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and subject line Bug#1111754: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #566998,
regarding perforate: finddup's "oldresult" is broken
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566998: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=566998
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Package: perforate
Version: 1.2-5
Severity: important
The "oldresult" function of finddup is totally broken.
To test it, make a test directory:
# mkdir test
# echo "hello" > "test/file 1"
# echo "hello" > "test/file 2"
Run finddup in dryrun mode and get its output:
# finddup -n -v -l -i -d test >finddup.out
Rerun it and use --oldresult
# finddup -v -l -i -d test -o finddup.out
And see it's weird output:
L�nge: 2.3 Files: test/file 2
L�nge: 2.3 Files: L�nge: 6 Files: test/file 1
Use of uninitialized value $reffile in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/bin/finddup line 87, <> line 3.
L�nge: 2.3 Files:
And files in test directory are not linked correctly.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages perforate depends on:
ii libc6 2.7-18lenny2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
perforate recommends no packages.
perforate suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 1.2-6+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package perforate has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1111754
The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using https://snapshot.debian.org/.
Please note that the changes have been done on the master archive and
will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the
earliest.
This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is
a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing
[email protected].
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Paul Tagliamonte (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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