Bug#1031696: Use of symbolic links in non-free ISO images breaks file system transposition support

Package: debian-cd
Followup-For: Bug #1031696

On Sat, 11 Mar 2023 03:31:50 +0000, Pete wrote:

> Just going to add, in case you wonder why it shouldn't be up to the 
> software that is mounting the ISO to sort out symbolic links and just 
> duplicate content, that neither Windows File Explorer nor 7-zip (both of 
> which can mount/extract ISO content) will list anything under the 
> '/firmware/' directory besides the 'dep11/' subdirectory and the 
> 'Contents-firmware' file.

> In short, a Windows user trying to use the most common ways of 
> extracting ISO content will be missing all the '*.deb' firmware files in 
> '/firmware/'. So this means that, unfortunately, the issue can't exactly 
> be dismissed as something that should be fixed at the ISO mounting level 
> rather than at the Debian ISO mastering level, at least for Windows users.


On Sat, 11 Mar 2023 10:03:13 +0000, James wrote:
> A question: what operating system(s) and/or filesystem copying methods are
> you seeing the problem with?

Oops - sorry, I hadn't read your comment (quoted) about Windows, WFE and 7zip.
It wasn't my intent to make you repeat yourself by asking that question.

I'm planning to re-read this section of the 'debian-cd' code repository README
to try to determine whether it is relevant:

https://salsa.debian.org/images-team/debian-cd/-/blob/5aebb6794a3b8b2393663fb643e35eb8e510c9a4/README#L312-316