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libcec 8.1.6+dfsg-1

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DescriptionUSB CEC Adaptor communication Library (development files)

This library provides support for the Pulse-Eight USB-CEC adapter and other CEC capable hardware, like the Raspberry Pi.

This package provides the necessary files needed for development.

MaintainerBarak A. Pearlmutter <bap@debian.org>
Changed ByBarak A. Pearlmutter <bap@debian.org>
Distributionunstable
Architectureany all
VCSgit: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/libcec.git (browse)
Closes#1134169
Popcon Installs2211
Binary NEWYes (binary-only upload)
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libcec
Uploaded3 hours ago

Potential Library Transition

This binary NEW upload drops binary packages that currently have reverse dependencies in unstable. A library transition may need to be coordinated with the Release Team before accepting this package.

Dropped BinaryRdeps in unstable
libcec74: kodi-bin, xineliboutput-fbfe, xineliboutput-sxfe, xineliboutput-wlfe

The maintainer says no transition is needed and asked us to review anyway.

I've already filed for a transition, see bugs.debian.org/1144469 I'd note that this is a trivial transition, because the ABI changes leading to the SO bump are not relevant to the packages using libcec. I'd further note that this upload contains a handful of security fixes. So although libcec is niche enough that I don't think we need to bring in formal security stuff, I would hope to get this through rapidly, which suggests that doing the review and setting up the transition in parallel would make sense.

— bap, 2 hours ago

New Package Report

.changes
Distributionunstable
DateWed, 12 Aug 2026 08:53:51 +0100
Sourcelibcec
Version8.1.6+dfsg-1
Changed-ByBarak A. Pearlmutter
Architecturesource amd64 all
Changelog
libcec (8.1.6+dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Bump standards version
   * New upstream version 8.1.6
   * Repack to drop prebuilt Windows binaries (support/windows/*.exe,
     support/windows/libusb0.dll); debian/copyright Files-Excluded and
     +dfsg suffix
   * SONAME bump, rename libcec7 to libcec8
   * Upstream no longer uses p8-platform: drop libp8-platform-dev
     build dep and the include/platform symlink
   * Drop 03_reproducible_build.patch: superseded by upstream
     DISABLE_BUILDINFO option, now passed by debian/rules
   * Drop 04_fix_pkgconfig_libdir.patch: fixed upstream
   * Install new cmake package config files
   * Build with dh_python3 so python module is installed where interpreter
     can find it; ship the _pycec extension module alongside cec.py;
     without either, python3-libcec was unusable (closes: #1134169)
   * New binary package librust-libcec-dev, the upstream Rust binding,
     shipping the crate source under /usr/share/cargo/registry. Skipped
     with build profile pkg.libcec.norust
   * New binary package node-libcec, the upstream Node.js N-API addon,
     built with node-gyp rather than cmake's ENABLE_NODE_LIB which would
     need network access. Skipped with build profile pkg.libcec.nonodejs
   * The .NET binding is not packaged
   * debian/copyright: document AOCEC, IMX, Linux and EventGhost copyright
     holders, and the vendored AMD ADL SDK headers
   * Drop pkg-kde-tools build dependency, unused since d/symbols was
     replaced by d/shlibs
   * Bump debhelper compat to 14
     - dh_dwz is no longer in the default sequence, which only grows
       the -dbgsym packages
     - cmake is automatically passed -DCMAKE_BUILD_RPATH_USE_ORIGIN=ON
   * Strip libcec.a from debian/rules: dh_strip has a bug which makes it
     think this static library is a text file and not strip it (NOTE:
     remove this stanza when https://bugs.debian.org/875780 is fixed.)
   * Move debian/ man pages to debian/man/, write one for pyCecClient, and
     remove cec-config.1 which was unused.
.dsc
Sectionutils
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listcec-utils deb utils optional arch=any
libcec-dev deb libdevel optional arch=any
libcec8 deb libs optional arch=any
librust-libcec-dev deb rust optional arch=all profile=!pkg.libcec.norust profile:v1=!pkg.libcec.norust
node-libcec deb javascript optional arch=any profile=!pkg.libcec.nonodejs profile:v1=!pkg.libcec.nonodejs
python3-libcec deb python optional arch=any
debian/copyright
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: libcec
Upstream-Contact: Lars Op den Kamp <lars.opdenkamp@pulse-eight.com>
Source: https://github.com/Pulse-Eight/libcec
Files-Excluded: support/windows/libusb0.dll
  support/windows/p8-usbcec-bootloader-driver-installer.exe
  support/windows/p8-usbcec-driver-installer.exe
Comment: The excluded files are prebuilt Windows binaries shipped without
 corresponding source, so they are removed from the repacked +dfsg tarball.

Files: *
Copyright: 2011-2015, Pulse-Eight Limited.
License: GPL-2+
Comment: Alternatively, you can license this library under a commercial license,
 please contact Pulse-Eight Licensing for more information.
 .
 For more information contact:
 Pulse-Eight Licensing <license@pulse-eight.com>
 http://www.pulse-eight.com/
 http://www.pulse-eight.net/

Files: debian/*
Copyright: 2011, Andres Mejia <amejia@debian.org>
License: GPL-2+

Files: src/libcec/adapter/Exynos/*
Copyright: 2014, Valentin Manea
  2011-2015, Pulse-Eight Limited.
License: GPL-2+

Files: src/libcec/adapter/AOCEC/*
Copyright: 2016, Gerald Dachs
  2014, Valentin Manea
  2011-2015, Pulse-Eight Limited.
License: GPL-2+

Files: src/libcec/adapter/IMX/*
Copyright: 2013, Stephan Rafin
  2011-2013, Pulse-Eight Limited.
License: GPL-2+

Files: src/libcec/adapter/Linux/*
Copyright: 2017-2019, Jonas Karlman
  2016, Gerald Dachs
  2014, Valentin Manea
  2011-2015, Pulse-Eight Limited.
License: GPL-2+

Files: src/EventGhost/egplugin_sources/PulseEight/*
Copyright: 2005-2016, EventGhost Project <http://www.eventghost.org/>
  2011-2015, Pulse-Eight Limited.
License: GPL-2+

Files: src/libcec/platform/adl/adl-edid.cpp
  src/libcec/platform/adl/adl-edid.h
Copyright: 2011-2015, Pulse-Eight Limited.
License: GPL-2+

Files: src/libcec/platform/adl/adl_defines.h
  src/libcec/platform/adl/adl_sdk.h
  src/libcec/platform/adl/adl_structures.h
Copyright: 2008-2012, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
License: AMD-ADL-SDK

License: AMD-ADL-SDK
 THIS CODE AND INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
 EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED
 WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Comment: These are headers from AMD's Display Library (ADL) SDK, vendored by
 upstream. They declare the types and entry points that adl-edid.cpp resolves
 with dlopen() to read an EDID from an AMD driver at run time; nothing links
 against ADL at build time.
 .
 The notice reproduced above is the entire copyright notice the files carry:
 it disclaims warranty but grants no permission to use, copy, modify or
 redistribute. The terms of the AMD ADL SDK licence agreement under which
 upstream obtained them are not reproduced in the source.

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; version 2 dated June, 1991, or (at
 your option) any later version.
 .
 On Debian systems, the complete text of version 2 of the GNU General
 Public License can be found in '/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.

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