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New version of dmidecode in debian might affect your package



Hi.  The newest upload of dmidecode (version 2.7) changes the output
from dmidecode slightly.  According to 'apt-cache showpkg dmidecode',
four packages depend on dmidecode; pcmcia-cs, laptop-detect,
hotkey-setup and education-common.  In addition, I know
debian-installer uses it.  You are listed as the maintainer of one of
these packages, and I thought it best to give you a warning about thie
new output format.

You should check and see if your package still work with the new
dmidecode.

Note that version 2.7 include comamdne support for extracting single
values, and thus make it easier to use from scripts.  You might want
to use these features in your package.

Friendly,
-- 
Petter Reinholdtsen



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