Ubuntu
dosbox package

Please package an svn snapshot of dosbox

Bug #1569448 reported by shankao
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One Hundred Papercuts
Fix Released
High
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dosbox (Debian)
Confirmed
Unknown
dosbox (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
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Bug Description

It's been 6 years since the latest stable release of dosbox v0.74 and there's no clue on when they'll be releasing the next one. A lot of bug fixes have been done against svn and people is usually encouraged to install and run a nightly svn snapshot instead.

To avoid using a not supported upstream version of dosbox, I propose to package a given snapshot of their svn, the same way that this is done with other packages already in Ubuntu/Debian.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: dosbox 0.74-4.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-18.34-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Apr 13 00:16:13 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-25 (1234 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120627)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_SG:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_SG.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: dosbox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2015-03-14 (394 days ago)

CVE References

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shankao (shankao) wrote :
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in dosbox (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
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shankao (shankao) wrote :

I have packaged a svn snapshot in this ppa: https://launchpad.net/~emulation/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Any help/hints on how to get it included in ubuntu/debian?

Flames_in_Paradise (ellisistfroh-deactivatedaccount)
Changed in dosbox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)
Changed in dosbox (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → High
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Graham Inggs (ginggs) wrote :

The Debian maintainer is looking for someone to adopt this package: https://bugs.debian.org/876772

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in dosbox (Debian):
status: New → Confirmed
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Sven (5-launmhpad-t) wrote :

DosBox useless for me on Xubuntu 18.10:
https://sourceforge.net/p/dosbox/code-0/4177

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shankao (shankao) wrote :

Sven: if you use ubuntu 18.10 I've packaged a svn snapshot that includes the fix on this PPA: https://launchpad.net/~emulation/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

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dreamer_ (dreamer-tan) wrote :

New release of DOSBox happened today (0.74-3).

It contains some security fixes CVE-2019-7165 CVE-2019-12594 and some important OpenGL-related fixes.

Official note about release is on https://www.dosbox.com/

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Paul White (paulw2u) wrote :

Further to comment #6, Ubuntu 19.10 included the 0.74-3 release which according to the DOSBox website is still the latest version.

Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in dosbox (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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