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   Timo Aaltonen to All   
   Bug#1128905: libx11-6: 19-year-old NEWS.   
   24 Feb 26 19:20:01   
   
   XPost: linux.debian.maint.x   
   From: tjaalton@debian.org   
      
   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   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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