Bug#1122772: rtl-sdr: Please remove/replace usage of dh_movetousr

Michael Biebl <[email protected]> Sun, 5 Jul 2026 17:28:12 +0200

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On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:52:17 +0100 [email protected] wrote:
> Source: rtl-sdr
> Version: 2.0.2-2
> Severity: normal
> User: [email protected]
> Usertags: dh_movetousr_removal
> 
> Hi,
> 
> your package rtl-sdr 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
> 
> 

I looked into this and noticed, that the dh-sequence-movetousr 
Build-Depends is not needed anymore and can be dropped safely.

The udev rule is installed vi dh_installudev, which already does the 
correct thing.

So what remains is to simply drop the Build-Depends on 
dh-sequence-movetousr.
Please find attached a patch which implements this change.

Regards,
Michael

rtl-sdr_2.0.2-2.1.debdiff (text/plain, 1021 B)

diff -Nru rtl-sdr-2.0.2/debian/changelog rtl-sdr-2.0.2/debian/changelog
--- rtl-sdr-2.0.2/debian/changelog	2024-04-25 13:37:07.000000000 +0200
+++ rtl-sdr-2.0.2/debian/changelog	2026-07-05 17:19:53.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+rtl-sdr (2.0.2-2.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+  * Drop Build-Depends on dh-sequence-movetousr, not actually needed
+    (Closes: #1122772)
+
+ -- Michael Biebl <[email protected]>  Sun, 05 Jul 2026 17:19:53 +0200
+
 rtl-sdr (2.0.2-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * upload to unstable
diff -Nru rtl-sdr-2.0.2/debian/control rtl-sdr-2.0.2/debian/control
--- rtl-sdr-2.0.2/debian/control	2024-04-24 16:26:40.000000000 +0200
+++ rtl-sdr-2.0.2/debian/control	2026-07-05 17:19:31.000000000 +0200
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 Build-Depends: base-files (>= 13~),
                cmake,
                debhelper-compat (= 13),
-               dh-sequence-movetousr,
                libusb-1.0-0-dev [!kfreebsd-any],
                libusb2-dev [kfreebsd-any],
 	       pkgconf

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