Your message dated Thu, 07 Jul 2016 13:39:33 +0000
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and subject line Bug#829523: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #829521,
regarding vpim: horribly broken
to be marked as done.
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Package: vpim
Version: 0.695-1.5
Severity: serious
Half of the shipped binaries just crash:
% mutt-aliases-to-vcf
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/vpim/vcard.rb:760: warning: assigned but unused
variable - v
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/vpim/vcard.rb:1135: warning: assigned but unused
variable - fn
/usr/bin/mutt-aliases-to-vcf: /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/vpim/vcard.rb:678:
invalid multibyte escape: /^\xFE\xFF/ (SyntaxError)
invalid multibyte escape: /^\xFF\xFE/
% vcf-dump
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/vpim/vcard.rb:760: warning: assigned but unused
variable - v
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/vpim/vcard.rb:1135: warning: assigned but unused
variable - fn
/usr/bin/vcf-dump: /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/vpim/vcard.rb:678: invalid
multibyte escape: /^\xFE\xFF/ (SyntaxError)
invalid multibyte escape: /^\xFF\xFE/
% vcf-to-ics
/usr/bin/vcf-to-ics: /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/vpim/vcard.rb:678: invalid
multibyte escape: /^\xFE\xFF/ (SyntaxError)
invalid multibyte escape: /^\xFF\xFE/
% vcf-to-mutt
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/vpim/vcard.rb:760: warning: assigned but unused
variable - v
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/vpim/vcard.rb:1135: warning: assigned but unused
variable - fn
/usr/bin/vcf-to-mutt: /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/vpim/vcard.rb:678: invalid
multibyte escape: /^\xFE\xFF/ (SyntaxError)
invalid multibyte escape: /^\xFF\xFE/
The ICS Repo support relies on a plist library, but the package does
not depend on one, as such that code just crashes.
It's clear this package has not been used by anybody except for very
limited use cases, and the NMUs were mostly a waste of time...
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 0.695-1.5+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package vpim has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/829523
The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using http://snapshot.debian.org/.
This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is
a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing
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