-dirs.3F # https://lists.debian.org/20190219044924.GB21901@gaara.hadrons.org # https://lists.debian.org/YAkLOMIocggdprSQ@thunder.hadrons.org # https://lists.debian.org/20181223030614.GA8788@gaara.hadrons.org # # In addition, the merged-/usr-via-aliased-dirs approach violates an important # principle of component based software engineering one of the core design # ideas/goals of mmdebstrap: All the information to create a chroot of a Debian # based distribution should be included in its packages and their metadata. # Using directory symlinks as used by debootstrap contradicts this principle. # The information whether a distribution uses this approach to merged-/usr or # not is not anymore contained in its packages but in a tool from the outside. # # The problem is not the idea of merged-/usr but the problem is the way how it # got implemented in debootstrap via directory symlinks. That way of rolling # out merged-/usr is bad from the dpkg point-of-view and completely opposite of # the vision with which in mind I wrote mmdebstrap. set -exu TARGET="$1" if [ -e "$TARGET/var/lib/dpkg/arch" ]; then ARCH=$(head -1 "$TARGET/var/lib/dpkg/arch") else ARCH=$(dpkg --print-architecture) fi if [ -e /usr/share/debootstrap/functions ]; then . /usr/share/debootstrap/functions doing_variant () { [ $1 != "buildd" ]; } MERGED_USR="yes" # until https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/debootstrap/-/merge_requests/48 gets merged link_dir="" setup_merged_usr else link_dir="" case $ARCH in hurd-*) exit 0;; amd64) link_dir="lib32 lib64 libx32" ;; i386) link_dir="lib64 libx32" ;; mips|mipsel) link_dir="lib32 lib64" ;; mips64*|mipsn32*) link_dir="lib32 lib64 libo32" ;; powerpc) link_dir="lib64" ;; ppc64) link_dir="lib32 lib64" ;; ppc64el) link_dir="lib64" ;; s390x) link_dir="lib32" ;; sparc) link_dir="lib64" ;; sparc64) link_dir="lib32 lib64" ;; x32) link_dir="lib32 lib64 libx32" ;; esac link_dir="bin sbin lib $link_dir" for dir in $link_dir; do ln -s usr/"$dir" "$TARGET/$dir" mkdir -p "$TARGET/usr/$dir" done fi