Subject: bug#827: [devuan-dev] bug#827: initramfs-tools-core: modprobe and depmod not found

From: Lorenzo <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2024 13:37:08 +0100

On Fri, 05 Jan 2024 08:33:17 +0100
"G. L. Gragnani" <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Package: initramfs-tools-core
> Version: 0.142
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> mkinitramfs reports a series of errors of this kind:
> /sbin/modprobe not found
> depmod not found

a duplicate of #826 and #828
https://bugs.devuan.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=826
https://bugs.devuan.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=828

> 
> I'm attaching a file of the output.
> 
> Is this bug related to the usr-merge problem?

Yes, upstream (Debian) is moving *everything* from /bin /sbin /lib to
their /usr counterparts ( /usr/bin /usr/sbin ..) to mitigate problems
between usrmerge layout and dpkg [1].

Expect /bin /sbin /lib in your unmerged system to become empty very
soon.

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