Dear Maintainer, Rafał, On 2026-Jul-19, Rafał Lalik wrote:
> Package: lcov > Version: 2.4-3 > Severity: important > > Dear Maintainer, > > I spotted this bug using Ubuntu 26.04 but after browsing Ubuntu and Debian > packages I believe the source of the problem is in Debian. I was able to > confirm it also in Debian. For both, I use docker: > docker run -it ubuntu:26.04 > docker run -ir debian:forky > > I install lcov and the apt reports to install version 2.4-3, it is also > visible in the package search engine for both Debian and Ubuntu. > > But calling lcov --version shows on both: > $ lcov --version > lcov: LCOV version 2.0-1 I see this in Trixie also (which dpkg claims to be 2.3.1-1 but lcov --version says 2.0-1), and I believe it's caused by a Debian patch: https://sources.debian.org/src/lcov/2.3.1-1/debian/patches/version.patch this apparently was installed way back when -- apparently version 2.0 had a bug that made it present itself as 1.14, and this patch was needed to fix that. The version in forky and sid has a completely new patch file, https://sources.debian.org/src/lcov/2.5-2/debian/patches/version.patch I wonder if the packager just forgot to remove the file in Trixie. I think a 2.3.1-2 with a fixed version string (presumably just remove the patch file from the packaging files) would be a good thing to have. Kind regards, -- Álvaro Herrera
