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  • source: ucf (main)
  • version: 3.0053
  • maintainer: Mark Hindley (DMD)
  • arch: all
  • std-ver: 4.7.3
  • VCS: Git (Browse, QA)
versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]
[pool directory]
  • o-o-stable: 3.0043
  • o-o-sec: 3.0043+deb11u2
  • oldstable: 3.0043+nmu1+deb12u1
  • stable: 3.0052
  • testing: 3.0053
  • unstable: 3.0053
versioned links
  • 3.0043: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 3.0043+deb11u2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 3.0043+nmu1+deb12u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 3.0052: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 3.0053: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • ucf (5 bugs: 0, 2, 3, 0)
action needed
1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal
The BTS contains patches fixing 1 bug (2 if counting merged bugs), consider including or untagging them.
Created: 2026-06-02 Last update: 2026-06-12 22:30
5 new commits since last upload, is it time to release? normal
vcswatch reports that this package seems to have new commits in its VCS but has not yet updated debian/changelog. You should consider updating the Debian changelog and uploading this new version into the archive.

Here are the relevant commit logs:
commit 0383a9fd73640b1d5463a82f879f21a35396bf09
Author: Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues <josch@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Mar 12 10:13:40 2026 +0100

    Support $DPKG_ROOT in ucf and ucfr utilities
    
     * add --root option and document in man pages
     * keep $DPKG_ROOT environment variable
     * prefix statedir with $DPKG_ROOT by default
     * use /etc directory from $DPKG_ROOT
     * destination passed to ucf must *not* have the $DPKG_ROOT prefix
     * path to configuration file passed to ucfr must *not* have prefix
     * use dpkg-realpath instead of readlink as the former respects
       $DPKG_ROOT automatically and resolves even absolute symlinks relative
       to it
     * other file arguments like --sum-file still require $DPKG_ROOT prefix
       if appropriate

commit b3189c6299cb89030cea69c6e55eff55ed27bc52
Author: Nick Rosbrook <enr0n@ubuntu.com>
Date:   Thu Feb 26 09:16:27 2026 -0500

    Makefile: quote version string during replacement (LP: #2142754)
    
    Otherwise, if a suffix like "build" or "ubuntu" is used in the version,
    perl will complain e.g.:
    
     Bareword found where operator expected (Missing operator before "build1"?) at ucfq line 19, near "3.0052build1"

commit 163c2cf3b4da5f63d688f3d59e31b2b2b7cfd033
Author: Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues <josch@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Mar 13 08:44:52 2026 +0100

    ucf,ucfr: keep LD_LIBRARY_PATH and LD_PRELOAD
    
    Removing these environment variables defeats tools that rely on
    LD_PRELOAD like faketime, fakeroot, fakechroot, eatmydata

commit 79e06639d173cd31a0b1934430fd5b5d6a22cb3c
Author: Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk>
Date:   Thu Jun 4 20:23:50 2026 +0100

    d/control: bump Standards Version (no changes).

commit 96a7382793719179224e48492a101c659da53793
Author: Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk>
Date:   Thu Jun 4 20:17:40 2026 +0100

    Fix testsuite: git ignores empty directories, so create expected subdirs if necessary.
Created: 2026-06-04 Last update: 2026-06-12 12:00
5 open merge requests in Salsa normal
There are 5 open merge requests for this package on Salsa. You should consider reviewing and/or merging these merge requests.
Created: 2026-02-26 Last update: 2026-06-04 20:03
Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist
The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 4.7.3).
Created: 2026-03-31 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01
news
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  • [2026-03-17] ucf 3.0053 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2026-03-11] Accepted ucf 3.0053 (source) into unstable (Mark Hindley)
  • [2025-06-09] ucf 3.0052 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-05-19] Accepted ucf 3.0052 (source) into unstable (Mark Hindley)
  • [2025-04-05] ucf 3.0051 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-03-31] Accepted ucf 3.0051 (source) into unstable (Mark Hindley)
  • [2025-02-24] ucf 3.0050 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-02-19] Accepted ucf 3.0050 (source) into unstable (Mark Hindley)
  • [2025-02-04] ucf 3.0049 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-01-28] Accepted ucf 3.0049 (source) into unstable (Mark Hindley)
  • [2025-01-21] Accepted ucf 3.0043+deb11u2 (source) into oldstable-security (Chris Lamb)
  • [2025-01-21] ucf 3.0048 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-01-15] Accepted ucf 3.0048 (source) into unstable (Mark Hindley)
  • [2025-01-14] Accepted ucf 3.0047 (source) into unstable (Mark Hindley)
  • [2024-12-29] Accepted ucf 3.0043+nmu1+deb12u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Mark Hindley)
  • [2024-12-26] ucf 3.0046 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-12-19] Accepted ucf 3.0046 (source) into unstable (Mark Hindley)
  • [2024-12-10] ucf 3.0045 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-12-04] Accepted ucf 3.0045 (source) into unstable (Mark Hindley)
  • [2024-12-04] Accepted ucf 3.0044 (source) into unstable (Mark Hindley)
  • [2023-02-08] ucf 3.0043+nmu1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-02-02] Accepted ucf 3.0043+nmu1 (source) into unstable (Arnaud Rebillout)
  • [2020-06-18] ucf 3.0043 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2020-06-16] Accepted ucf 3.0043 (source) into unstable (Manoj Srivastava)
  • [2020-05-27] ucf 3.0042 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2020-05-22] Accepted ucf 3.0042 (source) into unstable (Manoj Srivastava)
  • [2020-05-21] Accepted ucf 3.0041 (source) into unstable (Manoj Srivastava)
  • [2020-05-20] Accepted ucf 3.0040 (source) into unstable (Manoj Srivastava)
  • [2020-05-12] Accepted ucf 3.0039 (source) into unstable (Manoj Srivastava)
  • [2018-12-27] ucf 3.0038+nmu1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
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bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 4 5
  • RC: 0
  • I&N: 1 2
  • M&W: 3
  • F&P: 0
  • patch: 1 2
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