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source: m4 (main)
version: 1.4.20-2
maintainer: Santiago Vila (DMD)
arch: all 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]

o-o-stable: 1.4.18-5
oldstable: 1.4.19-3
stable: 1.4.19-8
testing: 1.4.20-1
unstable: 1.4.20-2

versioned links

1.4.18-5: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.4.19-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.4.19-8: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.4.20-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.4.20-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

m4 (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
m4-doc

action needed

lintian reports 1 warning normal

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

Created: 2025-10-05 Last update: 2025-10-05 04:30

debian/patches: 1 patch to forward upstream low

Among the 1 debian patch available in version 1.4.20-2 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

1 patch 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: 2025-10-05 Last update: 2025-10-05 09:01

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for m4 (1.4.20-1 to 1.4.20-2): Waiting for test results or another package, or too young (no action required now - check later)
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ autopkgtest for circuit-macros/10.1.4-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ autopkgtest for gcc-13/13.4.0-4: amd64: Pass, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ autopkgtest for gcc-15/15.2.0-4: amd64: Pass, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ autopkgtest for m4/1.4.20-2: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ autopkgtest for pycirkuit/0.5.1-3.1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ autopkgtest for refpolicy/2:2.20250213-10: amd64: Pass, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Too young, only 2 of 5 days old
- Additional info:
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/m/m4.html
- ∙ ∙ Reproducible on amd64 - info ♻
- ∙ ∙ Waiting for reproducibility test results on arm64 - info ♻
- Not considered

news

[2025-10-04] Accepted m4 1.4.20-2 (source) into unstable (Santiago Vila)
[2025-09-04] m4 1.4.20-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-09-01] Accepted m4 1.4.20-1 (source) into unstable (Santiago Vila)
[2025-05-01] m4 1.4.19-8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-20] Accepted m4 1.4.19-8 (source) into unstable (Santiago Vila)
[2025-03-08] m4 1.4.19-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-03-05] Accepted m4 1.4.19-7 (source) into unstable (Santiago Vila)
[2025-03-05] Accepted m4 1.4.19-6 (source) into unstable (Santiago Vila)
[2025-01-10] m4 1.4.19-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-01-07] Accepted m4 1.4.19-5 (source) into unstable (Santiago Vila)
[2023-09-09] m4 1.4.19-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-09-03] Accepted m4 1.4.19-4 (source) into unstable (Santiago Vila)
[2023-02-08] m4 1.4.19-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-02-03] Accepted m4 1.4.19-3 (source) into unstable (Santiago Vila)
[2023-01-11] m4 1.4.19-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-05] Accepted m4 1.4.19-2 (source) into unstable (Santiago Vila)
[2022-08-21] m4 1.4.19-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-08-15] Accepted m4 1.4.19-1 (source) into unstable (Santiago Vila)
[2021-01-11] m4 1.4.18-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-01-06] Accepted m4 1.4.18-5 (source) into unstable (Santiago Vila)
[2019-11-08] m4 1.4.18-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-11-03] Accepted m4 1.4.18-4 (source) into unstable (Santiago Vila)
[2019-11-03] Accepted m4 1.4.18-3 (source) into unstable (Santiago Vila)
[2018-12-07] m4 1.4.18-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-12-01] Accepted m4 1.4.18-2 (source) into unstable (Santiago Vila)
[2017-01-16] m4 1.4.18-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-01-05] Accepted m4 1.4.18-1 (source) into unstable (Santiago Vila)
[2015-12-30] m4 1.4.17-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2015-12-24] Accepted m4 1.4.17-5 (source) into unstable (Santiago Vila)
[2014-05-23] m4 1.4.17-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

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bugs [bug history graph]

all: 1
RC: 0
I&N: 0
M&W: 1
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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