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Manipulate DESCRIPTION Files

v1.4.3 · Dec 10, 2023 · MIT + file LICENSE

Description

Tools to read, write, create, and manipulate DESCRIPTION files. It is intended for packages that create or manipulate other packages.

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Flavor	Status	Time
r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang	OK	42.5s
r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc	OK	33.2s
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang	OK	62.6s
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc	OK	58.3s
r-devel-windows-x86_64	OK	72s
r-oldrel-macos-arm64	OK
r-oldrel-macos-x86_64	OK	40s
r-oldrel-windows-x86_64	OK	72s
r-patched-linux-x86_64	OK	39.7s
r-release-linux-x86_64	OK
r-release-macos-arm64	OK	14s
r-release-macos-x86_64	OK	51s
r-release-windows-x86_64	OK	66s

Check History

OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

Reverse Dependencies (76)

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Version History

11 tracked

new 1.4.3 Mar 10, 2026

updated 1.4.3 ← 1.4.2 diff Dec 9, 2023

updated 1.4.2 ← 1.4.1 diff Sep 7, 2022

updated 1.4.1 ← 1.4.0 diff Mar 5, 2022

updated 1.4.0 ← 1.3.0 diff Sep 27, 2021

updated 1.3.0 ← 1.2.0 diff Mar 4, 2021

updated 1.2.0 ← 1.1.1 diff Apr 30, 2018

updated 1.1.1 ← 1.1.0 diff Aug 2, 2017

updated 1.1.0 ← 1.0.1 diff Jan 26, 2017

updated 1.0.1 ← 1.0.0 diff Sep 22, 2016

new 1.0.0 May 13, 2016