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Bug#1128905: libx11-6: 19-year-old NEWS.Debian file added

From Timo Aaltonen <tjaalton@debian.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.maint.x
Subject Bug#1128905: libx11-6: 19-year-old NEWS.Debian file added
Date 2026-02-24 19:20 +0100
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Timo Aaltonen kirjoitti 24.2.2026 klo 20.02:
> Vincent Lefevre kirjoitti 24.2.2026 klo 19.53:
>> On 2026-02-24 19:31:29 +0200, Timo Aaltonen wrote:
>>> What do you mean by "added"? It hasn't been touched since 2008.
>>
>> No, it has just been added into "/usr/share/doc/libx11-6".
>>
>> On a machine with libx11-6 2:1.8.12-1, I have:
>>
>> qaa% ls -l /usr/share/doc/libx11-6
>> total 284
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2104 2025-03-21 07:30:50 changelog.Debian.gz
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 235772 2025-03-09 00:53:24 changelog.gz
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  47102 2025-03-21 07:30:50 copyright
>>
>> On a machine with libx11-6 2:1.8.13-1, I have:
>>
>> disset% ls -l /usr/share/doc/libx11-6
>> total 292
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    963 2026-02-24 08:22:14 NEWS.Debian.gz
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2134 2026-02-24 08:22:14 changelog.Debian.gz
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 238637 2026-02-07 23:26:57 changelog.gz
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  47102 2026-02-24 08:22:14 copyright
>>
>> See the difference?
>>
>>> If you saw it only now, then it must be due to something else.
>>
>> No, it is this file:
>>
>> disset% gunzip -c /usr/share/doc/libx11-6/NEWS.Debian.gz
>> libx11 (2:1.1-1) experimental; urgency=low
>> [...]
>>   -- Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org>  Fri, 24 Nov 2006 17:36:55 
>> -0800
>>
> 
> still not due to something changing in the package, which you can see by 
> doing a debdiff

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1128414

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Bug#1128905: libx11-6: 19-year-old NEWS.Debian file added Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2026-02-24 12:30 +0100
  Bug#1128905: libx11-6: 19-year-old NEWS.Debian file added Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2026-02-24 19:00 +0100
    Bug#1128905: libx11-6: 19-year-old NEWS.Debian file added Timo Aaltonen <tjaalton@debian.org> - 2026-02-24 19:10 +0100
      Bug#1128905: libx11-6: 19-year-old NEWS.Debian file added Timo Aaltonen <tjaalton@debian.org> - 2026-02-24 19:20 +0100
        Bug#1128905: libx11-6: 19-year-old NEWS.Debian file added Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2026-02-24 20:20 +0100
          Bug#1128905: libx11-6: 19-year-old NEWS.Debian file added Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2026-02-24 20:40 +0100
    Bug#1128905: libx11-6: 19-year-old NEWS.Debian file added Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2026-02-24 19:20 +0100

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