Re:How to get root on Ubuntu 20.04 by pretending nobody’s /home
by rutthenut on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @04:00AM
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Wow, this Debian hack really makes life difficult for end users :(
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We actually print a warning about this when starting the software (along the lines of "Warning, B is missing, some things may not work as expected"), which then Debian patched out, calling it "misleading".
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Yes, they do. And then they complain to you that this broke something: they split our package, from the main package A they split off parts into separate packages B, C, ... that depend on A. And then complained to us that B and C had a circular dependency and that this means we had to fix something. The audacity.
Our users still sometimes report issues where I immediately ask "are you using Debian or Ubuntu?" and the answer is usually yes: because guess what, they only install A (which matches our software's name) and then they miss the functionality which Debian moved into B, C, ... We actually print a warning about this when starting the software (along the lines of "Warning, B is missing, some things may not work as expected"), which then Debian patched out, calling it "misleading".
I've never had similar issues with any other downstream Linux distro.
So, no, I really can't agree with GP's statement.