Hi,
dh_movetousr was designed as an intermediate means to facilitate the
move to a merged /usr file system hierarchy in a straightforward manner.
This dh addon moves files from aliased paths like /sbin , /bin or /lib
to their canonical location in /usr.
Going forward, we would like to get rid of this debhelper addon and
instead have packages install the files directly into the canonical
location under /usr.
For most packages, getting rid of dh_movetousr / dh-sequence-movetousr
should be straightforward: Remove
dh-sequence-movetousr / dh_movetousr and instead install the files
directly into /usr.
Attached is a dd-list of affected packages.
The proposed text for the MBF is
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Hi,
your package #PACKAGE# 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.
For more information see [1].