Control: tags -1 + patch On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:52:17 +0100 [email protected] wrote:
Source: open-vm-tools Version: 13.0.5-1 Severity: normal User: [email protected] Usertags: dh_movetousr_removalHi, your package open-vm-tools 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 patch which implements this change for your convenience.
Regards, Michael
diff -Nru open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/changelog open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/changelog --- open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/changelog 2026-01-28 10:49:51.000000000 +0100 +++ open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/changelog 2026-07-05 15:57:31.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +open-vm-tools (2:13.0.10-1.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Avoid usage of dh_movetousr. + Install systemd files directly into /usr and get the correct udev rules + dir location via udev.pc (provided by systemd-dev). (Closes: #1122766) + + -- Michael Biebl <[email protected]> Sun, 05 Jul 2026 15:57:31 +0200 + open-vm-tools (2:13.0.10-1) unstable; urgency=medium * [b920ae7] New upstream version 13.0.10 diff -Nru open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/control open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/control --- open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/control 2026-01-28 10:49:51.000000000 +0100 +++ open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/control 2026-07-05 15:57:31.000000000 +0200 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz <[email protected]> Uploaders: Christian Ehrhardt <[email protected]> Build-Depends: - debhelper-compat (= 13), dh-sequence-movetousr, + debhelper-compat (= 13), doxygen, libcunit1-dev, libfuse3-dev, libgtkmm-3.0-dev, libgtk-3-dev, libicu-dev, libnotify-dev, libpam0g-dev, libx11-dev, @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ libssl-dev, libxmlsec1-dev, libudev-dev, + systemd-dev, libdrm-dev, liblzma-dev, libcurl4-openssl-dev, diff -Nru open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/rules open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/rules --- open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/rules 2026-01-28 10:49:51.000000000 +0100 +++ open-vm-tools-13.0.10/debian/rules 2026-07-05 15:57:06.000000000 +0200 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ install -D -m 0644 debian/local/xautostart.conf debian/open-vm-tools-desktop/etc/vmware-tools/xautostart.conf install -D -m 0644 debian/local/tools.conf debian/open-vm-tools/etc/vmware-tools/tools.conf - install -D -m 0644 debian/local/run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount debian/open-vm-tools-desktop/lib/systemd/system/run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount + install -D -m 0644 debian/local/run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount debian/open-vm-tools-desktop/usr/lib/systemd/system/run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount install -D -m 0644 debian/local/open-vm-tools-desktop.conf debian/open-vm-tools-desktop/usr/lib/modules-load.d/open-vm-tools-desktop.conf # open-vm-tools-dev @@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ mv debian/open-vm-tools/etc/xdg/autostart/vmware-user.desktop debian/open-vm-tools-desktop/etc/xdg/autostart rm -rf debian/open-vm-tools/etc/xdg - mkdir -p debian/open-vm-tools-desktop/lib/systemd/system/open-vm-tools.service.d - cp debian/desktop.conf debian/open-vm-tools-desktop/lib/systemd/system/open-vm-tools.service.d/ + mkdir -p debian/open-vm-tools-desktop/usr/lib/systemd/system/open-vm-tools.service.d + cp debian/desktop.conf debian/open-vm-tools-desktop/usr/lib/systemd/system/open-vm-tools.service.d/ mkdir -p debian/open-vm-tools-sdmp/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/open-vm-tools/plugins/vmsvc/ mv debian/open-vm-tools/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/open-vm-tools/plugins/vmsvc/libserviceDiscovery.so debian/open-vm-tools-sdmp/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/open-vm-tools/plugins/vmsvc/
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