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bsdiff: Deprecate or switch upstreams #7490

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Please confirm there isn't an open request for this package

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bsdiff

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Last tag August 2022

Link to an announcement of archival or deprecation, if applicable.

clearlinux/bsdiff@eb522b1

Reason for removal

  • We use a clearlinux fork of bsdiff, which is now archived, with last tag in 2022
  • The solus package has not been updated in 7 years
  • The package has no reverse dependencies, and is not used in any package.ymls
  • This package may have security issues. Issue with original bsdiff https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2025/q4/323
  • We could move to a maintained fork if this package is still useful

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