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2020

libcap2 (1:2.32-1) unstable; urgency=medium

   * New upstream release.
     - Refresh patches
     - Fixes an issue introduced in 2.31 that breaks fakeroot. (Closes: #951492)

libcap2 (1:2.31-1) unstable; urgency=medium

   * New upstream release.
     - Refresh patches
     - Update symbols file (symbols added)
   * Bump Standards-Version to 4.5.0 (no changes needed)
   * Add lintian-override for orig-tarball-missing-upstream-signature

2019

libcap2 (1:2.27-1) unstable; urgency=medium

   * New upstream release. (Closes: #911509)
 
   [ Kevin Locke ]
   * d/rules: Conditionalize tests on DEB_GAIN_ROOT_COMMAND
     Unfortunately, for the tests, fakeroot does not suffice
   * d/libcap2.symbols: Add new symbols in 2.26
   * d/patches:
     - Add Use-DEB_GAIN_ROOT_CMD-for-make-test.patch
       Use $DEB_GAIN_ROOT_CMD for make test
     - Add Make.Rules-Allow-overriding-DYNAMIC.patch
       Always build using dynamic linking. Upstream builds statically when
       building in a git repo, which conflicts with git-buildpackage.
 
   [ Christian Kastner ]
   * d/gbp.conf: Move branches to debian/master and upstream/latest (DEP-14)
   * d/control: Bump Standards-Version to 4.4.1.
     No changes were needed from 4.3.0 to 4.4.1, but Kevin Locke noticed that
     previously, in going to 4.3.0, the Root-Requires-Root field had not been
     set
   * Add Build-Depends-Package field to libcap2.symbols
   * Bump shlibs version to 2.26 (new symbols)
   * Add pam_cap-Honor-PAM_REINITIALIZE_CRED.patch.
     Thanks, for the report and analysis, Daniel Gröber! (Closes: #935921)
   * Refresh patches

libcap2 (1:2.25-2) unstable; urgency=medium

   * Acknowledge NMUs.
     Thanks, Matthias Klose and Helmut Grohne!
 
   * d/upstream/signing-key.asc:
     - Add Andrew G. Morgan's public OpenPGP key
   * d/watch:
     - Update to format version 4
     - Check vor a valid signature
   * d/control:
     - Bump Standards-Version to 4.3.0
     - Drop Priority of libcap2
       Priority for this library should be "optional", which is already the
       Priority of the source package
     - Switch Build-Depends from debhelper to debhelper-compat
     - Bump Build-Depends for debhelper to 12
     - Update Vcs-* URLs to point to Salsa
     - Switch Homepage to https
   * d/compat:
     - Drop, as made obsolete by debhelper-compat
   * d/rules:
     - Switch from dh_install to dh_missing
     - Drop override_dh_strip
       It was only needed for the dbgsym migration
   * d/tests/executables:
     - Rename ADTTMP to AUTOPKGTEST_TMP
       ADT* variables were renamed in autopkgtest (4.0)
   * d/manpages/getpcaps.1:
     - Reproduce section "TEXTUAL REPRESENTATION" from cap_from_text(3)
       Closes: #826733
     - Fix program name get_pcaps -> getpcaps
   * d/copyright:
     - Add patches/*, and bump copyrights
     - Switch MRCF Policy URI to https

2017

libcap2 (1:2.25-1.2) unstable; urgency=medium

   * Non-maintainer upload.
 
   [ Helmut Grohne ]
   * Fix for FTCBFS, libcap.pc has bad libdir (Closes: #871714)

libcap2 (1:2.25-1.1) unstable; urgency=medium

   * Non-maintainer upload.
   * Fix FTBFS with gperf 3.1 (Helmut Grohne). Closes: #869588.

2016

libcap2 (1:2.25-1) unstable; urgency=medium

   * New upstream release. LP: #1451601
   * Drop package libcap2-dbg in favor of automatic dbgsym packages, as per
     https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2015/12/msg00262.html.
   * d/control:
     - Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.8 (no changes needed)
     - Increase Priority of libcap2{,-bin} to important. Closes: #815566
     - Drop libattr1-dev from Build-Depends. Upstream no longer uses this
       library and instead uses the kernel API directly
     - Switch Vcs-Browser from gitweb to cgit
     - Switch to secure URIs in Vcs-* fields
   * d/rules:
     - Add hardening=+all to DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS
   * d/tests:
     - executables:
       + Fix typos
       + Don't mount over ADTTMP, use a subdir instead. ADTTMP could already be
         a mount point for another filesystem, which could make things slightly
         more confusing
       + Improve output
   * d/copyright:
     - Bump copyright years
   * d/patches (added):
     - Avoid-sys-capability.h-on-build-architecture.patch
       Fixes a FTCBFS on kFreeBSD. Thanks, Helmut Grohne! Closes: #809467
     - Filter-out-PIE-flags-when-building-shared-objects.patch
       Filters out -pie, -fpie, and -fPIE from CFLAGS/LDFLAGS when building the
       shared library and the PAM module
     - Spelling-fixes.patch
   * d/patches (updated):
     - setcap-error-message.patch
     - Update Don-t-hardcode-build-flags.patch
   * d/patches (dropped):
     - Drop include-sys-xattr.patch
       The reason it was initially created for ceased to exist in 2.25
   * libcap2-bin:
     -  lintian override for spelling-error-in-readme-debian (false positive)

