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 bi...@debian.org wrote:

Source: fxload
Version: 0.0.20081013-3
Severity: normal
User: helm...@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

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 <bi...@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 <tzaf...@debian.org>
        , Thorsten Alteholz <deb...@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 <bi...@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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