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source: lintian (main)
version: 2.128.1
maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers (DMD)
uploaders: Axel Beckert [DMD] – Bastien Roucariès [DMD] – Louis-Philippe Véronneau [DMD] – Maytham Alsudany [DMD]
arch: all
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]

o-o-stable: 2.104.0
oldstable: 2.116.3+deb12u1
stable: 2.122.0
testing: 2.128.1
unstable: 2.128.1

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2.104.0: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.116.3+deb12u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.122.0: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.128.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

lintian (508 bugs: 1, 211, 296, 0)
lintian-doc

action needed

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

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

cdbs (#1026085)
- Build-Depends: cdbs
intltool-debian (#774187)
- Depends: intltool-debian

Created: 2019-11-22 Last update: 2026-01-09 06:17

2 bugs tagged help in the BTS normal

The BTS contains 2 bugs tagged help, please consider helping the maintainer in dealing with them.

Created: 2019-03-21 Last update: 2026-01-09 06:16

14 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 14 bugs (15 if counting merged bugs), consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2026-01-09 06:16

9 open merge requests in Salsa normal

There are 9 open merge requests for this package on Salsa. You should consider reviewing and/or merging these merge requests.

Created: 2025-09-16 Last update: 2026-01-08 22:32

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 2.129.0, 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 be1b78cb6a2f0f90e2e66d375b6f3b8404fc73fb
Author: Nilesh Patra <nilesh@riseup.net>
Date:   Thu Jan 8 02:27:34 2026 +0530

    Add new tag "testsuite-restrictions-has-deprecated-skip-not-installable" (Closes: #1123542)

commit 4a6dbbf1add8270953ec1f76c6f4df7a78756fa2
Author: James Addison <jay@jp-hosting.net>
Date:   Thu Jan 8 10:36:35 2026 +0000

    Fixup: sort-ordering for test hint
    
    Relates-to commit 883a03a3f075ebd539a31184a5c4937e40d8f4fd.

commit 883a03a3f075ebd539a31184a5c4937e40d8f4fd
Author: James Addison <jay@jp-hosting.net>
Date:   Thu Jan 8 10:33:07 2026 +0000

    Add test coverage for binaries-embedded-libs (minizip) rule
    
    Relates-to commit 47b7b4932178e8bcd4798f0dd92d5b957a9520e0.

commit 47b7b4932178e8bcd4798f0dd92d5b957a9520e0
Author: James Addison <jay@jp-hosting.net>
Date:   Wed Jan 7 09:59:59 2026 +0000

    Detect embedded minizip usage
    
    Closes #1120891

commit 7af275458c208f33c6e515c1fe59bf58744ddd4a
Author: Louis-Philippe Véronneau <pollo@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jan 6 16:09:34 2026 -0500

    Explicitly declare a B-D on libcrypt-dev for t/binaries-obsolete-des
    
    libc6-dev no longer depends on libcrypt-dev in the archive, which made
    this test package fail to build.
    
    Thanks to Sebastian Ramacher for the pointer.

commit 2fd67e52ebc3898829d5e327ddfa14ae8cac887c
Author: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
Date:   Sun Jan 4 15:46:22 2026 +0100

    hardening-no-fortify-functions: fix detection of IEEE 128-bit long double
    
    On ppc64el, long double got changed from IBM 128-bit long double to IEEE
    128-bit long double [1]. This causes many chk functions to appear as
    "__$name_chkieee128", in turns causing many false positive. Note that
    "ieee128" is placed after "chk".
    
    Fix that by updating the regex, allowing "ieee128" after the "chk".
    
    [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2025/08/msg00003.html

commit dab1070e0128958be402d692ae869c2138c411f2
Author: Louis-Philippe Véronneau <pollo@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Jan 1 23:50:13 2026 -0500

    Add 'debian/changelog.tmp' to the gitignore list

commit 0ff47d2de639ef31b51c01019f005f381e4c27e1
Author: Louis-Philippe Véronneau <pollo@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Jan 1 22:44:17 2026 -0500

    bootstrap new release

Created: 2024-07-31 Last update: 2026-01-08 22:32

RFH: The maintainer is looking for help with this package. normal

The current maintainer is looking for someone who can help with the maintenance of this package. If you are interested in this package, please consider helping out. One way you can help is offer to be a co-maintainer or triage bugs in the BTS. Please see bug number #1012289 for more information.

Created: 2022-06-03 Last update: 2022-06-10 06:02

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: 2020-02-26 Last update: 2020-02-26 10:49

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: 2026-01-02 12:30

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[2026-01-07] lintian 2.128.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-02] Accepted lintian 2.128.1 (source) into unstable (Louis-Philippe Véronneau)
[2025-12-31] Accepted lintian 2.128.0 (source) into unstable (Louis-Philippe Véronneau)
[2025-10-22] lintian 2.127.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-16] Accepted lintian 2.127.0 (source) into unstable (Louis-Philippe Véronneau)
[2025-09-25] lintian 2.126.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-09-18] Accepted lintian 2.126.0 (source) into unstable (Louis-Philippe Véronneau)
[2025-09-16] Accepted lintian 2.125.0 (source) into unstable (Louis-Philippe Véronneau)
[2025-09-14] lintian 2.124.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-09-08] Accepted lintian 2.124.0 (source) into unstable (Louis-Philippe Véronneau)
[2025-08-31] lintian 2.123.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-26] Accepted lintian 2.123.0 (source) into unstable (Louis-Philippe Véronneau)
[2025-07-28] Accepted lintian 2.116.3+deb12u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Adrian Bunk)
[2025-04-03] lintian 2.122.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-03-28] Accepted lintian 2.122.0 (source) into unstable (Louis-Philippe Véronneau)
[2025-03-19] Accepted lintian 2.121.2 (source) into unstable (Louis-Philippe Véronneau)
[2025-02-26] lintian 2.121.1+nmu1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-21] Accepted lintian 2.121.1+nmu1 (source) into unstable (Niels Thykier)
[2024-12-12] lintian 2.121.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-12-07] Accepted lintian 2.121.1 (source) into unstable (Louis-Philippe Véronneau)
[2024-12-05] Accepted lintian 2.121.0 (source all) into unstable (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Louis-Philippe Véronneau)
[2024-11-08] lintian 2.120.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-02] Accepted lintian 2.120.0 (source) into unstable (Louis-Philippe Véronneau)
[2024-10-05] lintian 2.119.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-09-29] Accepted lintian 2.119.0 (source) into unstable (Louis-Philippe Véronneau)
[2024-09-16] lintian 2.118.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-09-11] Accepted lintian 2.118.2 (source) into unstable (Louis-Philippe Véronneau)
[2024-09-07] lintian 2.118.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-09-02] Accepted lintian 2.118.1 (source) into unstable (Louis-Philippe Véronneau)
[2024-08-04] lintian 2.118.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 512 525
RC: 1
I&N: 208 215
M&W: 294 299
F&P: 9 10
patch: 14 15
help: 2
NC: 1

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version: 2.126.0ubuntu1
17 bugs
patches for 2.126.0ubuntu1