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Network capture utility designed specifically for DNS traffic

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source: dnscap (main)
version: 2.5.1-2
maintainer: Daniel Baumann (DMD)
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.7.3
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

oldstable: 2.1.1-1
stable: 2.3.1-1
testing: 2.5.1-1
unstable: 2.5.1-2

versioned links

2.1.1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.3.1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.5.1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.5.1-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

dnscap
dnscap-dev

action needed

Does not build reproducibly during testing normal

A package building reproducibly enables third parties to verify that the source matches the distributed binaries. It has been identified that this source package produced different results, failed to build or had other issues in a test environment. Please read about how to improve the situation!

Created: 2026-02-03 Last update: 2026-02-06 18:30

lintian reports 1 warning normal

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

Created: 2026-02-05 Last update: 2026-02-05 05:47

debian/patches: 1 patch to forward upstream low

Among the 1 debian patch available in version 2.5.1-2 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

1 patch 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: 2026-02-05 10:31

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for dnscap (2.5.1-1 to 2.5.1-2): Waiting for test results or another package, or too young (no action required now - check later)
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Too young, only 2 of 5 days old
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/d/dnscap.html
- ∙ ∙ Reproducible on amd64
- ∙ ∙ Reproducible on arm64
- ∙ ∙ Reproducible on armhf
- ∙ ∙ Reproducible on i386
- ∙ ∙ Reproducible on ppc64el
- Not considered

news

[2026-02-04] Accepted dnscap 2.5.1-2 (source) into unstable (Daniel Baumann)
[2026-02-01] dnscap 2.5.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-27] Accepted dnscap 2.5.1-1 (source) into unstable (Daniel Baumann)
[2025-12-04] dnscap 2.5.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-11-29] Accepted dnscap 2.5.0-1 (source) into unstable (Daniel Baumann)
[2025-08-16] dnscap 2.4.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-10] Accepted dnscap 2.4.1-2 (source) into unstable (Daniel Baumann)
[2025-06-27] Accepted dnscap 2.4.1-1 (source) into experimental (Daniel Baumann)
[2025-05-04] dnscap 2.3.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-24] Accepted dnscap 2.3.1-1 (source) into unstable (Daniel Baumann)
[2025-04-22] Accepted dnscap 2.3.0-3 (source) into unstable (Daniel Baumann)
[2025-04-22] Accepted dnscap 2.3.0-2 (source) into unstable (Daniel Baumann)
[2025-04-21] Accepted dnscap 2.3.0-1 (source) into unstable (Daniel Baumann)
[2025-03-25] dnscap 2.2.1-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-03-19] Accepted dnscap 2.2.1-4 (source) into unstable (Daniel Baumann)
[2025-02-19] dnscap 2.2.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-14] Accepted dnscap 2.2.1-3 (source) into unstable (Daniel Baumann)
[2025-02-14] dnscap 2.2.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-08] Accepted dnscap 2.2.1-2 (source) into unstable (Daniel Baumann)
[2024-09-16] dnscap 2.2.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-09-11] Accepted dnscap 2.2.1-1 (source) into unstable (Daniel Baumann)
[2024-07-30] dnscap 2.2.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-07-25] Accepted dnscap 2.2.0-2 (source) into unstable (Daniel Baumann)
[2023-09-09] dnscap 2.2.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-09-04] Accepted dnscap 2.2.0-1 (source) into unstable (Daniel Baumann)
[2023-08-19] dnscap 2.1.3-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-08-14] Accepted dnscap 2.1.3-2 (source) into unstable (Daniel Baumann)
[2023-07-06] dnscap 2.1.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-06-30] Accepted dnscap 2.1.3-1 (source) into unstable (Daniel Baumann)
[2023-06-24] dnscap 2.1.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

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