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Update of libewf

Asked by Niels van Tongeren

Dear madam, sir,

The current version of the libewf package is quite old. I recently encountered a problem with it where a forensic image mount failed because it consisted of too many segments. This was solved in a later version (I used 20230219-1).

Do I need to create a issue/bug report for this or is an update of the package planned in the near future?

Kind regards,
Niels

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

Manfred Hampl suggests this article as an answer to your question:
FAQ #3037: “no rolling release”.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said (last edit ): 		#2

If there is a weakness in the package that prevents its function, then please create a bug report.

Where do you find version 20230219-1 ?

You have to be aware that Ubuntu is copying packages from Debian, and also in Debian there is only version 20171104-1 of libewf available, see https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libewf The "homepage" link in Debian points to https://github.com/libyal/libewf-legacy and there the newest release is named 20140814

Somewhat confusing.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#3

I guess I just found an explanation for the different versions numbers:

There is https://github.com/libyal/libewf-legacy/releases (with version 20140814)
and also https://github.com/libyal/libewf/releases (with version 20230212)

I do not know how these are related.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

I suggest you report a bug. If the bug and security fixes are significant then the package will be updated sooner rather than later (or if the version is no longer supported)

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#5

You have to be aware that Ubuntu is copying packages from Debian (to avoid double packaging work) and also in Debian the newest version that has been packages is 20171104-1 (and that one only in "experimental"), see https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libewf
I suggest that you also create a bug report in the Debian bug tracker, preferably adding a link to the official source (wherever that currently is).

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