** Description changed:

- **Describe the bug**
- On Ubuntu 24.04 (noble), the `mdevctl` package installs the binary into 
`/usr/bin/mdevctl`, but the shipped udev rules in 
[`/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/80-mdevctl.rules`](https://github.com/mdevctl/mdevctl/blob/master/60-mdevctl.rules)
 still reference `/usr/sbin/mdevctl`.  
+ [ Impact ]
+ 
+ Since Ubuntu 24.04 (noble), the `mdevctl` package installs the binary into 
`/usr/bin/mdevctl`, but the shipped udev rules in 
[`/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/80-mdevctl.rules`](https://github.com/mdevctl/mdevctl/blob/master/60-mdevctl.rules)
 still reference `/usr/sbin/mdevctl`.
  As a result, auto-defined mediated devices are not started at boot, and 
`journalctl` shows errors like:
  
  ```
- $ which mdevctl 
+ $ which mdevctl
  /usr/bin/mdevctl
  $ journalctl -u systemd-udevd -b | grep mdevctl
-  8月 23 08:00:36 mukai-ThinkPad-X1-Carbon-7th mdevctl[509]: /bin/sh: 1: 
/usr/sbin/mdevctl: not found
+  8月 23 08:00:36 mukai-ThinkPad-X1-Carbon-7th mdevctl[509]: /bin/sh: 1: 
/usr/sbin/mdevctl: not found
  ```
+ 
+ 
+ [ Test Plan ]
+ 
+  * have a machine with mediated device
+  * install mdevctl
+  * define a mediated device with auto-start enabled: `sudo mdevctl define 
--auto --uuid <UUID> --type <mdev_type>`
+  * re-trigger udev: udevadm control --reload-rules && udevadm trigger
+  * view systemd-udevd journal, and observe "/usr/sbin/mdevctl: not found"
+    * with the fix, there should be no error message
+ 
+ [ Where problems could occur ]
+ 
+  * This updates the udev rule for mdevctl, so this could potentially affect 
mdev activation.
+  * If users moved the binary manually to /usr/sbin to silence the error 
message, the program will remain in sbin untracked.
+ 
+ [ Original report ]
  
  This is a distribution-specific layout issue, so it seems more
  appropriate to patch the package rather than expecting an upstream fix.
- 
- **Steps to reproduce**
- 1. sudo apt install mdevctl
- 2. Define a mediated device with auto-start enabled: `sudo mdevctl define 
--auto --uuid <UUID> --type <mdev_type>`
- 3. Reboot
- 4. Check logs
  
  **Workaround**
  Creating a symlink works around the problem:
  
  ```
  $ sudo ln -s /usr/bin/mdevctl /usr/sbin/mdevctl
  ```
  
  **Environment**
  ```
  $ cat /etc/os-release | grep "PRETTY_NAME"
  PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS"
  $ mdevctl --version
  mdevctl 1.3.0
  ```

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Title:
  udev rules reference `/usr/sbin/mdevctl` but binary is installed in
  `/usr/bin` on Ubuntu 24.04

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