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Review: gereal 0.1-1

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Distributionunstable
DateTue, 20 Jan 2026 12:12:57 +0100
Sourcegereal
Version0.1-1
Changed-ByMarc Haber
Architecturesource all
Changelog
gereal (0.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
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   [ Marc Haber ]
   * rewrite of cereal. Initial Upload (Closes: #1125997)
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Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listgereal deb admin optional arch=all
Sectionadmin
debian/copyright
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: gereal
Upstream-Contact: Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de>
Source: maintained in the Debian archive

Files: *
Copyright: 2026 by Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de>
License: GPL-2+

Files: etc/screenrc
Copyright: 2007 Daniel Kahn Gillmor and Jameson Rollins
License: GPL-3+

License: GPL-2+
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
 any later version.
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 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.
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 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program.  If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
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 On Debian systems, the complete text of the version of the GNU General
 Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2

License: GPL-3+
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
 any later version.
 .
 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.
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 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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 On Debian systems, the complete text of the version of the GNU General
 Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3

Review Information

accepted — allocated to awm 24 days ago, started 24 days ago, completed 24 days ago.

Final Comment

Accepted, but...

There is an error in your debian/control Homepage.
There are other errors identified by cme fix dpkg - see review notes.

Please fix on your next upload :-)

Thanks!

Public Notes

24 days ago ● public

duck - check URL redirections

Command: duck
Exit code: 1

E: debian/control: Homepage: https://salsa.debianorg/debian/gereal: ERROR (Certainty:certain)
   Curl:6 HTTP:0 Could not resolve hostname Could not resolve host: salsa.debianorg

24 days ago ● public

CME fix

Command: cme fix --verbose dpkg
Exit code: 0


Reading package lists... 0%

Reading package lists... 0%

Reading package lists... 2%

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree... 0%

Building dependency tree... 0%

Building dependency tree... 50%

Building dependency tree... 50%

Building dependency tree... Done

Reading state information... 0% 

Reading state information... 0%

Reading state information... Done
cme: running fix on dpkg configuration...
Connecting to api.ftp-master.debian.org to check 4 package versions. Please wait...
Got info from api.ftp-master.debian.org for 4 packages.
Warning in 'install:gereal content:0': path should not begin with '/'
Offending value: 'src/gereal-generator /usr/lib/systemd/system-generators'
Warning in 'install:gereal content:1': path should not begin with '/'
Offending value: 'src/gerealctl /usr/bin'

Changes applied to dpkg configuration:
- install:gereal content:0: 'src/gereal-generator /usr/lib/systemd/system-generators' -> 'src/gereal-generator usr/lib/systemd/system-generators' # applied fix for :path should not begin with '/'
- install:gereal content:1: 'src/gerealctl /usr/bin' -> 'src/gerealctl usr/bin' # applied fix for :path should not begin with '/'

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