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  • source: gdm3 (main)
  • version: 49.2-4
  • maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers (archive) (DMD)
  • uploaders: Laurent Bigonville [DMD] – Marco Trevisan (Treviño) [DMD] – Jeremy Bícha [DMD]
  • 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]
  • o-o-stable: 3.38.2.1-1
  • oldstable: 43.0-3
  • stable: 48.0-2
  • testing: 49.2-4
  • unstable: 49.2-4
versioned links
  • 3.38.2.1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 43.0-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 48.0-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 49.2-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • gdm3 (154 bugs: 1, 129, 24, 0)
  • gir1.2-gdm-1.0
  • libgdm-dev
  • libgdm1 (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
action needed
Debci reports failed tests high
  • unstable: pass (log)
    The tests ran in 0:02:30
    Last run: 2026-02-19T00:28:26.000Z
    Previous status: unknown

  • testing: fail (log)
    The tests ran in 0:02:11
    Last run: 2026-02-15T09:05:46.000Z
    Previous status: unknown

  • stable: pass (log)
    The tests ran in 0:02:28
    Last run: 2025-11-09T12:33:34.000Z
    Previous status: unknown

Created: 2025-11-16 Last update: 2026-02-25 20:30
A new upstream version is available: 50.beta high
A new upstream version 50.beta is available, you should consider packaging it.
Created: 2026-02-06 Last update: 2026-02-25 15:02
1 security issue in sid high

There is 1 open security issue in sid.

1 important issue:
  • CVE-2016-1000002: gdm3 3.14.2 and possibly later has an information leak before screen lock
Created: 2022-07-04 Last update: 2026-02-21 03:32
1 security issue in forky high

There is 1 open security issue in forky.

1 important issue:
  • CVE-2016-1000002: gdm3 3.14.2 and possibly later has an information leak before screen lock
Created: 2025-08-09 Last update: 2026-02-21 03:32
4 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal
The BTS contains patches fixing 4 bugs, consider including or untagging them.
Created: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2026-02-25 19:30
Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal
The packages that gdm3 depends on which need a new maintainer are:
  • docbook-xml (#802368)
    • Build-Depends: docbook-xml
Created: 2023-09-01 Last update: 2026-02-25 18:30
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 50~alpha.1-1, 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 14acf91a35072c8f02852be90fcac9da45334456
Author: Alessandro Astone <alessandro.astone@canonical.com>
Date:   Wed Feb 18 16:10:31 2026 +0100

    d/control: Depend on libsystemd >= 259
    
    While not strictly required, if GDM is compiled against libsystemd 259 but run
    against an older version it will fail to start. This is not detectable by
    dh_shlibs automatically, so let's add a manual dependency instead.

commit f3ccd3a461343347729cbbab106a8a70c3cab74d
Author: Jonas Jelten <jj@sft.lol>
Date:   Mon Feb 16 18:37:48 2026 +0100

    d/t/sssd-gdm-smartcard-pam-auth-tester: remove sssd implicit files domain
    
    Closes: #1126368
    LP: #2130705

commit 331ac9fb2ed6f2eb7ada1d6c339c5b3f546eb9e2
Author: Alessandro Astone <alessandro.astone@canonical.com>
Date:   Mon Feb 16 12:30:43 2026 +0100

    d/tests: Skip greeter test if no primary GPU is detected
    
    GDM waits until the kernel reports a DRM card node marked as primary, through
    the `boot_vga` or `boot_device` attributes. Some autopkgtest VMs have no DRM
    devices, or are (incorrectly) not reporting any device as primary; skip the
    test in those cases.

commit 57841d4b335da9a2e8f9f4f2e0d32c60632e046e
Author: Alessandro Astone <alessandro.astone@canonical.com>
Date:   Mon Jan 12 10:09:25 2026 +0100

    d/control: Bump minimum gnome-shell and gnome-session
    
    Required by the new shell mode logic

commit 01b3f7b90057ae69312a958bbb5c64ea47973eb8
Author: Alessandro Astone <alessandro.astone@canonical.com>
Date:   Mon Jan 12 09:51:14 2026 +0100

    d/symbols: Update symbols

commit 1eab9bdfb315799b91235601524f6cce0e920d32
Author: Alessandro Astone <alessandro.astone@canonical.com>
Date:   Mon Jan 12 09:44:03 2026 +0100

    d/install: Add new installed files

commit 84811e83fa7519c2a75336cae4b5dc1ebf022883
Author: Alessandro Astone <alessandro.astone@canonical.com>
Date:   Mon Jan 12 09:35:05 2026 +0100

    d/install: Cleanup non existing files

commit 3c8ccf46a2d3b8678d9475a4adea3c0d6a5b3b30
Author: Alessandro Astone <alessandro.astone@canonical.com>
Date:   Fri Jan 9 18:24:02 2026 +0100

    d/rules: Stop deleting source files in clean
    
    These are not generated files anymore.
    Furthermore, with meson they would be generated in the build directory and not
    the source directory.
    
    data/gdm.schemas is now a source file, which was incorrectly being removed.