2015

libcap2 (1:2.24-12) unstable; urgency=medium

   * d/tests:
     - Amend stderr redirection to fix autopkgtest failures

libcap2 (1:2.24-11) unstable; urgency=medium

   * d/rules:
     - Provide BUILD_LDFLAGS and BUILD_CPPFLAGS. Thanks, Helmut Grohne!
   * d/patches:
     - Drop patch numbers from .patch filenames
   * d/patches (updated):
     - Don-t-hardcode-build-flags.patch
       When using BUILD_CC, use BUILD_LDFLAGS and BUILD_CPPFLAGS instead of the
       host ones. Thanks, Helmut Grohne! Closes: #796886
   * Add package-specific d/gbp.conf

libcap2 (1:2.24-10) unstable; urgency=medium

   * d/control:
     - Drop XS-Testsuite. dpkg now recognizes the Testsuite header, and
       dpkg-source automatically adds one when an autopkgtest suite is found
     - Add gperf to Build-Depends. The build proceeds slightly differently when
       gperf is present in the build environment, so make sure it is present in
       all build environments
     - Switch Maintainer email to my @debian.org address
   * d/rules:
     - Pass --version-info to dh_makeshlibs to match .symbols. Thanks, KiBi!
   * d/copyright:
     - Bump copyright years
   * d/tests:
     - Add missing dependencies for gcc and libc-dev
     - Test "executables": Redirect stderr to stdout on test with expected
       failure
   * d/patches (updated):
     - 0004-Don-t-hardcode-build-flags
       Add LDFLAGS to a target to silence a hardening flags warning, even though
       the target is not shipped, but only used at build-time.
   * d/patches (added):
     - 0006-Hide-private-symbols.patch

libcap2 (1:2.24-9) unstable; urgency=medium

   [ Matthias Klumpp ]
   * Add udeb package for libcap2 to be used in d-i, since
     the libudev1-udeb package depends on libcap2 now.

libcap2 (1:2.24-8) unstable; urgency=medium

   * debian/libcap2-bin.maintscript:
     - Drop, because using rm_conffile to clean up an obsolete conffile that
       was moved to another package can lead to breakage, see:  Closes: #781050
   * debian/watch:
     - Drop stray empty opts= (invalid syntax breaks uscan checks)

libcap2 (1:2.24-7) unstable; urgency=medium

   * debian/libcap2-bin.maintscript:
     - Remove obsolete conffile capability.conf. Closes: #768229
   * debian/control:
     - Add Breaks+Replaces for libcap-bin. libcap-bin was removed after lenny,
       but the transition to libcap2-bin was not fully handled. Closes: #780411

2014

libcap2 (1:2.24-6) unstable; urgency=medium

   * debian/rules:
     - Use proper assignment for CC. It has a default value, so ?= assignment
       does not make sense. Using := fixes a FTCBFS. Thanks, Helmut Grohne.
       Closes: #762575
   * debian/control:
     - Add XS-Testsuite for autopkgtest
   * debian/tests/executables:
     - Add an autopkgtest for getcap(8) and setcap(8) functionality

libcap2 (1:2.24-5) unstable; urgency=medium

   * debian/libcap2-bin.lintian-overrides:
     - Drop this file; it only contained an unused lintian override for
       statically-linked-binary
   * debian/control:
     - Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.6 (no changes needed)
     - Add binary package libcap2-dbg for debugging symbols
   * debian/rules:
     - Use dpkg/architecture.mk instead of manual assignment
     - Rework the cross-compiling support. Less code, and less assumptions about
       the environment
     - Create dirs in override_dh_installdirs
     - Simplify installation stage
     - Add override_dh_strip to place symbols in libcap2-dbg
   * Package libcap-dev:
     - Move the static library from /lib/ to /usr/lib/, where development files
       belong according to the FHS. /lib/ is only for essential shared
       libraries.
   * debian/TODO:
     - Drop file (all items were either dropped or completed)

