Source: network-manager-l2tp
Version: 1.20.8-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: bi...@debian.org
Usertags: nm-libexec

Hi,

your package installs helper binaries that are currently located in
/usr/lib/NetworkManager.
Now that Debian policy allows to install such binaries into
/usr/libexec, it was requested in [1] that the network-manager package
is updated to use this location to align with other distros and avoid
unnecessary friction.

The network-manager package and the vpn packages maintained by the
pkg-utopia team have been updated accordingly.

For consistencies sake, please consider applying the attached patch,
which moves the helper binaries to /usr/libexec.

Thanks,
Michael



[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1026388
diff -Nru network-manager-l2tp-1.20.8/debian/changelog 
network-manager-l2tp-1.20.8/debian/changelog
--- network-manager-l2tp-1.20.8/debian/changelog        2022-12-30 
23:30:00.000000000 +0100
+++ network-manager-l2tp-1.20.8/debian/changelog        2023-10-21 
12:55:13.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+network-manager-l2tp (1.20.8-1.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+  * Install helper binaries into /usr/libexec (Closes: #-1)
+
+ -- Michael Biebl <bi...@debian.org>  Sat, 21 Oct 2023 12:55:13 +0200
+
 network-manager-l2tp (1.20.8-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release
diff -Nru network-manager-l2tp-1.20.8/debian/network-manager-l2tp-gnome.install 
network-manager-l2tp-1.20.8/debian/network-manager-l2tp-gnome.install
--- network-manager-l2tp-1.20.8/debian/network-manager-l2tp-gnome.install       
2022-04-18 13:45:26.000000000 +0200
+++ network-manager-l2tp-1.20.8/debian/network-manager-l2tp-gnome.install       
2023-10-21 12:52:37.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+usr/libexec/nm-l2tp-auth-dialog
 usr/lib/*/NetworkManager/libnm-vpn-plugin-l2tp-editor.so
 usr/lib/*/NetworkManager/libnm-gtk4-vpn-plugin-l2tp-editor.so
-usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-l2tp-auth-dialog
 usr/share/metainfo/network-manager-l2tp.metainfo.xml
diff -Nru network-manager-l2tp-1.20.8/debian/network-manager-l2tp.install 
network-manager-l2tp-1.20.8/debian/network-manager-l2tp.install
--- network-manager-l2tp-1.20.8/debian/network-manager-l2tp.install     
2019-11-04 14:58:04.000000000 +0100
+++ network-manager-l2tp-1.20.8/debian/network-manager-l2tp.install     
2023-10-21 12:55:02.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 usr/lib/pppd/*/*.so
+usr/libexec/nm-l2tp-service
 usr/lib/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-l2tp-service.name
-usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-l2tp-service
 usr/lib/*/NetworkManager/libnm-vpn-plugin-l2tp.so
 usr/share/dbus-1/
 usr/share/locale/
diff -Nru network-manager-l2tp-1.20.8/debian/rules 
network-manager-l2tp-1.20.8/debian/rules
--- network-manager-l2tp-1.20.8/debian/rules    2022-12-30 23:21:06.000000000 
+0100
+++ network-manager-l2tp-1.20.8/debian/rules    2023-10-21 12:52:24.000000000 
+0200
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
        dh_auto_configure -- \
-               --libexecdir=/usr/lib/NetworkManager \
                --with-gtk4 \
                --disable-static \
                --with-pppd-plugin-dir=$(PPPD_PLUGIN_DIR)

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