commit 6c77671c929aeed8d53c804425beaf515c073fd6
Author: Alessandro Astone <alessandro.astone@canonical.com>
Date:   Fri Jan 9 18:10:24 2026 +0100

    d/rules: Drop unused configuration options

commit cae4a51284b1b640fa422cdcff08cae6326a28a5
Author: Alessandro Astone <alessandro.astone@canonical.com>
Date:   Fri Jan 9 17:36:15 2026 +0100

    d/p: Rebase all other patches

commit f8b4870b8683ebea7b384a8fa9b5e9d69fd548b3
Author: Alessandro Astone <alessandro.astone@canonical.com>
Date:   Thu Jan 8 18:22:57 2026 +0100

    d/p/94_retain_xorg_log.patch: Drop unused patch
    
    This patch was only affecting the rootful Xorg sessions, while GDM now only
    supports launching rootless Xorg sessions.

commit 2144c69b9fa3a4d7fa11f2809514c974c602a3da
Author: Alessandro Astone <alessandro.astone@canonical.com>
Date:   Thu Jan 8 18:21:12 2026 +0100

    d/p/16_xserver_path.patch, d/rules: Drop patch not necessary anymore
    
    GDM now looks for an X server at runtime, not at build time

commit 309f491dad1b9ff812479da152d73cde85a86b3f
Author: Alessandro Astone <alessandro.astone@canonical.com>
Date:   Thu Jan 15 17:21:09 2026 +0100

    New upstream release

commit 57a920da59cc3baf2f7b52dea7f9e0c380361098
Merge: 2644d121 f000a9eb
Author: Alessandro Astone <alessandro.astone@canonical.com>
Date:   Thu Jan 15 17:17:58 2026 +0100

    Merge tag 'upstream/50_alpha.1' into debian/latest
    
    Upstream version 50~alpha.1

commit 2644d1219b0aa11103a9151e057fa673beeb5af0
Author: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@ubuntu.com>
Date:   Sun Dec 28 09:29:54 2025 -0500

    releasing package gdm3 version 49.2-3

commit b233295b2b4c14a2e20d6f46de9dc475731cda90
Author: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@ubuntu.com>
Date:   Sun Dec 28 09:26:12 2025 -0500

    Remove references to mips64el
    
    no longer a Debian architecture
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2025/11/msg00001.html

commit aa84a8187df2cad14ad799859fbbc1f2346118f1
Author: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@ubuntu.com>
Date:   Sun Dec 28 09:24:19 2025 -0500

    Bump Standards Version to 4.7.3

commit dc9120f008e633163196e0d7c1255de64983635c
Author: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@ubuntu.com>
Date:   Sun Dec 28 09:07:55 2025 -0500

    Remove Recommends: xserver-xorg
    
    Sessions that need xorg need to depend on it themselves

commit 278ab59024dd07c004b27a755b3ec727b06b01d4
Author: Alessandro Astone <alessandro.astone@canonical.com>
Date:   Mon Dec 15 13:13:48 2025 +0100

    d/tests: Add autopkgtest verifying that the greeter registers

commit 9ea3300cabd8dbda3beacf24122b8186a7b87140
Author: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Dec 12 17:34:48 2025 -0500

    Remove unnecessary direct Depends: gnome-pkg-tools
    
    already has Build-Depends: dh-sequence-gnome

commit e649a6733e078f33ceab987f3280fe7a84c8bb52
Author: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Dec 3 22:34:20 2025 -0500

    releasing package gdm3 version 49.2-2

commit d7b36f8bd0e6ed2dd22cb0606a0d85f61e46afe2
Author: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Dec 3 22:29:03 2025 -0500

    Remove support for DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=debug
    
    It's not listed at
    https://wiki.debian.org/BuildProfileSpec
    
    although it is in use
    https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=path%3Adebian%2Frules+debug.*DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS&literal=0
    
    It seems to be almost completely unused for meson packages:
    https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=path%3Adebian%2Frules+buildtype%3Ddebug
    
    It this is desired, I suggest adding support for it directly
    in debhelper's meson.pm so that it can easily be used for any meson package

commit 99e68dacd4f5d74e279bac9e57de18ed5184cd12
Author: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Dec 3 22:15:24 2025 -0500

    Clean up debian/rules

commit 3b50474268ca901a24a0ad4ddde0622574d30c05
Author: Alessandro Astone <alessandro.astone@canonical.com>
Date:   Tue Aug 5 09:44:51 2025 +0200

    d/control: Drop dependency on dbus-daemon
    
    With GDM switching the greeter to dynamic systemd users, it no longer uses
    dbus-run-session to start a dbus session.

commit a2d0f92f6775ca70dcffe30c0213072657a24df6
Author: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Nov 24 19:51:08 2025 -0500

    releasing package gdm3 version 49.2-1

commit a031f3f3000ee4e10a11650c02a4bbb0aeafce03
Author: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Nov 24 19:48:02 2025 -0500

