A fixed version of the safecat package for Debian

Updated 2011-05-09: new version. amd64 deb built on squeeze.

Updated 2009-02-17: new version. i386 deb built on etch.

Updated 2006-04-25: new version. i386 deb built on sarge.

Updated 2005-01-05: new version. i386 deb still built on woody.

Since my safecat bug report was blown off by the developer, I've posted my unofficial NMU here. I've got the source here, so you can build it yourself; or if you wish, you can use the i386 or amd64 binary packages.

The reason I did all this is because safecat is supposed to come with a program called maildir which is extremely useful in writing .qmail files (or .procmailrc files) for scripted delivery to maildir format mailboxes. In fact, if you grab the upstream source and install it using the author's instructions, you'll get the maildir program and its manual page.

However, the Debian package doesn't build this script correctly or put it into /usr/bin -- it's simply left sitting in the /usr/share/doc/safecat/examples directory where it's not very useful. So I fixed it, which is a trivial change. My fix was rejected by the Debian developer with a rude comment asking why I didn't read the changelog. (The only hint in the changelog is where he blew off bug #132520 in 2002.) Apparently Teemu Hukkanen feels that leaving the more visible (and useful) half of a package in the wrong place is better than fixing his package to conform to what the upstream author intended. Even if the change is just 4 lines. Even if someone else gives him those 4 lines.

So, here are the files:

Current version 1.13 (binary is for squeeze):

Old version 1.13 (binary is for etch):

Old version 1.12 (binary is for sarge):

Older version 1.11 (binary is for woody):

Oldest version 1.9 (binary is for woody):

MD5 sums:


a8868306e2af00ea8f376618b65340ab  safecat_1.13-1.1.dsc
37b2db436b3d582435c720c504fc717b  safecat_1.13-1.1.debian.tar.gz
e974d4d04b0ca6a83908b6514fe6f58b  safecat_1.13-1.1_amd64.deb
fcdfce6cb9a4568a6db742f9105df99e  safecat_1.13-1.1_amd64.changes

41f76b6c8c47f467556651855ea027a7  safecat_1.13.orig.tar.gz
7ca854083b04aa147e135647048ee024  safecat_1.13-0.1.dsc
945802fe629643023b0c4633c8aa51e5  safecat_1.13-0.1.diff.gz
8563b1171f319a629989b30219f50bf2  safecat_1.13-0.1_i386.deb
5c08b521322afd1375781602bb6c08fd  safecat_1.13-0.1_i386.changes

cb59b35bae57495b54220269c6a24761  safecat_1.12.orig.tar.gz
5a6963d07a38ad42281cb1758d0b8b98  safecat_1.12-1.1.dsc
d2ab04aa3643041eb6c8b7d1295320b8  safecat_1.12-1.1.diff.gz
138656287c1bbbd6ec275f08220f1dc4  safecat_1.12-1.1_i386.deb
f82cd03e432030a480b8a12d80ec768e  safecat_1.12-1.1_i386.changes

d0b0f5c0bfdef3e1940d33632c8be892  safecat_1.11.orig.tar.gz
d93e78824581b86f407c6ad01815916c  safecat_1.11-1.1.dsc
0c01a140707a4785ef284840adda13cd  safecat_1.11-1.1.diff.gz
fdff99caad63679fa9d8d9308238fc23  safecat_1.11-1.1_i386.deb
ada483e68abab76e9c4332e1263b014f  safecat_1.11-1.1_i386.changes

7a32c226379f995eca3a9a6b6d198baf  safecat_1.9.orig.tar.gz
c10d3e93e4f67689368a6b0220cb3c74  safecat_1.9-1.0.dsc
77a3b1d2a3f312d3ce85d46fd712b558  safecat_1.9-1.0.diff.gz
9ac986a2e70bbdb527bdf0b84c651fea  safecat_1.9-1.0_i386.deb