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libcec 8.1.6+dfsg2-1

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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 Installs2246
Binary NEWYes (binary-only upload)
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libcec
Uploaded3 days 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.

The package currently in the archive is FTBFS due to Python3/2 bit rot, this fixes that issue, and also some security issues. I'm in touch with the transition team already. If you really want I can upload to experimental, but with all these issues I'd like to get this transition made quickly. (There was a stupid copyright license issue w/ the previous upload, which is also in the source already in the archive. I've fixed and and repacked so this has no license issue not even a stupid one.)

— bap, 3 days ago

New Package Report

.changes
Version8.1.6+dfsg2-1
Changed-ByBarak A. Pearlmutter
Architecturesource amd64 all
Distributionunstable
DateTue, 25 Aug 2026 13:26:28 +0100
Sourcelibcec
Changelog
libcec (8.1.6+dfsg2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Bump standards version
   * New upstream version 8.1.6 (closes: #1145451)
   * 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   * Drop 03_reproducible_build.patch: superseded by upstream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.
   * Ship cecc-client in cec-utils, as upstream's own packaging does, with
     a man page. It uses libcec with dlopen and the C API rather than
     linking, thus exercising the ABI the other bindings use.
   * New patches 0004 / 0005 implement cecc-client --help / --list-devices,
     both of which were stubs that silently printed nothing
   * Repack to drop vendored AMD Display Library headers
     (src/libcec/platform/adl/adl_{defines,sdk,structures}.h). Their
     copyright notice disclaims warranty but grants no permission to use,
     copy, modify or redistribute.
   * Replace above headers with more recent version of the same headers,
     which AMD republished under the MIT licence.
   * Tiny patch to make the newer adl_*.h headers work.
.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
  src/libcec/platform/adl/adl_defines.h
  src/libcec/platform/adl/adl_sdk.h
  src/libcec/platform/adl/adl_structures.h
Comment: The support/windows files are prebuilt Windows binaries shipped
 without corresponding source.
 .
 The adl_*.h files are headers from AMD's Display Library (ADL) SDK, vendored by
 upstream.  The entire copyright notice they carry disclaims warranty but grants
 no permission to use, copy, modify or redistribute, and the terms of the AMD ADL
 SDK licence agreement under which upstream obtained them are not reproduced in
 the source, so they are not distributable.
 .
 AMD has since republished these same headers under the MIT license as
 the GPUOpen display-library SDK.
 https://github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/display-library/tree/master/include
 which have been placed in debian/src/libcec/platform/adl/adl_*.h and
 are used instead.

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: debian/src/libcec/platform/adl/adl_*.h
Copyright: 2016–2022 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc
License: MIT

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+

License: GPL-2+
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 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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