    Remove obsolete details from README.Debian
    
    Remove a lot of X11 specific details
    
    In particular we no longer provide custom-x11-session.desktop
    
    There still is
    yelp help:system-admin-guide/session-custom
    
    but it recommends creating an X11 session to run GNOME Classic
    which won't work since GNOME and GNOME Classic are Wayland only

commit 8913ae4049151e87ad16edce7b5b902c9128772e
Author: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Nov 24 19:38:25 2025 -0500

    Remove obsolete Conflicts/Replaces

commit 0c153181efd457b84fe7cc4fcf7ac9dbc9accafc
Author: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Nov 24 19:38:11 2025 -0500

    Fix some build warnings

commit dbd6b57ae045a8656efefd86bbff92e1d5334319
Author: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Nov 24 19:37:31 2025 -0500

    Remove obsolete Rules-Requires-Root: no field
    
    default since trixie

commit 45fce0ce03f750bc5b01b5a7bb1544848183a2fb
Author: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Nov 7 12:35:10 2025 -0500

    Use upstream's Xsession file (with some patching as mentioned above)
    
    Closes: #1120328

commit 523df8b36bc9e539b31dfaa977a505c50730cc18
Author: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Nov 7 13:10:21 2025 -0500

    Fix what appears to be a mistake in the Xresources patch description

commit ce7910753d066e9483f2eaac77a06706c205fcac
Author: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Nov 7 13:08:19 2025 -0500

    Add patch from Ubuntu to handle /etc/X11/Xresources/*
Created: 2026-01-15 Last update: 2026-02-24 11:02
lintian reports 1 warning normal
Lintian reports 1 warning about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.
Created: 2025-12-29 Last update: 2026-01-20 22:32
debian/patches: 6 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 10 debian patches available in version 49.2-4 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

  • 6 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: 2026-02-19 10:03
Issues found with some translations low

Automatic checks made by the Debian l10n team found some issues with the translations contained in this package. You should check the l10n status report for more information.

Issues can be things such as missing translations, problematic translated strings, outdated PO files, unknown languages, etc.

Created: 2025-12-29 Last update: 2025-12-29 12:00
No known security issue in trixie wishlist

There is 1 open security issue in trixie.

1 ignored issue:
  • CVE-2016-1000002: gdm3 3.14.2 and possibly later has an information leak before screen lock
Created: 2023-06-11 Last update: 2026-02-21 03:32
No known security issue in bookworm wishlist

There is 1 open security issue in bookworm.

1 ignored issue:
  • CVE-2016-1000002: gdm3 3.14.2 and possibly later has an information leak before screen lock
Created: 2023-06-10 Last update: 2026-02-21 03:32
news
[rss feed]
  • [2026-02-21] gdm3 49.2-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2026-02-18] Accepted gdm3 49.2-4 (source) into unstable (Jeremy Bícha)
  • [2026-01-01] gdm3 49.2-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-12-28] Accepted gdm3 49.2-3 (source) into unstable (Jeremy Bícha)
  • [2025-12-07] gdm3 49.2-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-12-04] Accepted gdm3 49.2-2 (source) into unstable (Jeremy Bícha)
  • [2025-11-27] gdm3 49.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-11-25] Accepted gdm3 49.2-1 (source) into unstable (Jeremy Bícha)
  • [2025-11-06] gdm3 49.1-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-10-31] Accepted gdm3 49.1-6 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
  • [2025-10-31] Accepted gdm3 49.1-5 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
  • [2025-10-31] Accepted gdm3 49.1-4 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
  • [2025-10-27] Accepted gdm3 49.1-3 (source) into experimental (Simon McVittie)
  • [2025-10-27] Accepted gdm3 49.1-2 (source) into experimental (Simon McVittie)
  • [2025-10-14] Accepted gdm3 49.1-1 (source) into experimental (Simon McVittie)
  • [2025-09-17] Accepted gdm3 49.0.1-1 (source) into experimental (Jeremy Bícha)
  • [2025-08-21] gdm3 48.0-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-08-15] Accepted gdm3 48.0-3 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
  • [2025-07-20] gdm3 48.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-07-13] Accepted gdm3 48.0-2 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
  • [2025-03-23] gdm3 48.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-03-17] Accepted gdm3 48.0-1 (source) into unstable (Jeremy Bícha) (signed by: Jeremy Bicha)
  • [2025-02-17] gdm3 48~beta-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-02-10] Accepted gdm3 48~beta-1 (source) into unstable (Jeremy Bícha) (signed by: Jeremy Bicha)
  • [2025-02-10] gdm3 47.0-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-02-05] Accepted gdm3 47.0-4 (source) into unstable (Jeremy Bícha) (signed by: Jeremy Bicha)
  • [2024-10-17] gdm3 47.0-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-09-21] Accepted gdm3 47.0-3 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
  • [2024-09-18] Accepted gdm3 47.0-2 (source) into unstable (Jeremy Bícha) (signed by: Jeremy Bicha)
  • [2024-09-16] Accepted gdm3 47.0-1 (source) into experimental (Marco Trevisan (Treviño)) (signed by: Marco Trevisan)
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bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 159
  • RC: 1
  • I&N: 132
  • M&W: 26
  • F&P: 0
  • patch: 4
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