Main Inclusion Report for v86d

Requirements

1. Availability: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/v/v86d; Available for i386 and amd64

2. Rationale:

   • uvesafb is taking over as the preferred vesa framebuffer, over vesafb. uvesafb needs v86d for x86 userspace emulation.

3. Security:

   • CVE entries: None

   • Secunia history: None

   • Any binaries running as root or suid/sgid ? Any daemons ?
     • v86d is only meant to be called by the kernel via uvesafb, so is run as root. It is not suid or sgid.
   • Network activity: None
   • Does it directly (not through a library) process binary (video, audio, etc) or structured (PDF, etc) data ? No
   • Any source code review performed ? Minimum

4. Quality assurance:

   • In what situations does the package not work out of the box without configuration ? Is not enabled by default. Requires addition of kernel command line param.
   • Does the package ask any debconf questions higher than priority 'medium' ? No

   • Debian bugs: No serious bugs

   • Maintenance in Debian: New package

   • Upstream: alive

   • Hardware: Deals with x86 BIOS emulation calls. Does not deal with true hardware directly.
   • Is there a test suite in the upstream source or packaging ? Is it enabled to run in the build ? No.

5. Standards compliance:

   • FHS, Debian Policy compliance ? Yes

   • Packaging system (debhelper/cdbs/dbs) ? Patch system ? Any packaging oddities ? debhelper, no patch system. Nothing odd in packaging.

6. Dependencies:

   • debhelper
   • Are these all in main ? Yes

7. Background information:

   • The general purpose and context of the package should be clear from the package's debian/control file. If it isn't then please explain.
   • What do upstream call this software ? Has it had different names in the past ? v86d, no different names.

Reviewers

MIR bug: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/v86d/+bug/246480

Ben Collins