Wow. There cannot have been many times since the invention of computers where more time has passed between a bug report and its successful resolution. At least, I'm going to assume it was successful; whatever I was trying to do 20 years ago is unknown to me and I have no easy means to test this fix, not least as I do not run Debian anymore. :) Still, thank you for your hard work, just in general.
On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 10:54 AM Debian Bug Tracking System < [email protected]> wrote: > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > which was filed against the rdtool package: > > #380559: rdtool: Does not allow other sections to be defined. > > It has been closed by Debian FTP Masters <[email protected]> > (reply to Abhijith PA <[email protected]>). > > Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. > If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a > better one in a separate message then please contact Debian FTP Masters < > [email protected]> (reply to Abhijith PA < > [email protected]>) by > replying to this email. > > > -- > 380559: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=380559 > Debian Bug Tracking System > Contact [email protected] with problems > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Debian FTP Masters <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 17:50:23 +0000 > Subject: Bug#380559: fixed in rdtool 0.6.39-1 > Source: rdtool > Source-Version: 0.6.39-1 > Done: Abhijith PA <[email protected]> > > We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of > rdtool, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. > > A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is > attached. > > Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you > have further comments please address them to [email protected], > and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. > > Debian distribution maintenance software > pp. > Abhijith PA <[email protected]> (supplier of updated rdtool package) > > (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you > believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive > administrators by mailing [email protected]) > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > Format: 1.8 > Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 21:36:18 +0530 > Source: rdtool > Architecture: source > Version: 0.6.39-1 > Distribution: unstable > Urgency: medium > Maintainer: Debian Ruby Team < > [email protected]> > Changed-By: Abhijith PA <[email protected]> > Closes: 380559 > Changes: > rdtool (0.6.39-1) unstable; urgency=medium > . > * Team upload > [ Debian Janitor ] > * Update watch file format version to 5. > * Reorder Files paragraphs in debian/copyright by directory depth. > * Update standards version to 4.7.4, no changes needed. > . > [ Abhijith PA ] > * New upstream release. 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