libtool - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: libtool (main)
version: 2.5.4-10
maintainer: Alastair McKinstry (DMD) (LowNMU)
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]

o-o-stable: 2.4.6-15
oldstable: 2.4.7-7~deb12u1
stable: 2.5.4-4
testing: 2.5.4-10
unstable: 2.5.4-10

versioned links

2.4.6-15: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.4.7-7~deb12u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.5.4-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.5.4-10: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libltdl-dev (3 bugs: 0, 3, 0, 0)
libltdl7
libtool (57 bugs: 0, 44, 13, 0)
libtool-bin (3 bugs: 0, 3, 0, 0)
libtool-doc (2 bugs: 0, 1, 1, 0)

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: 2025-01-12 Last update: 2026-04-10 07:33

4 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 4 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-04-06 Last update: 2026-04-10 07:30

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 2.5.4-11, 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 2434096cf873f11c860ee5ee4c36687959332567
Author: Alastair McKinstry <alastair@mckinstry.ie>
Date:   Thu Apr 2 14:04:40 2026 +0100

    Drop INSTALL_PROGRAM - not used anymore

commit 66fba22c2a4422500dad4e4b0d527b275e954d5c
Author: Alastair McKinstry <alastair@mckinstry.ie>
Date:   Thu Apr 2 12:09:07 2026 +0100

    Simplify cleaning

commit 4d4d82faa57a6500c3ad6dcd6c7acab986c5383e
Author: Alastair McKinstry <alastair@mckinstry.ie>
Date:   Thu Apr 2 12:08:05 2026 +0100

    Register info documentation in doc-base

commit 349b4f13d6a18acd22f2c268e9390376adfa0a00
Author: Alastair McKinstry <alastair@mckinstry.ie>
Date:   Thu Apr 2 12:06:59 2026 +0100

    Remove signatures from upstream (old) signing key. Upstream signing key changed for 2.4.7

commit 9341dee24fa8a673070cad28b61e9a08e4f36c67
Author: Alastair McKinstry <alastair@mckinstry.ie>
Date:   Thu Apr 2 07:12:01 2026 +0100

    (style) in dh_installdocs override, avoid listing

commit b6133bd254697c62826164aa96ef03c6c2b7f0f3
Author: Alastair McKinstry <alastair@mckinstry.ie>
Date:   Thu Apr 2 07:03:16 2026 +0100

    Create config.{guess,sub} symlinks with dh_link

commit 3f9b9e41b45397cae74dd28f1917d89d7b961826
Author: Alastair McKinstry <alastair@mckinstry.ie>
Date:   Thu Apr 2 07:06:30 2026 +0100

    Pass automake version to dh_gencontrol without temporary file

commit ef1df5eb2c64982a79824c075527ebd4b083e365
Author: Alastair McKinstry <alastair@mckinstry.ie>
Date:   Thu Apr 2 07:04:52 2026 +0100

    Update phrasing in DFSG-NIV license long description

commit 7b37b79fc717aba6cc9388d7d59be03f580bea4e
Author: Alastair McKinstry <alastair@mckinstry.ie>
Date:   Thu Apr 2 07:04:04 2026 +0100

    Delete trailing whitespaces in d/changelog d/rules

commit e7a7bf4b213ca19c4336882c865d1dbdaf92b669
Author: Alastair McKinstry <alastair@mckinstry.ie>
Date:   Wed Apr 1 17:31:41 2026 +0100

    Remove unneeded wildcards in d/*.install debhelper

commit 8472c3b81e486822fb431fd60ec5b08d5eed0144
Author: Alastair McKinstry <alastair@mckinstry.ie>
Date:   Wed Apr 1 17:30:44 2026 +0100

    Remove an unneeded wildcard in libtool-doc.doc-base

commit bfd1b27b88ee2d3f2f4e52221d952f9546c9f01c
Author: Alastair McKinstry <alastair@mckinstry.ie>
Date:   Wed Apr 1 17:29:56 2026 +0100

    Update syntax of a lintian override

commit 3e6d7b48b097bb8add23445d83158a6cdbfc5e3c
Author: Alastair McKinstry <alastair@mckinstry.ie>
Date:   Wed Apr 1 17:29:01 2026 +0100

    Update copyright years

commit a90d25172e536454e63cac00b0c25e7e11a07b40
Author: Alastair McKinstry <alastair@mckinstry.ie>
Date:   Wed Apr 1 17:28:03 2026 +0100

    Team upload
    * Simplify d/watch

commit ef846abc020026f686e992bc96bc68220418dfa6
Author: Alastair McKinstry <alastair@mckinstry.ie>
Date:   Tue Mar 31 09:28:33 2026 +0100

    Set SALSA_CI_DISABLE_BLHC: 1 to disable flag checking on build; too many false positives in tests

commit 9cde7fc39ebf6a4ff33d1fc8b2605ff6cdca49c9
Author: Alastair McKinstry <alastair@mckinstry.ie>
Date:   Mon Mar 30 12:31:57 2026 +0100

    Move git repo to https://salsa.debian.org/debian/libtool

Created: 2026-04-06 Last update: 2026-04-06 21:01

lintian reports 4 warnings normal

Lintian reports 4 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-10-21 Last update: 2026-03-30 00:31

1 open merge request in Salsa normal

There is 1 open merge request for this package on Salsa. You should consider reviewing and/or merging these merge requests.

Created: 2025-12-08 Last update: 2025-12-08 22:33

debian/patches: 15 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 15 debian patches available in version 2.5.4-10 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

15 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: 2026-03-29 21:05

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 4.7.3).

Created: 2026-03-31 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01

news

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[2026-04-03] libtool 2.5.4-10 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-29] Accepted libtool 2.5.4-10 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2025-12-14] libtool 2.5.4-9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-12-14] libtool 2.5.4-9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-12-08] Accepted libtool 2.5.4-9 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2025-12-07] Accepted libtool 2.5.4-8 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2025-10-28] libtool 2.5.4-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-21] Accepted libtool 2.5.4-7 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2025-10-20] Accepted libtool 2.5.4-6 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2025-09-05] libtool 2.5.4-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-30] Accepted libtool 2.5.4-5 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2025-03-10] libtool 2.5.4-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-03-05] Accepted libtool 2.5.4-4 (source) into unstable (Jordi Mallach) (signed by: Alastair McKinstry)
[2025-02-07] libtool 2.5.4-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-01-31] Accepted libtool 2.5.4-3 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2025-01-29] Accepted libtool 2.5.4-2.1 (source) into unstable (Helmut Grohne)
[2025-01-12] libtool 2.5.4-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-01-06] Accepted libtool 2.5.4-2 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2024-12-01] Accepted libtool 2.5.4-1 (source arm64 all) into experimental (Alastair McKinstry)
[2024-11-08] libtool 2.4.7-8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-02] Accepted libtool 2.4.7-8 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2024-04-22] Accepted libtool 2.4.7-7~deb12u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Andreas Beckmann)
[2023-08-08] libtool 2.4.7-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-08-02] Accepted libtool 2.4.7-7 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2023-07-15] Accepted libtool 2.4.7-6 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2022-11-28] libtool 2.4.7-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-11-23] Accepted libtool 2.4.7-5 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2022-05-09] libtool 2.4.7-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-05-04] Accepted libtool 2.4.7-4 (source) into unstable (Alastair McKinstry)
[2022-04-10] libtool 2.4.7-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 64 67
RC: 0
I&N: 50 52
M&W: 14 15
F&P: 0
patch: 4

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version: 2.5.4-9
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