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Details about package dact

Name:	dact (PTS)
Uploader:	Syed Shahrukh Hussain <syed.shahrukh@ossrevival.org> (Debian QA page)
Description:	dact - multi-algorithm compression

Package uploads

Upload #1

Information

Version:	0.8.42-7
Uploaded:	2026-07-06 12:06
Source package:	dact_0.8.42-7.dsc
Distribution:	unstable
Section:	utils
Priority:
Homepage:	https://www.rkeene.org/oss/dact
Vcs-Browser:	https://salsa.debian.org/debian/dact
Vcs-Git:	https://salsa.debian.org/debian/dact.git
Closes bugs:	#1096497

Changelog

 dact (0.8.42-7) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * QA upload.
   * Bumped Standards-Version to 4.7.4.
   * Remove Priority optional.
   * Remove Rules-Requires-Root no.
   [Henrique F. Simoes]
   * Add patch to declare a uniform interface for ciphers
     and compression algorithms (Closes: #1096497).

QA information

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Package uses debhelper-compat

Debhelper compatibility level 13

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Package is the latest upstream version

Local:	0.8.42
Upstream:	0.8.42
Url:	https://www.rkeene.org/files/oss/dact/release/dact-0.8.42.tar.gz

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Package is not native

Format: 3.0 (quilt)
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Maintainer is Debian QA Team (QA Upload)
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Package has lintian warnings
dact source
- W recommended-field
  - (in section for source) Priority [debian/control:1]
- I patch-not-forwarded-upstream
  - [debian/patches/30-fix-lzo-comp.patch]
- P silent-on-rules-requiring-root
  - [debian/control]
- X debian-watch-does-not-check-openpgp-signature
  - [debian/watch]
- X update-debian-copyright
  - 2024 vs 2026 [debian/copyright:11]
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Package closes RC bug
- src:dact:
  - #1096497 (Serious): dact: ftbfs with GCC-15
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Package is already in Debian
- The package uploader is not currently maintaining dact in Debian
- Last upload was on the 2024-06-02
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d/copyright is in DEP5 format

Upstream Contact: Roy Keene <rkeene@rkeene.org>

Licenses: GPL-2+

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Upstream Contact:	Roy Keene <rkeene@rkeene.org>
Licenses:	GPL-2+