Hi,

your package openkim-models 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

Hi

I looked into this issue and noticed, that in unstable, the
dh-sequence-movetousr Build-Depends is no longer necessary. The upstream
build system now installs the files directly into /usr.

The dh-sequence-movetousr can therefor be dropped safely.

Please find attached a patch which does just that.
Would be great if you can include that in one of your next uploads.

Regards,
Michael

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
openkim-models, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1122777@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Anton Gladky <gladk@debian.org> (supplier of updated openkim-models package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2026 16:08:44 +0200
Source: openkim-models
Architecture: source
Version: 1:2021.08.11-5
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers <debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Anton Gladky <gladk@debian.org>
Closes: 1122777 1143798
Changes:
 openkim-models (1:2021.08.11-5) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Force the unversioned /usr/bin/gfortran via
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