LINTIAN

# `package-contains-usr-unmerged-pathnames`

The package installs the listed file to a directory in / (the filesystem root) rather than to the corresponding directory inside /usr.

Debian requires systems to mount /usr prior to invoking init (using an initramfs if necessary) so any executables, libraries, or other files placed in / for use by early portions of the system init no longer need to do so.

Moving a file from / to /usr (especially an executable in /bin or /sbin) will often require a compatibility symlink to the new location, as other software may invoke it by absolute path.

A compatibility symlink to the corresponding file in /usr will not trigger this warning but a symlink to anywhere else will.

Severity: | `classification`
Experimental: | `false`

## See also

- list of all the affected packages
- the source of this tag