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general
  • source: flawfinder (main)
  • version: 2.0.19-1.1
  • maintainer: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Peña (DMD)
  • arch: all
  • std-ver: 4.5.0
  • VCS: Git (Browse, QA)
versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]
[pool directory]
  • o-o-stable: 1.31-1
  • oldstable: 2.0.10-0.1
  • stable: 2.0.19-1.1
  • testing: 2.0.19-1.1
  • unstable: 2.0.19-1.1
versioned links
  • 1.31-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2.0.10-0.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2.0.19-1.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • flawfinder
action needed
Problems while searching for a new upstream version high
uscan had problems while searching for a new upstream version:
debian/watch is an obsolete version 2 watch file;
   please upgrade to a higher version
   (see uscan(1) for details).
Created: 2021-01-31 Last update: 2025-05-26 00:30
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 2.0.19-2, 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 c07be51dcac92327ea3eb2d3be92cd200617d930
Merge: 00e8c68 d4b9cfa
Author: Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Nov 23 20:04:35 2022 +0000

    Merge branch 'lintian-fixes' into 'master'
    
    Fix some issues reported by lintian
    
    See merge request debian/flawfinder!2

commit d4b9cfa695f2fd06bf5eb21d54bd0e59390f8a31
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Wed Nov 9 12:49:43 2022 +0000

    Update standards version to 4.6.1, no changes needed.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: out-of-date-standards-version
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/out-of-date-standards-version.html

commit 7520a70fbd3e48faa85ead01ef37c70af2b2fc26
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Wed Nov 9 12:49:43 2022 +0000

    Fix day-of-week for changelog entry 1.26-3.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: debian-changelog-has-wrong-day-of-week
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/debian-changelog-has-wrong-day-of-week.html

commit f351a671ab6e56ac108151a6ca2b2ba836dede9d
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Wed Nov 9 12:49:34 2022 +0000

    Bump debhelper from old 12 to 13.
    + debian/rules: Drop --fail-missing argument to dh_missing, which is now the default.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: package-uses-old-debhelper-compat-version
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/package-uses-old-debhelper-compat-version.html

commit e36c9bcbc1506a4e544a2878a0a31505b8b999ab
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Wed Nov 9 12:49:34 2022 +0000

    Trim trailing whitespace.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: trailing-whitespace
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/trailing-whitespace.html

commit 00e8c68b4ecb99bd4590f5baa1a9d814ee087ece
Merge: 4c96c0f 304970e
Author: Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Oct 31 13:56:04 2022 +0000

    Merge branch 'multiarch-fixes' into 'master'
    
    Apply hints suggested by the multi-arch hinter
    
    See merge request debian/flawfinder!1

commit 304970e2ec62f829ca6b62e43274a790a65782c4
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Mon Oct 10 18:21:17 2022 +0000

    Apply multi-arch hints.
    + flawfinder: Add Multi-Arch: foreign.
    
    Changes-By: apply-multiarch-hints

commit 4c96c0fe46f8abbd5e19c3c03773263993540ff1
Merge: 991671f ebe9aaa
Author: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Dec 6 21:33:29 2021 +0100

    Import Debian changes 2.0.19-1
    
    flawfinder (2.0.19-1) unstable; urgency=medium
    .
      * Update to latest upstream version (Closes: #980982)
      * debian/control: Fix URL to the one currently used upstream
        (dropping 'www')
      * debian/flawfinder.examples: Adjust with new location of examples

commit ebe9aaadc208fd75deb7242d8a4268bb195739ea
Author: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino <jfs@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Dec 7 16:18:21 2021 +0100

    Import Upstream version 2.0.19

commit 991671fa0591b3049e7325ccd19725b6e82865d0
Author: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino <jfs@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Dec 7 16:18:04 2021 +0100

    Rename file

commit be1df2f269d5e877314633cb03b59a5c61cb368a
Author: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino <jfs@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Dec 7 16:17:40 2021 +0100

    Add patch to remove python2 from Makefil

commit f8fbd986a3d2b753840fd270068507497f259925
Author: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino <jfs@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Dec 7 16:14:21 2021 +0100

    Update changelog for new upstream release

commit bd35a5f4697898e969f11ebc476aaf647d42d24b
Author: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino <jfs@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Dec 7 16:13:53 2021 +0100

    Fix patch to work with latest upstream

commit a4115c7ba0e17b02b4841c2627cb3e23803d91b7
Author: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino <jfs@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Dec 7 16:13:37 2021 +0100

