tags 993698 +patch thanks I was able to apply the upstream fix to the Debian hacktv packaging and build the result successfully in a rasbian bookworm-staging environment, and I have uploaded the package to Raspbian. A debdiff can be found at https://debdiffs.raspbian.org/main/h/hacktv/hacktv_0+git20201203-1+rpi1.debdiff
No intent to NMU in Debian.