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Details about package rcs

Name:	rcs (PTS)
Uploader:	Luke Yasuda <jing@jing.rocks> (Debian QA page)
Description:	rcs - The GNU Revision Control System

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Information

Version:	5.10.1-4
Uploaded:	2026-07-14 21:07
Source package:	rcs_5.10.1-4.dsc
Distribution:	unstable
Section:	vcs
Priority:
Homepage:	https://www.gnu.org/software/rcs/
Vcs-Browser:	https://salsa.debian.org/debian/rcs
Vcs-Git:	https://salsa.debian.org/debian/rcs.git
Closes bugs:	#1095421

Changelog

 rcs (5.10.1-4) unstable; urgency=medium
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   * d/control: wrap and sort
   * d/control: upgrade standards version to 4.7.4
   * d/control: upgrade debhelper compatibility level to 14
   * d/control: build deps: replace pkg-config with pkgconf
   * d/control: change maintainer to me (Closes: 1095421)
   * d/control: add Amin to uploaders
   * d/copyright: convert to machine readable format
   * d/watch: upgrade to version 5
   * add an upstream signing key
   * add a lintian override to stop lintian form moaning
   * add a patch header

QA information

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Package uses debhelper-compat

Debhelper compatibility level 14

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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: Source: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/rcs/

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: Matching-Pattern: rcs-([\d\.]*).tar.[lx]z

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: Pgp-Sig-Url-Mangle: s%$%.sig%

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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
rcs source
- W missing-debian-watch-file-standard
  - [debian/watch]
- W orig-tarball-missing-upstream-signature
  - rcs_5.10.1.orig.tar.xz
- W recommended-field
  - (in section for source) Priority [debian/control:1]
- P license-problem-gfdl-non-official-text
  - invariant part is: with no invariant sections, with no front-cover texts, and with no back-cover texts [doc/rcs.info]
  - invariant part is: with no invariant sections, with no front-cover texts, and with no back-cover texts [doc/rcs.texi]
- P package-uses-experimental-debhelper-compat-version
  - 14
- P silent-on-rules-requiring-root
  - [debian/control]
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Package closes ITA bug
- rcs:
  - #1095421 (Normal, ITA): ITA: rcs -- The GNU Revision Control System
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Package is already in Debian
- The package uploader is not currently maintaining rcs in Debian
- Last upload was on the 2025-12-02
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Upstream-Contact missing from d/copyright

Upstream Contact: None

Licenses: GPL-3+, GFDL-NIV-1.3+

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Upstream Contact:	None
Licenses:	GPL-3+, GFDL-NIV-1.3+