Bug#1064785: brltty: installs same filename to both bin and sbin

[Paul Gevers]

Hi Cacin,

On 25-02-2024 10:47 p.m., cacin at allfreemail.net wrote:
> your package installs the filename brltty to both bin and sbin as opposed to just one of those locations.

I haven't checked yet, but are these two versions of file:brltty 
actually the same?

> This causes a problem on a filesystem layout where bin and sbin are merged into a single real directory, typically by sbin being a symlink to bin. Such a filesystem layout has become standard on some distributions now, and others are moving onto in their next releases.

Sure. But in Debian we're not there yet. And given the merged-/usr mess 
[1], we'll might not adventure there soon. And hopefully not with a symlink.

> Please pick one location and install it only there. /usr/bin is preferred over any other location.

Suggesting a move from /bin to /usr/bin is not without danger, exactly 
because of the very similar merged-/usr transition that's currently 
being clean-up. There's the danger that files get lost upon upgrade (P1 
in [1]) if this is done incorrectly.

Paul

[1] https://subdivi.de/~helmut/dep17.html
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