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Details about package tack

Name:	tack (PTS)
Uploader:	Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> (Debian QA page)
Description:	tack - terminfo action checker

Package uploads

Upload #1

Information

Version:	1.11+20251210-1
Uploaded:	2026-02-05 17:13
Source package:	tack_1.11+20251210-1.dsc
Distribution:	unstable
Section:	misc
Priority:
Homepage:	https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tack.html
Vcs-Browser:	https://salsa.debian.org/joachim-guest/tack
Vcs-Git:	https://salsa.debian.org/joachim-guest/tack.git
Closes bugs:	#1122485

Changelog

 tack (1.11+20251210-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * New upstream snapshot.
     - Build-fix: term.h no longer exports termios.h definitions
      (Closes: #1122485).
   * Update upstream signing key.
   * Drop Rules-Requires-Root field from debian/control, redundant.
   * Drop Priority field from debian/control, redundant.
   * Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.3, no further changes needed.
   * Update debian/copyright.
     - Remove reference to the old FSF postal address, point at
       https://www.gnu.org/licenses/ instead.
     - Update years.
   * Convert the watch files to version 5.

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: Source: https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/ncurses/

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: tack-(.+)\.tgz

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: Pgpsigurlmangle: s/$/.asc/

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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
tack source
- W missing-debian-watch-file-standard
  - [debian/watch]
- W recommended-field
  - (in section for source) Priority [debian/control:1]
- P silent-on-rules-requiring-root
  - [debian/control]
- X upstream-metadata-file-is-missing
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Package closes RC bug
- src:tack:
  - #1122485 (Serious): tack: FTBFS: init.c:323:24: error: 'B0' undeclared (first use in this function)
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Package is already in Debian
- The package uploader is currently maintaining tack in Debian
- Last upload was on the 2024-04-06
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d/copyright is in DEP5 format

Upstream Contact: Thomas Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>

Licenses: GPL-2+

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Upstream Contact:	Thomas Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
Licenses:	GPL-2+