- Package:
- src:backup2l
- Source:
- src:backup2l
- Submitter:
- Date:
- 2025-12-25 16:13:02 UTC
- Severity:
- normal
Dear Maintainer, your package installs the filename backup2l to both bin and sbin as opposed to just one of those locations. 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. Please pick one location and install it only there. /usr/bin is preferred over any other location. Thank you for maintaining software in debian.
Hi, I have just noticed that you make the move in Trixie, namely that you removed the link in /usr/sbin. However, Debian has not yet make the move to merge /usr/sbin and /usr/bin . So I would say that the move is premature as far as debian is concerned. In fact this looks inconsistent for now as the configuration file backup2l.conf is in /etc and that its content somehow assumes superprivileges. My two cents, cheers, Jerome