Package histring: Information

Danger alert: Package removed from sisyphus repository

Removed in the task: #419337
Package removed: Ildar Mulyukov
Deletion date: May 27, 2026
Message: useless program. User `grep --color --context=999` instead
    Source package: histring
    Version: 1.1.0-alt1.qa1
    Latest version according to Repology
    Build time:  Jan 11, 2016, 05:41 AM
    Category: Text tools
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    Home page: git://git.grml.org/histring.git

    License: GPL2
    Summary: highlight strings using ANSI terminal escape sequences
    Description: 
    highlight strings using ANSI terminal escape sequences
    histring simply highlights strings using ANSI terminal escape codes.
    It is very useful for example for parsing output of grep and diff.ess4.engr.uvic.ca

    List of RPM packages built from this SRPM:
    histring (x86_64, i586, aarch64)
    histring-debuginfo (x86_64, i586, aarch64)

    Maintainer: Ildar Mulyukov

    List of contributors:
    Dmitry V. Levin
    Ildar Mulyukov

    Last changed


    April 17, 2013 Dmitry V. Levin 1.1.0-alt1.qa1
    - NMU: rebuilt for debuginfo.
    Sept. 26, 2009 Ildar Mulyukov 1.1.0-alt1
    - 1st version for Sisyphus