[Bug 2139214] [NEW] [usrmerge] evaluate ubiquity for DEP17 compliance

[John Chittum]

Public bug reported:

ubiquity has been identified as having a possible issue related to usr-
merge. DEP-17 describes the issue and problems at length[0]. The check
done was not perfect, and may lead to false positives. The following was
the run to identify possible packages, further refined with slight
pruning of obvious false positives

apt-file search --package-only --regexp
'^/(sbin|bin|lib|lib32|lib64|libx32)/*'

Lintian, when run on a suitably new system (such as within a resolute
build environment), will provide some errors related to usr-merge. an
example of a Lintian error from busybox

E: busybox-static: aliased-location [bin/]
E: busybox-static: aliased-location [bin/static-sh]

Please evalute ubiquity for any issues dictated in dep17

[0] https://dep-team.pages.debian.net/deps/dep17/

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu Resolute)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: usrmerge

** Also affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu Resolute)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  [usrmerge] evaluate ubiquity for DEP17 compliance

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in ubiquity source package in Resolute:
  New

Bug description:
  ubiquity has been identified as having a possible issue related to
  usr-merge. DEP-17 describes the issue and problems at length[0]. The
  check done was not perfect, and may lead to false positives. The
  following was the run to identify possible packages, further refined
  with slight pruning of obvious false positives

  apt-file search --package-only --regexp
  '^/(sbin|bin|lib|lib32|lib64|libx32)/*'

  Lintian, when run on a suitably new system (such as within a resolute
  build environment), will provide some errors related to usr-merge. an
  example of a Lintian error from busybox

  E: busybox-static: aliased-location [bin/]
  E: busybox-static: aliased-location [bin/static-sh]

  Please evalute ubiquity for any issues dictated in dep17

  [0] https://dep-team.pages.debian.net/deps/dep17/

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