(In reply to Stanislav Brabec from comment #17) > Ludwig Nussel, comment 16: > > 3) - do not package compat symlinks. Run something post install of > each package that installs such links if /bin is a directory and > the package /bin/$something in it's provides tags. > - Make the initrd move away /bin and install the /bin -> /usr/bin > symlink (same for sbin and lib). > > If would work only if /bin will not be a symlink. It's a transition plan, so yes, it's meant to work with /bin being a directory :-) Once initrd has converted the directory to a symlink, the compat code to generate symlinks in /bin mustn't run anymore.