#562702 python-pam: Debian differences not clearly separated from upstream source

Package:
python-pam
Source:
python-pam
Submitter:
Ben Finney
Date:
2025-11-06 19:05:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#562702#5
Date:
2009-12-27 06:28:04 UTC
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The copyright file for ‘python-pam’ says:

=====
This package was put together by Gregor Hoffleit <flight@debian.org>,
from sources obtained from

  ftp://ftp.pangalactic.org/pub/tummy/.

Author: Rob Riggs <rob@pangalactic.org>
=====

However, the ‘python-pam_0.4.2.orig.tar.gz’ does not match the actual
file at <URL:http://www.pangalactic.org/PyPAM/PyPAM-0.4.2.tar.gz>,
with many significant changes.

These changes should be separated from the pristine upstream source
(in a ‘python-pam_0.4.2-nn.diff.gz’, if using the Debian source format
1.0) and the ‘python-pam_0.4.2.orig.tar.gz’ should match the tarball
available from upstream.

The provenance of these changes should also be recorded in the Debian
copyright file for the package.
#562702#12
Date:
2022-12-03 10:21:01 UTC
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Control: severity -1 serious
X-Debbugs-Cc: doko@debian.org

The upstream source is no longer available. There is a fork including py3 support available at
https://github.com/openEuler-BaseService/PyPAM.

We should switch to that as upstream or drop this package entirely.
I am copying Matthias as he worked on the package mostly since it was abandoned.
For now, make this serious, to keep this out of bookworm in favour of pam-python.
#562702#21
Date:
2023-01-25 21:24:39 UTC
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Hi Bastian
removed automatically from bookworm because of this bug.

Also:

$ dak rm -Rn -s testing python-pam
Will remove the following packages from testing:

python-pam |   0.4.2-16 | source
python3-pam |   0.4.2-16 | amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, i386, mips64el, mipsel, ppc64el, s390x

Maintainer: Debian QA Group <packages@qa.debian.org>
------------------- Reason -------------------

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Checking reverse dependencies...
# Broken Build-Depends:
pam-python: python3-pam

Dependency problem found.


This seems like it would be easy enough to fix.

Cheers
-- 
Sebastian Ramacher
#562702#26
Date:
2023-01-25 22:49:44 UTC
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Control: severity -1 normal

Yes but it also shows that pam-python is not really a replacement for python-pam.
So I am resetting the severity.
#562702#35
Date:
2023-08-21 21:16:23 UTC
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The original issue has been resolved over time.
Keep this open to have the new upstream URL at hand.