[Debian-astro-maintainers] Bug#1122761: fxload: Please remove/replace usage of dh_movetousr

[Michael Biebl]

Control: tags -1 + patch

On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:52:17 +0100 biebl at debian.org wrote:
> Source: fxload
> Version: 0.0.20081013-3
> Severity: normal
> User: helmutg at debian.org
> Usertags: dh_movetousr_removal
> 
> Hi,
> 
> your package fxload either Build-Depends on dh-sequence-movetousr or
> uses dh_movetousr conditionally to move files from aliased locations
> like /sbin, /bin or /lib to the canonical location in /usr.
> 
> Eventually, we would like to get rid of this debhelper addon.
> Packages should use the canonical paths without any postprocessing.
> 
> This means, files are installed directly into /usr.
> 
> Please note, that such a change must not be backported to bookworm or
> older. If you intend to provide such backports, these changes must be
> reverted for those releases. If this means an undue burden on your
> workflow our recommendation is to postpone this cleanup.
> 
> The motivation for this bug report is, to inform maintainers, that
> installing files into the canonical location explicitly, is now the
> preferred approach and dh_movetousr is now a deprecated tool.
> 
> The goal is, to have dh_movetousr removed after forky is released. We
> can revise this plan, if needed. Please keep this timeline in mind
> and let us know if this doesn't work for you.
> 
> For more information see [1].
> 
> If you have further questions, there is an IRC channel named
> #debian-usrmerge on OFTC.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Michael
> 
> [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/11/msg00245.html
> 
> 

Please find attached a build-tested patch for your convenience.


Regards,
Michael
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diff -Nru fxload-0.0.20081013/debian/changelog fxload-0.0.20081013/debian/changelog
--- fxload-0.0.20081013/debian/changelog	2024-05-25 19:03:02.000000000 +0200
+++ fxload-0.0.20081013/debian/changelog	2026-07-05 00:00:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+fxload (0.0.20081013-3.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+  * Avoid usage of dh_movetousr (Closes: #1122761)
+
+ -- Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org>  Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:03 +0200
+
 fxload (0.0.20081013-3) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * debian/control: add dh-sequence-movetousr
diff -Nru fxload-0.0.20081013/debian/control fxload-0.0.20081013/debian/control
--- fxload-0.0.20081013/debian/control	2024-05-25 19:03:02.000000000 +0200
+++ fxload-0.0.20081013/debian/control	2026-07-04 23:58:41.000000000 +0200
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 Uploaders: Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir at debian.org>
 	, Thorsten Alteholz <debian at alteholz.de>
 Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13)
-	, dh-sequence-movetousr
 Standards-Version: 4.7.0
 Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-hotplug/
 Rules-Requires-Root: no
diff -Nru fxload-0.0.20081013/debian/dirs fxload-0.0.20081013/debian/dirs
--- fxload-0.0.20081013/debian/dirs	2024-05-25 19:03:02.000000000 +0200
+++ fxload-0.0.20081013/debian/dirs	2026-07-04 23:59:01.000000000 +0200
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sbin
+usr/sbin
diff -Nru fxload-0.0.20081013/debian/patches/sbindir fxload-0.0.20081013/debian/patches/sbindir
--- fxload-0.0.20081013/debian/patches/sbindir	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ fxload-0.0.20081013/debian/patches/sbindir	2026-07-05 00:00:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+From: Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org>
+Date: Jul, 05 2026 14:31:25 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Move sbindir to /usr
+
+Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/1122761
+
+--- fxload-0.0.20081013.orig/Makefile
++++ fxload-0.0.20081013/Makefile
+@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
+ 
+ prefix =		$(DESTDIR)
+ exec_prefix =		${prefix}
+-sbindir =		${exec_prefix}/sbin
++sbindir =		${exec_prefix}/usr/sbin
+ mandir =		${prefix}/usr/share/man
+ 
+ INSTALL =		/usr/bin/install -cD
diff -Nru fxload-0.0.20081013/debian/patches/series fxload-0.0.20081013/debian/patches/series
--- fxload-0.0.20081013/debian/patches/series	2024-05-25 19:03:02.000000000 +0200
+++ fxload-0.0.20081013/debian/patches/series	2026-07-05 00:00:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 destdir
 remove_ident
+sbindir
diff -Nru fxload-0.0.20081013/debian/rules fxload-0.0.20081013/debian/rules
--- fxload-0.0.20081013/debian/rules	2024-05-25 19:03:02.000000000 +0200
+++ fxload-0.0.20081013/debian/rules	2026-07-05 00:00:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 	dh $@
 
 override_dh_auto_install:
-	mkdir -p debian/fxload/sbin
 	mkdir -p debian/fxload/usr/share/man/man8/
 	mkdir -p debian/fxload/usr/share/usb/
 	find
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