cfengine3 - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: cfengine3 (main)
version: 3.27.1-2
maintainer: CFEngine Team (DMD)
uploaders: Christoph Martin [DMD]
arch: any
std-ver: 4.7.0
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 3.15.2-3
oldstable: 3.21.0-2
stable: 3.24.1-2
stable-bpo: 3.24.4-1~bpo13+1
testing: 3.27.1-2
unstable: 3.27.1-2

versioned links

3.15.2-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.21.0-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.24.1-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.24.4-1~bpo13+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.27.1-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

cfengine3 (8 bugs: 0, 4, 4, 0)
libpromises3

action needed

Problems while searching for a new upstream version high

uscan had problems while searching for a new upstream version:

In watchfile debian/watch, reading webpage
  https://github.com/cfengine/core/tags failed: 500 Header line too long (limit is 8192)

Created: 2026-10-24 Last update: 2026-10-26 17:00

debian/patches: 1 patch with invalid metadata, 7 patches to forward upstream high

Among the 10 debian patches available in version 3.27.1-2 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

1 patch with invalid metadata that ought to be fixed.
7 patches where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.

Created: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2026-08-06 21:32

1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 1 bug, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-09-02 Last update: 2026-10-26 19:30

lintian reports 44 warnings normal

Lintian reports 44 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-08-06 Last update: 2026-08-06 20:30

1 low-priority security issue in trixie low

There is 1 open security issue in trixie.

1 issue left for the package maintainer to handle:

CVE-2026-24712: (needs triaging) Northern.tech CFEngine Enterprise and Community before 3.21.8, 3.24.3, and 3.27.0 allows Command injection.

You can find information about how to handle this issue in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2026-06-03 Last update: 2026-09-01 22:00

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 4.7.0).

Created: 2025-02-21 Last update: 2026-08-06 16:30

testing migrations

This package will soon be part of the auto-openssl transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.

news

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[2026-08-11] cfengine3 3.27.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-08-06] Accepted cfengine3 3.27.1-2 (source) into unstable (Christoph Martin)
[2026-07-27] Accepted cfengine3 3.27.1-1 (source) into unstable (Christoph Martin)
[2026-07-25] Accepted cfengine3 3.24.4-1~bpo13+1 (source amd64) into stable-backports (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Christoph Martin)
[2026-06-23] cfengine3 3.24.4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-06-17] Accepted cfengine3 3.24.4-1 (source) into unstable (Christoph Martin)
[2025-08-13] cfengine3 3.24.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-05-16] Accepted cfengine3 3.24.2-1 (source) into unstable (Christoph Martin)
[2025-03-22] cfengine3 3.24.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-03-17] Accepted cfengine3 3.24.1-2 (source) into unstable (Christoph Martin)
[2025-02-10] cfengine3 3.24.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-04] Accepted cfengine3 3.24.1-1 (source) into unstable (Christoph Martin)
[2024-08-15] cfengine3 3.24.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-08-09] Accepted cfengine3 3.24.0-2 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2024-08-05] Accepted cfengine3 3.24.0-1 (source) into unstable (Christoph Martin)
[2024-05-26] cfengine3 3.21.4-1.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-05-21] Accepted cfengine3 3.21.4-1.2 (source) into unstable (Andreas Beckmann)
[2024-05-06] Accepted cfengine3 3.21.4-1.1 (source) into unstable (Andreas Beckmann)
[2024-03-12] Accepted cfengine3 3.21.4-1 (source) into unstable (Christoph Martin)
[2023-09-07] cfengine3 3.21.0-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-09-07] cfengine3 3.21.0-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-09-01] Accepted cfengine3 3.21.0-3 (source) into unstable (Christoph Martin)
[2023-05-02] cfengine3 3.21.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-04-12] Accepted cfengine3 3.21.0-2 (source) into unstable (Christoph Martin)
[2023-01-17] cfengine3 3.21.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-12] Accepted cfengine3 3.21.0-1 (source) into unstable (Christoph Martin)
[2022-12-20] Accepted cfengine3 3.18.2-1~bpo11+1 (source) into bullseye-backports (Christoph Martin)
[2022-12-15] cfengine3 3.18.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-12-09] Accepted cfengine3 3.18.2-1 (source) into unstable (Christoph Martin)
[2022-12-07] Accepted cfengine3 3.15.7-1~bpo11+1 (source) into bullseye-backports (Christoph Martin)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 9
RC: 0
I&N: 4
M&W: 4
F&P: 1
patch: 1

links

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lintian (0, 44)
buildd: logs, reproducibility, cross
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ubuntu

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version: 3.27.1-2
7 bugs