efibootguard - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: efibootguard (main)
version: 0.21-2
maintainer: Quirin Gylstorff (DMD)
arch: any
std-ver: 4.7.2
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

oldstable: 0.13-2+deb12u1
stable: 0.19-1
testing: 0.21-1
unstable: 0.21-2

versioned links

0.13-2+deb12u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.19-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.21-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.21-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

efibootguard
efibootguard-tools
libebgenv-dev
libebgenv0

action needed

Marked for autoremoval on 07 February: #1122406 high

Version 0.21-1 of efibootguard is marked for autoremoval from testing on Sat 07 Feb 2026. It is affected by #1122406. The removal of efibootguard will also cause the removal of (transitive) reverse dependency: swupdate. You should try to prevent the removal by fixing these RC bugs.

Created: 2026-01-05 Last update: 2026-01-10 00:02

debian/patches: 1 patch with invalid metadata high

Among the 4 debian patches available in version 0.21-2 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

1 patch with invalid metadata that ought to be fixed.

Created: 2026-01-08 Last update: 2026-01-08 19:32

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

The packages that efibootguard depends on which need a new maintainer are:

fff (#1104586)
- Build-Depends: libfff-dev

Created: 2025-08-15 Last update: 2026-01-09 23:01

Fails to build during reproducibility 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: 2025-12-04 Last update: 2026-01-09 18:31

lintian reports 1 warning normal

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

Created: 2026-01-08 Last update: 2026-01-08 23:01

1 new commit since last upload, is it time to release? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have new commits in its VCS but has not yet updated debian/changelog. You should consider updating the Debian changelog and uploading this new version into the archive.

Here are the relevant commit logs:

commit 3869cf45788cbe0ae89ab8037e4183281db8d9b2
Author: Quirin Gylstorff <quirin.gylstorff@siemens.com>
Date:   Wed Jan 7 09:39:09 2026 +0100

    Added patch for objcopy stricter target checking
    
    This fixes bug 1122406.

Created: 2026-01-07 Last update: 2026-01-08 15:01

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.3 instead of 4.7.2).

Created: 2025-12-23 Last update: 2026-01-08 17:00

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for efibootguard (0.21-1 to 0.21-2): 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):
- ∙ ∙ Updating efibootguard will fix bugs in testing: #1122406
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/e/efibootguard.html
- ∙ ∙ Reproducible on amd64 - info ♻
- ∙ ∙ Reproducible on arm64 - info ♻
- Not considered

news

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[2026-01-08] Accepted efibootguard 0.21-2 (source) into unstable (Quirin Gylstorff) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2025-09-16] efibootguard 0.21-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-09-10] Accepted efibootguard 0.21-1 (source) into unstable (Quirin Gylstorff) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2025-09-03] efibootguard 0.20-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-28] Accepted efibootguard 0.20-2 (source) into unstable (Quirin Gylstorff) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2025-08-14] Accepted efibootguard 0.20-1 (source amd64) into unstable (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2025-02-05] efibootguard 0.19-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-01-31] Accepted efibootguard 0.19-1 (source) into unstable (Quirin Gylstorff) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2024-07-22] efibootguard 0.18-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-07-17] Accepted efibootguard 0.18-1 (source) into unstable (Quirin Gylstorff) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2024-06-24] efibootguard 0.17-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-06-19] Accepted efibootguard 0.17-3 (source) into unstable (Gylstorff Quirin) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2024-05-23] efibootguard 0.17-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-05-17] Accepted efibootguard 0.17-2 (source) into unstable (Gylstorff Quirin) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2024-05-07] Accepted efibootguard 0.17-1 (source) into unstable (Gylstorff Quirin) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2024-02-06] Accepted efibootguard 0.13-2+deb12u1~bpo11+1 (source) into bullseye-backports (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2024-01-29] efibootguard 0.16-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-01-23] Accepted efibootguard 0.16-2 (source) into unstable (Gylstorff Quirin) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2024-01-19] Accepted efibootguard 0.16-1 (source) into unstable (Gylstorff Quirin) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2023-08-26] Accepted efibootguard 0.13-2+deb12u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2023-08-21] efibootguard 0.15-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-08-16] Accepted efibootguard 0.15-1 (source) into unstable (Gylstorff Quirin) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2023-03-07] Accepted efibootguard 0.13-2~bpo11+1 (source amd64) into bullseye-backports (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu)
[2022-12-26] efibootguard 0.13-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-12-26] efibootguard 0.13-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-12-21] Accepted efibootguard 0.13-2 (source) into unstable (Gylstorff Quirin) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2022-12-19] Accepted efibootguard 0.13-1 (source) into unstable (Gylstorff Quirin) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2022-12-14] Accepted efibootguard 0.12-2 (source) into unstable (Gylstorff Quirin) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2022-10-05] efibootguard 0.12-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-09-29] Accepted efibootguard 0.12-1 (source amd64) into unstable (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: bage@debian.org)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 0

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