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general

source: debhelper (main)
version: 13.24.2
maintainer: Debhelper Maintainers (DMD)
uploaders: Niels Thykier [DMD]
arch: all
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]

oldstable: 13.3.4
old-bpo: 13.11.1~bpo11+1
stable: 13.11.4
stable-bpo: 13.23~bpo12+1
testing: 13.24.2
unstable: 13.24.2

versioned links

13.3.4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
13.11.1~bpo11+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
13.11.4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
13.23~bpo12+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
13.24.2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

debhelper (154 bugs: 0, 75, 79, 0)
libdebhelper-perl (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)

action needed

3 bugs tagged help in the BTS normal

The BTS contains 3 bugs tagged help, please consider helping the maintainer in dealing with them.

Created: 2019-03-21 Last update: 2025-07-20 05:30

9 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 9 bugs (12 if counting merged bugs), consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2025-07-20 05:30

version in VCS is newer than in repository, is it time to upload? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have a new changelog entry (version 13.25~1.gbp3d6378, distribution UNRELEASED) and new commits in its VCS. You should consider whether it's time to make an upload.

Here are the relevant commit messages:

commit e6a1731f43cc9148e70ce4f806baaeaa750378d8
Author: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Date:   Sun Jul 13 20:21:48 2025 +0000

    dh_installalternatives: Set `misc:Commands` only in c14 or later
    
    Avoids a warning about an unused substvars for all consumers of
    `dh_installalternatives` in compat 13 or earlier where the
    variable is not automatically applied.
    
    Gbp-Dch: ignore

commit dbf6dc946ce8664b89c96af6c8dfa13f93eaf452
Author: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Date:   Sun Jul 13 17:35:07 2025 +0000

    d/changelog: Create snapshot
    
    Gbp-Dch: ignore

commit 3d63788c01804f8d003b99f2ad5ae7256ddd1e9c
Author: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Date:   Sun Jul 13 13:33:32 2025 +0000

    dh_assistant: Provide a compat upgrade checklist for compat [7-15)
    
    The checklist covers upgrading from compat 7 up to compat 15.

commit 0da0da713211061f3cf6b9f220d5e691c91d8dde
Author: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Date:   Fri Jul 11 06:43:55 2025 +0000

    dh_assistant: Explicitly use `JSON::PP::{true,false}`
    
    See: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/debputy/-/issues/119#note_627057

commit 16c6d0bbd6a16b91da8c89029ff26432e7e41d41
Author: Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Feb 6 09:01:50 2025 -0500

    dh_installsystemd: Always stop the service on remove
    
    Closes: #1079181

commit 7ae57b6a7d10ab412a16467522ec64524ffcc9f2
Author: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Date:   Wed Jul 9 11:31:00 2025 +0000

    In compat 14: Add `Commands` field to binaries to aid `command-not-found`
    
    Closes: #638517

commit 437009843050eecf778a11e73eefb771223363f3
Author: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Date:   Wed Jul 9 10:58:44 2025 +0000

    dh_gencontrol: Fix off-by-one compat guard

commit d668702820e4cad9743cbc1842aabf0c0e3b99e1
Author: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Date:   Wed Jul 9 10:25:13 2025 +0000

    debhelper.pod: Update description on automated dependencies
    
    It did not reflect the compat 14 feature of automatically applying
    relationship substvars.

commit f35cf48db89151f1a91c5a1b161749d0329bb540
Author: Alexandre Detiste <tchet@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Jun 14 00:41:58 2025 +0200

    wording in English

commit ab9045bead71b0d51c3f477328f9b2d23ce0e9c3
Author: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Date:   Sun Dec 29 10:14:23 2024 +0000

    dh: Support DH_OVERRIDDEN_COMMAND variable

commit ac4c9c8ad9a6e40ebdc5f2920c13df6269184ad1
Author: Andrea Pappacoda <andrea@pappacoda.it>
Date:   Fri Jun 6 16:53:05 2025 +0200

    dh_installmodules: install .modprobe files in /usr/lib with compat 14+
    
    Closes: #1107373

commit 89475d55b8ab6a99384cb2e9ab547f555e46fa33
Author: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Date:   Mon Jun 9 06:55:23 2025 +0000

    debhelper-documentation.json: Correct command for `.ucf` files

Created: 2025-06-09 Last update: 2025-07-13 22:02

lintian reports 1 warning normal

Lintian reports 1 warning about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-04-10 Last update: 2025-04-10 00:30

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.2 instead of 4.7.0).

Created: 2025-02-21 Last update: 2025-03-29 11:54

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[2025-04-03] debhelper 13.24.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-03-29] Accepted debhelper 13.24.2 (source) into unstable (Niels Thykier)
[2025-01-30] debhelper 13.24.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-01-19] Accepted debhelper 13.24.1 (source) into unstable (Niels Thykier)
[2025-01-18] Accepted debhelper 13.24 (source) into unstable (Niels Thykier)
[2025-01-03] Accepted debhelper 13.23~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Niels Thykier)
[2025-01-02] debhelper 13.23 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-12-28] Accepted debhelper 13.23 (source) into unstable (Niels Thykier)
[2024-12-18] Accepted debhelper 13.22 (source) into unstable (Niels Thykier)
[2024-12-16] Accepted debhelper 13.21 (source) into unstable (Niels Thykier)
[2024-08-31] Accepted debhelper 13.19~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Niels Thykier)
[2024-08-28] debhelper 13.20 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-08-23] Accepted debhelper 13.20 (source) into unstable (Niels Thykier)
[2024-08-23] debhelper 13.19 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-08-18] Accepted debhelper 13.19 (source) into unstable (Niels Thykier)
[2024-08-14] Accepted debhelper 13.18 (source) into unstable (Niels Thykier)
[2024-08-13] Accepted debhelper 13.17 (source) into unstable (Niels Thykier)
[2024-06-23] debhelper 13.16 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-06-17] Accepted debhelper 13.16 (source) into unstable (Niels Thykier)
[2024-03-30] debhelper 13.15.3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-03-27] Accepted debhelper 13.15.3 (source) into unstable (Niels Thykier)
[2024-03-24] Accepted debhelper 13.15.2 (source) into unstable (Niels Thykier)
[2024-03-22] Accepted debhelper 13.15.1 (source) into unstable (Niels Thykier)
[2024-03-22] Accepted debhelper 13.15 (source) into unstable (Niels Thykier)
[2024-02-25] debhelper 13.14.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-02-23] Accepted debhelper 13.14.1 (source) into unstable (Niels Thykier)
[2024-02-23] Accepted debhelper 13.14 (source) into unstable (Niels Thykier)
[2024-02-01] debhelper 13.13 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-01-27] Accepted debhelper 13.13 (source) into unstable (Niels Thykier)
[2024-01-26] Accepted debhelper 13.12 (source) into unstable (Niels Thykier)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 152 166
RC: 0
I&N: 67 77
M&W: 82 86
F&P: 3
patch: 9 12
help: 3
NC: 1

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version: 13.24.2ubuntu1
28 bugs
patches for 13.24.2ubuntu1