Package Details: makepasswd 1.10_12-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/makepasswd.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: makepasswd
Description: Generates true random passwords with the emphasis on security over pronounceability (Debian version)
Upstream URL: http://packages.qa.debian.org/m/makepasswd.html
Keywords: debian password utility
Licenses: GPL2
Submitter: seblu
Maintainer: GI_Jack
Last Packager: GI_Jack
Votes: 10
Popularity: 0.000000
First Submitted: 2015-08-03 22:21 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2023-06-17 01:17 (UTC)

Latest Comments

JohnRobson commented on 2023-05-20 02:25 (UTC) 

==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Found makepasswd_1.10.orig.tar.gz
  -> Downloading makepasswd_1.10-13.diff.gz...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0   260    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404
==> ERROR: Failure while downloading http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/makepasswd/makepasswd_1.10-13.diff.gz
    Aborting...
 -> error making: makepasswd-exit status 1
 -> Failed to install the following packages. Manual intervention is required:
makepasswd - exit status 1

muellner commented on 2023-01-02 10:59 (UTC) (edited on 2023-01-02 11:04 (UTC) by muellner)

I am not sure whether it is worth maintaining this package. Does makepasswd provide functionality that is not covered by other password generators? pwgen in the Community repository also generates secure random passwords: pwgen --secure <length> 1.

jrazeponi commented on 2022-12-23 12:29 (UTC) (edited on 2022-12-23 12:33 (UTC) by jrazeponi)

I got error:

curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404
==> ERROR: Failure while downloading http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/makepasswd/makepasswd_1.10-13.diff.gz
    Aborting...
 -> error downloading sources: makepasswd
         context: exit status 1

I used link https://mirrors.lug.mtu.edu/ubuntu/ubuntu/pool/universe/m/ it worked without change hash in file

sbraz commented on 2019-09-24 12:41 (UTC) (edited on 2019-09-24 12:42 (UTC) by sbraz)

This doesn't build, it needs something like:

diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index aa08569..c61582f 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ sha256sums=('41491f361d810f9bb3e08b40df3c3034faec306d434dab15534e19023f91a75c'
             'f552c468789c8ed326fd1506c93f04378085a198e332ac206539367948c4ad93')

 prepare() {
-  patch -p1 -d "$pkgname-${pkgver%_*}" < "${pkgname}_${pkgver//_/-}.diff"
+  patch -p1 -d "$pkgname-${pkgver%_*}" < <(zcat "${pkgname}_${pkgver//_/-}.diff.gz")
 }

 check() {