libcap2 (1:2.24-4) unstable; urgency=low

   * debian/control:
     - Set myself to maintainer. Closes: #756091
     - Drop redundant Section
     - Drop redundant Priority fields
     - Add Multi-Arch field for libcap2-bin
     - Point Vcs-* URLs to collab-maint
   * debian/rules:
     - Drop dh_builddeb override, xz is now default
     - Drop override_dh_makeshlibs; a symbols file is provided now
   * debian/copyright:
     - Add myself
     - Add missing copyright for manpages
     - Add missing copyright for contrib/*
   * debian/symbols:
     - Create symbols file
   * debian/watch:
     - Create watch file
   * debian/manpages:
     - Fix typo in manpage name (getcaps -> getpcaps)
     - Drop capsh.8, upstream ships capsh.1 now
   * debian/source/options:
     - Remove, as xz is now the default compression algo
   * debian/patches (refreshed):
     - Update headers to play more nicely with gbp-pq
   * debian/patches (added):
     - 0004-Don-t-hardcode-build-flags
       Needed so that hardening flags get honored
     - 0005-Syntax-fixes-for-man-pages

libcap2 (1:2.24-3) unstable; urgency=medium

   * I don't care anymore, not worth it.. orphaning.

libcap2 (1:2.24-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Adding provides for libcap2-dev that got lost during rebase (Closes:
     #755559).

libcap2 (1:2.24-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Merging upstream version 2.24 (Closes: #734633): - in sync with
     current kernels (Closes: #689035)
   * Dropping unused orig-tar.sh.
   * Marking package as linux-any only (Closes: #745186).
   * Moving local manpages to subdirectory.
   * Applied patch from Loïc Minier <loic.minier@linaro.org> to fix cross-
     building by passing CC and BUILD_CC to dh_auto_make, based on a patch
     by Colin Watson for the previous CDBS packaging, but adapted for the
     new dh-based packaging (Closes: #645908).
   * Adding manpages for capability.conf, getcaps, and pam_cap from Scott
     Schaefer <saschaefer@neurodiverse.org> (Closes: #504606).
   * Using xz explizitly for source tarballs.
   * Adding dpkg-source local options to abort on upstream changes.
   * Moving local pam-configs to local subdirectory.
   * Dropping watch file.
   * Dropping old README.source.
   * Updating to standards version 3.9.5.
   * Sorting fields in control.
   * Doubling some fields in control for binary packages in order to avoid
     implicit use.
   * Removing useless whitespaces at EOL/EOF.
   * Dropping pre-wheezy conflicts/replaces etc.
   * Updating to debhelper version 9.
   * Wrapping build-depends.
   * Wrapping and sorting depends.
   * Adding vcs fields.
   * Harmonizing package descriptions.
   * Building debian binary packages explicitly with xz compression.
   * Rewriting copyright file in copyright format 1.0.
   * Reworking debhelper install files.
   * Dropping pre-wheezy libcap2-bin.preinst.
   * Reworking debhelper maintainer scripts.
   * Adding todo file.
   * Refreshing fix-Makefiles.patch.
   * Refresh refine-setcap-error-message.patch.
   * Renaming and renumbering patches consistently.
   * Adding patch from Adam Conrad <adconrad@ubuntu.com> to include
     sys/xattr.h in sys/capability.h.
   * Using curly braces in rules where appropriate.
   * Running dh_install with --fail-missing.
   * Correctly moving .so symlink to /usr in libcap-dev where it should be.
   * Dropping useless suggests on libcap-dev.
   * Prefixing readme with package name.

libcap2 (1:2.22-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Taking over package from Torsten with thanks for his past work on it.

2012

libcap2 (1:2.22-1.2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Non-maintainer upload.
   * Add preinst script for libcap2-bin to properly remove PAM module
     on upgrade from libcap2-bin <= 1:2.22-1. (Closes: #673770)

libcap2 (1:2.22-1.1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Non-maintainer upload with permission from Torsten Werner.
   * Apply Multiarch patch from Kees Cook.  Closes: #653186.
   * debian/{control,rules,compat}: Build for Multi-arch.
   * debian/{control,libpam-cap.*}: Split PAM module into separate binary
     package so it can be built for Multi-arch separate from the -bins pkg.

2011

libcap2 (1:2.22-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream released

libcap2 (1:2.21-3) unstable; urgency=low

   * Non-maintainer upload.
   * 0003-refine-setcap-error-message.patch:refine setcap output on errors
     (Closes: #633075)

libcap2 (1:2.21-2) unstable; urgency=low

   [ Serge Hallyn ]
   * 0002-support-getting-setting-capabilities-on-large-files.patch: patch from
     upstream to enable setting capabilities on large files.
     (Closes: #631134)
 
   [ Torsten Werner ]
   * Move package to alioth's collab-maint project.
     * Use git instead of svn.
     * Update Vcs-* headers in debian/control.
 
