It looks like tuxtype 1.7 is available in debian so a merge from Debian would solve this.
rmadison -u debian tuxtype tuxtype | 1.5.6.dfsg1-3 | etch-m68k | source, m68k tuxtype | 1.5.6.dfsg1-3 | oldstable | source, alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc tuxtype | 1.5.17.dfsg1-4 | stable | source, alpha, amd64, arm, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc tuxtype | 1.7.4.dfsg1-1 | testing | source, alpha, amd64, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc tuxtype | 1.7.4.dfsg1-1 | unstable | source, alpha, amd64, armel, hppa, hurd-i386, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
It looks like tuxtype 1.7 is available in debian so a merge from Debian would solve this.
rmadison -u debian tuxtype
tuxtype | 1.5.6.dfsg1-3 | etch-m68k | source, m68k
tuxtype | 1.5.6.dfsg1-3 | oldstable | source, alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
tuxtype | 1.5.17.dfsg1-4 | stable | source, alpha, amd64, arm, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
tuxtype | 1.7.4.dfsg1-1 | testing | source, alpha, amd64, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
tuxtype | 1.7.4.dfsg1-1 | unstable | source, alpha, amd64, armel, hppa, hurd-i386, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc