On Mon, 2020-01-06 at 21:51 +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> First, for context to the readers here, the port-helper binary is
> shipped with uml-utilities package. This package, depending on the
> architecture, installs the binary to a architecture specific
> location.
> 
> https://sources.debian.org/src/uml-utilities/20070815.2-1/Makefile/#L10
> 
> Which on an amd64 machine is: /usr/lib64/uml/port-helper

So 2 things I noticed on my machine.

1. There's nothing else under /usr/lib64/ on my Debian box. Even UML's
modules are built and installed under /usr/lib/

```
rrs@priyasi:/usr/lib$ ls uml/modules/5.4.6/
kernel/        modules.alias.bin  modules.builtin.bin      modules.dep 
     modules.devname  modules.softdep  modules.symbols.bin
modules.alias  modules.builtin    modules.builtin.modinfo  modules.dep.
bin  modules.order    modules.symbols
22:18 ♒ ॐ  ☺ 😄    
rrs@priyasi:/usr/lib$ ls ../lib64/
uml/
22:18 ♒ ॐ  ☺ 😄    
rrs@priyasi:/usr/lib$ ls ../lib64/uml/
port-helper*
22:18 ♒ ॐ  ☺ 😄    
```


2. Given that /usr/lib64/ is empty, quick immediate workaround could be to patch uml-utilities
and ship the binary under /usr/lib/. That would solve all these issues.


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