Your message dated Sun, 23 Nov 2025 18:05:49 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1120780: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #1120780,
regarding RM: vmfs6-tools -- ROM; upstream development ceased; FTBFS with
libfuse3
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Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal
Control: owner -1 [email protected]
vmfs6-tools was a modified and forked version of vmfs-tools which was
used to access VMFS6 formatted drives / partitions from VMware systems.
It relied on forks and diffs provided against vmfs-tools. I was the one
who provided the patched vmfs6-tools repository alongside vmfs-tools
which has not seen code changes in many years.
Both upstream vmfs-tools and my 'forked' version which included VMFS6
compatibility are unmaintained and do not build or compile against fuse3.
Since both myself (maintainer of vmfs6-tools and the person that forked
vmfs-tools to provide the vmfs6 compatibility layers and patches) are
dead, the package is unlikely to get repaired or modified to work with
libfuse3.
Additionally, I have archived the Github repository which I maintained
as well, so there is no supported vmfs6-tools upstream.
Removal of vmfs6-tools will resolve #1084467 [1], which is one of a
number of bugs that are blocking #1078610 [2].
(I am not in an authoritative position to have vmfs-tools removed, but I
can declare vmfs6-tools dead and not maintained anymore.)
Thomas
[1]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1084467
[2]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1078610
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--- Begin Message ---
We believe that the bug you reported is now fixed; the following
package(s) have been removed from unstable:
vmfs6-tools | 0.2.1-1 | source
vmfs6-tools | 0.2.1-1+b2 | amd64, armhf, i386, ppc64el, riscv64, s390x
vmfs6-tools | 0.2.1-1+b3 | arm64
------------------- Reason -------------------
ROM; upstream development ceased; FTBFS with libfuse3
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Note that the package(s) have simply been removed from the tag
database and may (or may not) still be in the pool; this is not a bug.
The package(s) will be physically removed automatically when no suite
references them (and in the case of source, when no binary references
it). Please also remember that the changes have been done on the
master archive and will not propagate to any mirrors until the next
dinstall run at the earliest.
Packages are usually not removed from testing by hand. Testing tracks
unstable and will automatically remove packages which were removed
from unstable when removing them from testing causes no dependency
problems. The release team can force a removal from testing if it is
really needed, please contact them if this should be the case.
We try to close bugs which have been reported against this package
automatically. But please check all old bugs, if they were closed
correctly or should have been re-assigned to another package.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected].
The full log for this bug can be viewed at https://bugs.debian.org/1120780
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Thorsten Alteholz (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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