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Where is the "zzuf" package gone?

Asked by ^rooker

I'm along time Ubuntu user and I was using the "zzuf" file fuzzing tool for development, but was surprised that the package wasn't available after upgrading from 14.04 (Trusty) to 16.04 (Xenial).

I found this package pages:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zzuf
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/+source/zzuf

which I interpreted as there are (still updated) source package somewhere, but not for carmic?

Here's the one for Trusty:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+package/zzuf

There was a "zzuf post build tests fail" bug, but back in 2010, so I guess that ain't the reason (anymore)?
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zzuf/+bug/554787

I'd be grateful if anyone could have an idea how to get zzuf back, and why it's gone!
I'd be willing to help to get it back in. It's a really useful tool.

Thank you very much in advance :)

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zzuf/+changelog

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#2

see the publishing history https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zzuf/+publishinghistory and click on the triangle besides the topmost line containing xenial:

Removal requested on 2016-03-22.
Deleted on 2016-03-22
FTBFS with gcc-5, removed from Debian testing; Debian bug https://bugs.debian.org/790297

It seems that during preparation of Ubuntu xenial, there was an unsolved problem with zzuf that prevented creating a package. Apparently later that problem was solved and for later Ubuntu releases (e.g. bionic) a zzuf package is available again.

The official way to get a zzuf package for xenial would be to request a backport (not sure whether this would be done soon).

The quickest way probably id downloading the package for a newer Ubuntu release and installing it manually on your system. There are no complicated dependencies, so I expect this to work without problems.

In case that you have the 64bit version
wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/zzuf_0.15-1_amd64.deb
or for the 32bit version
wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/zzuf_0.15-1_i386.deb

and then
sudo dpkg --install zzuf_0.15-1_*.deb

(Disclaimer: this is a non-standard action, no warranty given)

Another option would be to upgrade your system from xenial to bionic.

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