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Re: Proposal to remove dnlib, dsniff and inetsim from Debian



Hi Skyper,

On Fri, 2025-11-14 at 17:34 +0000, Skyper wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've pushed an update today that removes the dependency on BerkeleyDB
> (unless --with-berkelydb is specified).
> 
> Dug (the original author) is happy to move the official URL to the GH
> repo.

Excellent! Thanks for your work!

> 
> Build instructions:
> ./configure
> make dsniff
> 
> I can maintain this 'upstream' but hope that somebody else can
> package it for Debian (Sven? Carlos?).

I can do the packaging.

Best,
Sven

> 
> regards,
> 
> skyper
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> On Thursday, 6 November 2025 at 17:29, Sven Geuer <sge@debian.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Carlos,
> > 
> 
> > On Thu, 2025-11-06 at 09:08 -0300, Carlos Henrique Lima Melara
> > wrote:
> > 
> 
> > > Hi Sven,
> > > 
> 
> > > On Tue, Nov 04, 2025 at 05:47:08PM +0100, Sven Geuer wrote:
> > > 
> 
> > > > I propose to request removal of the following packages from the
> > > > archive:
> > > > 
> 
> > > > dnlib   for being RC-buggy and not needed by any other package
> > > > [1]
> > > 
> 
> > > Yeah, I think this one has to go.
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > Cool!
> > 
> 
> > > > dsniff  for blocking removal of db5.3 [2]
> > > 
> 
> > > There is a fork [1] that might be worth checking out. I'll take a
> > > look
> > > when I can.
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > Thanks for digging up this one. Unfortunately it still relies on
> > Berkeley DB, see
> > https://github.com/hackerschoice/dsniff/blob/main/configure.ac#L97 ;
> > and
> > https://github.com/hackerschoice/dsniff/blob/main/record.c.
> > 
> 
> > > > inetsim for being RC-buggy due to lacking systemd unit [3]
> > > 
> 
> > > I'm starting to do Q&A on this one, probably we can save it.
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > If someone is willing to implement the systemd unit, that'd be
> > awesome.
> > 
> 
> > > > I intend to request removal on behalf of the team unless a team
> > > > member
> > > > testifies intent to fix the bugs listed below within a four
> > > > week's
> > > > time.
> > > 
> 
> > > On my side, dnlib should go away, but I think the other 2 can be
> > > saved,
> > > I'll take a look and give some love to them.
> > > 
> 
> > > Thanks for caring and sending a mail to the list!
> > > 
> 
> > > Cheers,
> > > Charles
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > Sven
> > 
> 
> > > [1] https://github.com/hackerschoice/dsniff
> > 
> 
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