   [ Zhi Li ]
   * Modify long description in libcap2-bin/debian/control, remove those files that were not generated.
     (Closes: #620345)

libcap2 (1:2.21-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release.
   * debian/patches/0001-fix-Makefiles.patch: link pam_cap against -lpam.
     (Closes: #591410) (LP: #582769)

libcap2 (1:2.20-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release.
   * Remove all patches because they have been included upstream.

2010

libcap2 (1:2.19-3) unstable; urgency=high

   * Add a versioned dependency on libpam-runtime to libcap2-bin because
     pam-auth-update is needed in postinst. (Closes: #593250)
   * Set urgency to high because we are fixing a RC bug.

libcap2 (1:2.19-2) unstable; urgency=medium

   * Add -lpam to LDLIBS. Thanks to Sebastian Ramacher for suggesting the patch!
     (Closes: 591410)
   * Set urgency to medium.
   * Improve patch description.

libcap2 (1:2.19-1) unstable; urgency=low

   [ Kees Cook ]
   * Add pam_cap.so to the default PAM auth stack. (Closes: #573089)
 
   [ Torsten Werner ]
   * New upstream release.
   * Convert package to source format 3.0.
   * Remove quilt from Build-Depends.
   * Add static library to -dev package. Thanks to Stephan Sürken. (Closes:
     #589840)
   * Fix typo in Description. Thanks to Pascal De Vuyst. (Closes: #557496)
   * Add a patch to fix the man page cap_from_text(3). Thanks to Roland
     Koebler. (Closes: #567350)
   * Update Standards-Version: 3.9.0 (no changes).

2009

libcap2 (1:2.17-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Explain in the long description of the -bin package that the manpage
     cap_from_text(3) is part of -dev package. (Closes: #548080)

libcap2 (1:2.17-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * new upstream release
   * Switch from cdbs to dh.
   * Update Standards-Version: 3.8.3 (no changes).
   * Use gbp-pq to edit quilt patch.
   * Change Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~).
   * Add README.source.
   * Add man page capsh.8.

libcap2 (1:2.16-5) unstable; urgency=low

   * Remove reference to kernel version 2.2 in debian/control. (Closes:
     #260005)
   * Add Suggests: libcap-dev to binary package libcap2-bin. (Closes: #433782)

libcap2 (1:2.16-4) unstable; urgency=low

   * Add Conflicts: and Replaces: libcap2-dev to binary package libcap-dev.
   * Add epoch to version number because the old package had an epoch.
   * Add missing files to package libcap-dev which got lost in the previous
     version.

libcap2 (2.16-3) unstable; urgency=low

   * Rename binary package libcap2-dev to libcap-dev as requested by the
     release team to continue the transition from libcap1. (Closes: #520553)
   * Add Provides: libcap2-dev to binary package libcap-dev to ease transition
     from older versions of libcap2.
   * Remove Conflicts: libcap-dev.

libcap2 (2.16-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * upload to unstable

2008

libcap2 (2.16-1) experimental; urgency=low

   * new upstream release
   * Always install libraries into /lib (never /lib64).
     (Closes: #508315)

libcap2 (2.15-3) experimental; urgency=low

   * Set Priority: standard for binary package libcap2. (Closes: #507781)

libcap2 (2.15-2) experimental; urgency=low

   * Update shlibs file libcap2 (>= 2.10). (Closes: #464712)

libcap2 (2.15-1) experimental; urgency=low

   * new upstream release
   * Add Homepage header.
   * Bump Up Standards-Version: 3.8.0.
   * Update patch build.diff.

libcap2 (2.11-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Call dh_makeshlibs with -V. (Closes: #492467)
   * Reformat debian/copyright.
   * Add Build-Depends: libpam0g-dev to build the pam module.
   * Ship the pam module in the package libcap2-bin.

libcap2 (2.11-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * new upstream release
   * Remove patch bug487223.diff because it is not needed anymore.
   * Refresh patch build.diff.

libcap2 (2.10-3) unstable; urgency=low

   * Add patch from upstream author to fix 'cap_copy_int() always returns NULL
     (EINVAL)'. (Closes: #487223)

libcap2 (2.10-2) unstable; urgency=medium

   * Add Build-Depends: indent because it is needed on alpha. (Closes: #489477)
   * Set urgency to medium because we are fixing a FTBFS bug.

libcap2 (2.10-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * new upstream release

libcap2 (2.09-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * new upstream release
   * Change Priority: optional of package libcap2.

libcap2 (2.08-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Do not install the old manpages capget(2) and capset(2) because the
     package manpages-dev ships more recent ones.
   * Replace Conflicts: manpages-dev by Suggests: manpages-dev.
     (Closes: #473072)

libcap2 (2.08-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Initial Release. (Closes: #464727)