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Bug#1063554: firmware-linux-free: move files to /usr (DEP17)

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Hi Helmut,

On Fri, Feb 09, 2024 at 04:02:42PM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> Package: firmware-linux-free
> Version: 20200122-2
> Tags: patch
> User: helmutg@debian.org
> Usertags: dep17m2
> 
> Hi,
> 
> we want to finalize the /usr-merge transition by moving all aliased
> files from / to /usr via DEP17 to avoid any negative effects arising
> from aliasing. firmware-linux-free is involved, because it installs
> firmware files below /lib/firmware. Since it cannot be converted
> automatically using dh-sequence-movetousr, I'm attaching a patch. This
> patch should not be uploaded to bookworm-backports or earlier. Also note
> that firmware-carl9170 is in the process of taking over firmware from
> firmware-linux-free and doing so will cause a file loss (DEP17 P1). This
> is tracked as #1050989. I do not expect that firmware-linux-free needs
> to support firmware-carl9170 in mitigating this.

Before I do mess up: Ben did upload to experimental 20200122-3, which
runs dh_movetousr if available. Cf.

https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/firmware-free/-/commit/cdbadf48dd0250c88e60eba2e96ce45bbc42e59a

Is this actually enough?

Regards,
Salvatore

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Bug#1063554: firmware-linux-free: move files to /usr (DEP17) Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> - 2024-02-09 16:10 +0100
  Bug#1063554: firmware-linux-free: move files to /usr (DEP17) Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2024-02-09 22:50 +0100
  Bug#1063554: closed by Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> (Re: Bug#1063554: firmware-linux-free: move files to /usr (DEP17)) Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2024-02-09 23:00 +0100

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