    Properly clean all files

commit b37ddcf92b3fa5edfb464a06ec1d6fefd8827670
Author: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino <jfs@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Dec 7 16:12:46 2021 +0100

    Fix location of examples (for new upstream version 2.0.19

commit 004e3cd33dcbc3b42ea68c25dfea01734ae1d615
Author: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino <jfs@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Dec 7 16:12:00 2021 +0100

    Update Homepage location

commit 0ecc0eba4a621b1366be7c10b40f7e74adc6d345
Author: Boyuan Yang <byang@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Apr 13 17:23:09 2020 -0400

    debian/: Refresh patches

commit caaf4ce87c18adc13a45874a8680a6a855736f37
Author: Boyuan Yang <byang@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Apr 13 17:17:05 2020 -0400

    Prepare new upload.

commit 2c3b933df5e24bdc50fff1536f1991a6f0a9be53
Merge: 43d496f 3636657
Author: Boyuan Yang <byang@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Apr 13 17:14:42 2020 -0400

    Update upstream source from tag 'upstream/2.0.11'
    
    Update to upstream version '2.0.11'
    with Debian dir 7a64acfd437694b106dc8dc0cb2ccf211dfa3917

commit 36366573deb52a284db588e56bbf4ffc9573be78
Author: Boyuan Yang <byang@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Apr 13 17:14:41 2020 -0400

    New upstream version 2.0.11
Created: 2020-04-13 Last update: 2025-05-20 21:33
lintian reports 2 warnings normal
Lintian reports 2 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.
Created: 2021-01-27 Last update: 2022-01-01 04:32
Multiarch hinter reports 1 issue(s) low
There are issues with the multiarch metadata for this package.
  • flawfinder could be marked Multi-Arch: foreign
Created: 2016-09-14 Last update: 2025-05-25 23:56
debian/patches: 2 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 2 debian patches available in version 2.0.19-1.1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

  • 2 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: 2023-02-26 15:54
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 4.5.0).
Created: 2020-01-21 Last update: 2025-02-27 13:24
news
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  • [2021-12-14] flawfinder 2.0.19-1.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2021-12-09] Accepted flawfinder 2.0.19-1.1 (source) into unstable (Boyuan Yang)
  • [2021-12-07] Accepted flawfinder 2.0.19-1 (source all) into unstable (Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña) (signed by: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino)
  • [2019-11-21] flawfinder 2.0.10-0.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2019-11-15] Accepted flawfinder 2.0.10-0.1 (source) into unstable (Boyuan Yang)
  • [2014-08-11] flawfinder 1.31-1 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
  • [2014-08-05] Accepted flawfinder 1.31-1 (source all) into unstable (Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña)
  • [2011-02-06] flawfinder 1.27-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2010-12-18] Accepted flawfinder 1.27-3 (source all) (Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a) (signed by: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña)
  • [2007-12-13] flawfinder 1.27-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2007-12-02] Accepted flawfinder 1.27-2 (source all) (Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a) (signed by: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña)
  • [2007-04-09] flawfinder 1.27-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2007-01-24] Accepted flawfinder 1.27-1 (source all) (Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a)
  • [2006-10-26] flawfinder 1.26-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2006-10-15] Accepted flawfinder 1.26-4 (source all) (Michael Ablassmeier)
  • [2006-01-27] flawfinder 1.26-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2006-01-16] Accepted flawfinder 1.26-3 (source all) (Steve Kemp)
  • [2005-03-27] Accepted flawfinder 1.26-2 (all source) (Steve Kemp)
  • [2004-12-07] Accepted flawfinder 1.26-1 (all source) (Steve Kemp)
  • [2004-02-29] Accepted flawfinder 1.24-1 (all source) (Adam Lazur)
  • [2002-09-24] Accepted flawfinder 1.21-1 (all source) (Adam Lazur)
  • [2002-07-08] Accepted flawfinder 1.20-1 (all source) (Adam Lazur)
  • [2001-12-19] Installed flawfinder 0.21-1 (all source) (Adam Lazur)
  • [2001-11-05] Installed flawfinder 0.19-1 (all source) (Adam Lazur)
  • [2001-10-30] Installed flawfinder 0.17-1 (all source) (Adam Lazur)
bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 1
  • RC: 0
  • I&N: 0
  • M&W: 1
  • F&P: 0
  • patch: 0
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