CTAN update: pkgcheck
Datum: 10. Oktober 2026 06:20:33 MESZ
Manfred Lotz submitted an update to the
pkgcheck
package.
Version: 4.1.2 2026-10-07
License: apache2 mit
Summary description: CTAN package checker
Announcement text:
### Fixed - False negative PDF detection for uncompressed (QDF) PDFs. The previous fix for the `%PDF` false positive used `is_text_content()` as the discriminator, but uncompressed PDFs are mostly ASCII and passed the threshold. Corrected to check whether the file actually starts with `%PDF`, which is the true distinction.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/pkgcheck The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/support/pkgcheck/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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### Fixed - False negative PDF detection for uncompressed (QDF) PDFs. The previous fix for the `%PDF` false positive used `is_text_content()` as the discriminator, but uncompressed PDFs are mostly ASCII and passed the threshold. Corrected to check whether the file actually starts with `%PDF`, which is the true distinction.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/pkgcheck The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/support/pkgcheck/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs
Pkgcheck – CTAN package checker
Packages uploaded to CTAN will be checked by the CTAN team before they get installed.
This package provides the pkgcheck command line utility used by CTAN members for carrying out those checks that can be performed in an automated way.
pkgcheck is a 64-bit static Linux binary, and runs out of the box.
A Windows version is not planned.
| Paket | Pkgcheck |
| Version | 4.1.2 2026-10-07 |
| Copyright | 2018–2026 Manfred Lotz |
| Betreuer | Manfred Lotz |