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and subject line Bug#1103647: fixed in devscripts 2.26.9
has caused the Debian Bug report #1103647,
regarding Spurious "Wide character in print at /usr/bin/grep-excuses line 364."
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: devscripts
Version: 2.26.3
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainers,
grep-excuses output is polluted with "Wide character in print at
/usr/bin/grep-excuses line 364." messages (e.g. in "grep-excuses
yojson" these days).
Cheers,
--
Stéphane
-- Package-specific info:
--- /etc/devscripts.conf ---
Empty.
--- ~/.devscripts ---
BTS_SENDMAIL_COMMAND="ssh master.debian.org /usr/sbin/sendmail -t"
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'buildd-unstable'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.17.13+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages devscripts depends on:
ii dpkg-dev 1.23.3
ii file 1:5.46-5
ii gpg 2.4.8-5
ii gpg-agent 2.4.8-5
ii gpgv 2.4.8-5
ii libconfig-inifiles-perl 3.000003-4
ii libdpkg-perl 1.23.3
ii libfile-dirlist-perl 0.05-3
ii libfile-homedir-perl 1.006-2
ii libfile-touch-perl 0.12-2
ii libio-string-perl 1.08-4
ii libmoo-perl 2.005005-1
ii libwww-perl 6.81-1
ii patchutils 0.4.3-1
ii perl 5.40.1-7
ii python3 3.13.7-1+b1
ii sensible-utils 0.0.26
ii sqopv [sopv] 0.37.3-1
ii wdiff 1.2.2-9
Versions of packages devscripts recommends:
ii apt 3.1.13
ii curl 8.18.0~rc3-1
ii dctrl-tools 2.24-3+b1
ii debian-keyring 2025.09.18
pn debian-tag2upload-keyring <none>
ii dput 1.2.4
ii equivs 2.3.2
pn git-debpush <none>
ii libdistro-info-perl 1.14
ii libencode-locale-perl 1.05-3
pn libgitlab-api-v4-perl <none>
ii libjson-perl 4.10000-1
ii liblwp-protocol-https-perl 6.14-1
pn libmetacpan-client-perl <none>
pn libsoap-lite-perl <none>
pn libstring-shellquote-perl <none>
ii liburi-perl 5.34-2
ii licensecheck 3.3.9-1
ii lintian 2.128.1
pn lzip <none>
ii man-db 2.13.1-1
ii patch 2.8-2
ii pristine-tar 1.50+nmu2
ii python3-apt 3.1.0
ii python3-debian 1.0.1
ii python3-magic 2:0.4.27-3
ii python3-requests 2.32.5+dfsg-1
pn python3-unidiff <none>
ii python3-xdg 0.28-3
ii strace 6.16+ds-2
ii unzip 6.0-29
ii wget 1.25.0-2
ii xz-utils 5.8.2-1
Versions of packages devscripts suggests:
pn adequate <none>
pn at <none>
ii autopkgtest 5.53
pn bls-standalone <none>
ii bsd-mailx [mailx] 8.1.2-0.20220412cvs-1.1
ii build-essential 12.12
pn check-all-the-things <none>
ii debhelper 13.29
ii diffoscope 309
pn disorderfs <none>
ii docker.io 27.5.1+dfsg4-1
ii dose-extra 7.0.0-6+b5
pn duck <none>
ii elpa-devscripts 40.7
ii exim4-daemon-light [mail-transport-agent] 4.99.1-1
ii faketime 0.9.10+2024-06-05+gba9ed5b2-0.6
ii gnuplot 6.0.3+dfsg1-1
ii gnuplot-qt [gnuplot] 6.0.3+dfsg1-1
ii how-can-i-help 20
ii libauthen-sasl-perl 2.1900-1
pn libdbd-pg-perl <none>
pn libterm-size-perl <none>
ii libtimedate-perl 2.3300-2
ii libyaml-libyaml-perl 0.904.0+ds-1
ii mmdebstrap 1.5.7-3
pn mutt <none>
ii openssh-client [ssh-client] 1:10.2p1-3
pn piuparts <none>
pn postgresql-client <none>
pn pristine-lfs <none>
ii python3-debianbts 4.1.1
pn python3-pycurl <none>
ii quilt 0.68-1
pn ratt <none>
pn reprotest <none>
pn svn-buildpackage <none>
pn w3m <none>
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Source: devscripts
Source-Version: 2.26.9
Done: Jochen Sprickerhof <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
devscripts, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Jochen Sprickerhof <[email protected]> (supplier of updated devscripts
package)
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Date: Sun, 17 May 2026 16:33:30 +0200
Source: devscripts
Architecture: source
Version: 2.26.9
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Devscripts Maintainers <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Jochen Sprickerhof <[email protected]>
Closes: 1103647 1136170 1136494 1136742
Changes:
devscripts (2.26.9) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Team upload.
.
[ Holger Levsen ]
* Add sbuild to recommends. Thanks to Robie Basak. Closes: #1136170
.
[ Jochen Sprickerhof ]
* debootsnap: clear APT::Default-Release (Closes: #1136742)
* Build depend on procps for pidof (used in test/test_uscan_git)
(Closes: #1136494)
.
[ Christopher Bock ]
* bts.bash_completion update available tags
.
[ Carles Pina i Estany ]
* Added recommended dependency to diffstat (used by "debdiff --diffstat")
.
[ Jeremy Bícha ]
* Add Build-Depends: docbook-xml
.
[ Agustin Martin ]
* grep-excuses: Fix wide character in print at line 364 (Closes: #1103647)
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