#1131427 avrdude: Dragon is no longer working

Package:
avrdude
Source:
avrdude
Description:
software for programming Atmel AVR microcontrollers
Submitter:
Tobias Frost
Date:
2026-07-01 16:53:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1131427#5
Date:
2026-03-21 09:30:44 UTC
From:
To:
I'm owning serveral AVR Dragons, and with the recent upload they stopped
working. This is probably due to #810401

The AVR Dragon was a cheap, easy accessible ISP for the Atmel AVR
Family, therefore there are many "out" there.
Stopping supporting this ISP is IMHO a mayor regression.
#1131427#10
Date:
2026-07-01 16:49:55 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

the switch to libusb 1.0 as suggested in #810401 breaks support for many
USB programmers.

Even the latest upstream source uses lubusb 1.0 only for
- ch341a
- usbasp

The other USB programmer require libusb 0.1:
- stk500v2
- jtagmkII
- jtag3
- usbtiny
- flip1
- flip2
- dfu
- pickit5
- mirocucleus

Please restore the build dependency on

    libusb-dev

Regards,
  Michael Farmbauer