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Details about package plptools

Name:	plptools (PTS)
Uploader:	Syed Shahrukh Hussain <syed.shahrukh@ossrevival.org> (Debian QA page)
Description:	plptools - Access EPOC device (Psion PDA) over a serial link

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Information

Version:	1.0.26-1
Uploaded:	2026-04-02 22:06
Source package:	plptools_1.0.26-1.dsc
Distribution:	unstable
Section:	otherosfs
Priority:	optional
Homepage:	https://github.com/plptools/plptools
Vcs-Browser:	https://salsa.debian.org/debian/plptools
Vcs-Git:	https://salsa.debian.org/debian/plptools.git
Closes bugs:	#1064669 #1107206 #1124464

Changelog

 plptools (1.0.26-1) unstable; urgency=medium
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   * New upstream version 1.0.26.
   * Adopt package (Closes: #1064669, #1107206).
   * Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.4.
   * Add self to d/copyright.
   * Update d/watch to version 5.
   * Update d/rule for bootstrap.conf build.
   * Remove unused patches.
   * Update and unfuzz ambiguous_time_t.patch.
   * Fix init in fuse3.patch (Closes: #1124464).
   * Add patch to remove bootstrap.conf dependencies.
   * Add patch to update function calls for gnulib 2025.

QA information

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Package uses debhelper-compat

Debhelper compatibility level 13

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A watch file is present but doesn't work

Warnings:

debian/watch is an obsolete version 1 watch file;
please upgrade to a higher version
(see uscan(1) for details).
debian/watch is an obsolete version 1 watch file;
please upgrade to a higher version
(see uscan(1) for details).
debian/watch is an obsolete version 1 watch file;
please upgrade to a higher version
(see uscan(1) for details).
debian/watch is an obsolete version 1 watch file;
please upgrade to a higher version
(see uscan(1) for details).
there appears to be a version 2 format line in
the version 1 watch file debian/watch;
Have you forgotten a 'version=2' line at the start, perhaps?
Skipping the line: Version: 5

there appears to be a version 2 format line in
the version 1 watch file debian/watch;
Have you forgotten a 'version=2' line at the start, perhaps?
Skipping the line: Template: Github

there appears to be a version 2 format line in
the version 1 watch file debian/watch;
Have you forgotten a 'version=2' line at the start, perhaps?
Skipping the line: Owner: plptools

there appears to be a version 2 format line in
the version 1 watch file debian/watch;
Have you forgotten a 'version=2' line at the start, perhaps?
Skipping the line: Project: plptools

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Package is not native

Format: 3.0 (quilt)
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"Maintainer" email is the same as the uploader
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Package has lintian warnings
plptools
- W skip-systemd-native-flag-missing-pre-depends
  - (does not satisfy init-system-helpers:any) [postinst:125]
  - (does not satisfy init-system-helpers:any) [prerm:10]
- W systemd-service-file-wraps-init-script
  - ExecStart [usr/lib/systemd/system/plptools.service]
  - ExecStop [usr/lib/systemd/system/plptools.service]
- I spelling-error-in-binary
  - Portugese Portuguese [usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/plptools/libplp.so.0.0.0]
  - existance existence [usr/bin/sisinstall]
- I systemd-service-file-missing-install-key
  - [usr/lib/systemd/system/plptools.service]
- X systemd-service-file-missing-hardening-features
  - [usr/lib/systemd/system/plptools.service]
- O package-has-unnecessary-activation-of-ldconfig-trigger
- O unused-debconf-template
  - plptools/customize [templates:1] (override comment: Use this template only as a prompt)
plptools source
- W missing-debian-watch-file-standard
  - [debian/watch]
- W newer-standards-version
  - 4.7.4 (current is 4.7.3)
- I patch-not-forwarded-upstream
  - [debian/patches/ambiguous_time_t.patch]
  - [debian/patches/boostrap_conf.patch]
  - [debian/patches/gnulib_2025.patch]
- P silent-on-rules-requiring-root
  - [debian/control]
- P spelling-error-in-patch-description
  - compatiblity compatibility [debian/patches/gnulib_2025.patch]
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Package closes ITA bugs
- plptools:
  - #1064669 (Normal, ITA): ITA: plptools -- Access EPOC device (Psion PDA) over a serial link
  - #1107206 (Normal): plptools: Please update to latest upstream version
  - #1124464 (Important): plptools: plpfuse is broken
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Package is already in Debian
- The package uploader is not currently maintaining plptools in Debian
- Last upload was on the 2025-12-19
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d/copyright is in DEP5 format

Upstream Contact: https://github.com/plptools/plptools

Licenses: GPL-2.0+

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Upstream Contact:	https://github.com/plptools/plptools
Licenses:	GPL-2.0+