Debian Bug report logs - #338604
util-linux: /sbin/fsck.cramfs and /sbin/mkfs.cramfs depends on /usr/lib/libz.so.1

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Frédéric Bothamy <frederic.bothamy@free.fr>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: util-linux: /sbin/fsck.cramfs and /sbin/mkfs.cramfs depends on /usr/lib/libz.so.1

Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:07:14 +0100

Subject: util-linux: /sbin/fsck.cramfs and /sbin/mkfs.cramfs depends on /usr/lib/libz.so.1
Package: util-linux
Version: 2.12p-8
Severity: normal

Hello,

The cramfs utilities (fsck.cramfs and mkfs.cramfs) depend on a
library in /usr:

$ ldd /sbin/*cram*
/sbin/fsck.cramfs:
        linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xffffe000)
        libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb7f6c000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (0xb7e34000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f8e000)
/sbin/mkfs.cramfs:
        linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xffffe000)
        libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb7ef0000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (0xb7db8000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f12000)
$

This is forbidden by FHS because these utilities may be needed before
/usr is mounted. As 1) I doubt that these utilities are really used at
boot (unlike real FS utilities) and 2) I don't know which is the
correct solution (move these utilities to /usr/sbin or move libz to
/lib), I have not tagged this bug as serious.

Greetings,


Fred

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.13.4
Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages util-linux depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.3.5-7    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libncurses5                   5.5-1      Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libslang2                     2.0.5-1    The S-Lang programming library - r
ii  libuuid1                      1.38-2     universally unique id library
ii  zlib1g                        1:1.2.3-6  compression library - runtime

util-linux recommends no packages.

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Message #10 received at 338604-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Phillip Susi <psusi@ubuntu.com>

To: 338604-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: util-linux: /sbin/fsck.cramfs and /sbin/mkfs.cramfs depends on /usr/lib/libz.so.1

Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 15:21:28 -0500

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I am closing this since the whole /usr separation thing has gone the
way of the dodo.  These days to have a separate /usr, you have to use
an initramfs that mounts it at the same time as the root.

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