-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Format: 1.8 Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:21:13 +0100 Source: dpkg Architecture: source Version: 1.23.0 Distribution: unstable Urgency: medium Maintainer: Dpkg Developers <debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org> Changed-By: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> Closes: 432893 703364 737634 1026319 1078764 1095231 1100413 1106148 1107971 1108192 1108386 1110172 1110873 1111617 1115250 1115292 1119906 1121657 1122107 Changes: dpkg (1.23.0) unstable; urgency=medium . [ Guillem Jover ] * Pass --format=xz explicitly to xz on decompression. * dpkg-divert: Clarify default behavior change timeline. * dpkg: Remove obsolete --forget-old-unavail from --help output. * Add vendor specific support for fuzzy source vs version nativeness. Closes: #737634 * dpkg-deb: Fix cleanup for control member with restricted directories. Reported by zhutyra on HackerOne. * dpkg: Use maintscript name instead of untranslated description in error messages. * dpkg: Unify maintainer script error messages. * dpkg: Print maintscript fallback success message after finishing actions. * Improve subprocess exit message. * update-alternatives: Move debug message from call site into alternative_prepare_install(). * Shallow pass at clarifying debug messages. * update-alternatives: Clarify in --help output that the «...» refers to --slave. * dpkg-query: Improve --list header ASCII art. Suggested by No Comment <mowglithemaniac@gmail.com>. * dselect, libdpkg: Use Ctrl+<name> instead of ^<name> in messages. * dpkg-split: Obsolete --msdos option which no longer does anything. * Remove support for MSDOS-Filename field. * dpkg-shlibdeps: Add a debug print when overriding file to package mappings. See #1115395. * Use invalid instead of illegal in symbol names and output messages. * dpkg: Improve commands acting on the available file from standard input. Closes: #1119906 * Use «package metadata» instead of «control information». * dpkg: Use MAXCONTROLFILENAME instead of 50 or 250 in format string precision. * dpkg-split: Mark strings for translation. * start-stop-daemon: Update list of change contributors. * Do not use contractions in output messages. * Reword --help options descriptions to fit again in 80 columns. * dpkg-source: Use Dpkg::BuildProfiles to parse the Build-Profiles field. * dpkg-source: Add a new profile:v1 property in Package-List field. See https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/11/msg00333.html. * Use valid instead of legal in output messages and code comments. * dpkg-source: Add support for --signer-certs option. Closes: #1110172 * dpkg-source: Add new --no-vendor-certs extract option. * dpkg: Do not run the postinst during cleanup if the previous state was bad. Based on a patch by Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>. Closes: #432893 * dpkg: Mark reinstreq during unpack as late as possible, not before prerm. Thanks to Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>. * Architecture support: - Accept sparcv9 as an alias for GNU CPU name sparc64. - Remove kopensolaris-any support. See commit 602261f1f3e3143b0b668d3ae185fb600b4ed18c. See https://github.com/dtbartle/glibc-opensolaris (2009-04). See https://github.com/ip1981/kopensolaris-glibc (2015-01). - Remove kfreebsd-any support. See https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2023/05/msg00306.html. - Remove support for powerpcspe. * Portability: - Use portable POSIX «cp» options -RPp instead -a. * Perl modules: - Dpkg::Vendor: Parametrize vendor and field names in diagnostic messages. - Dpkg: Bump PROGVERSION to 1.23.x. - Dpkg::Build::Info: Remove deprecated module. - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::Sequoia: Do not run sq/sqv to verify with no keyrings. Closes: #1106148 - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::Sequoia: Run sq in stateless mode for verification. Suggested by Neal H. Walfield <neal@sequoia-pgp.org>. - Dpkg::Compression: Uncomment compression_get_property() deprecation warning. - Dpkg::Control::FieldsCore: Remove implicit argument use in field_transfer_single(). - Dpkg::Shlibs::SymbolFile: Remove deprecated ignore blacklist support. - Dpkg::Source::Package: Move non-native version build check from 3.0 (quilt) to 2.0. - Dpkg::Source::Package: Add format vs version coherence warnings on extract. - Dpkg::Source::Package::V1: Remove redundant -r option for cp. - Test::Dpkg: Refactor all_shell_files() function. - Test::Dpkg: Add all maintscripts to all_shell_files(). - Test::Dpkg: Refactor all_pod_modules() function. - Test::Dpkg: Optimize modules skipping in all_pod_modules(). - Test::Dpkg: Do not export directory getters. - Test::Dpkg: Refactor test files scan function. - Test::Dpkg: Extend all_shell_files() to return all shell scripts. - Dpkg::BuildDriver::DebianRules: Fix uninitialized Perl variables. Closes: #1107971 - Dpkg::BuildDriver::DebianRules: Fix R³ dpkg/target/<target> values handling. - Dpkg::BuildDriver::DebianRules: Improve R³ dpkg/<keyword> fallback matching. - Dpkg::BuildTree: Fix needs_root() for R³ with implementation specific keywords. See #1107971. - Dpkg::SysInfo: Refactor number of processes retrieval into new module. - Dpkg::Shlibs: Remove DEB_TARGET_ARCH handling from setup_library_paths(). Reported by Helmut Grohne <helmutg@debian.org>. - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend: Do not mark hint command as translatable. - Dpkg::Source::Package: Print a notice when verifying .dsc signatures. - Dpkg::Source::Package: Print the keyrings used during verification. Closes: #703364 - Dpkg::OpenPGP: Add own error for missing keyrings in verify functions. - Dpkg::BuildDriver::DebianRules: Use a default debian_rules value. - Dpkg::Source::Package::V3::Git: Use «git submodule» for its status. Suggested by Daniel Gröber <dxld@darkboxed.org>. Closes: #1100413 - Dpkg::OpenPGP: Do not run verify with no keyrings. Closes: #1111617 - Dpkg::BuildDriver::DebianRules: Unify debian/rules fixer with source extract. - Dpkg::Source::Package: Remove debian/rules fixer at extract time. Closes: #1078764 - Dpkg::IPC: Deprecate nocheck option and rename it to no_check. - Dpkg::Source::Patch: Deprecate nofinish option and rename it to no_finish. - Dpkg::Deps::Simple: Move dependency regex into its own variable. - Dpkg::Compression: Move global regexes into compression_get_file_extension_regex. - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::GnuPG: Use TEMPLATE instead of argument in newdir. - Dpkg::Source: Rename $tmp to $tmpdir. - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::SOP: Switch _sop_exec to get all options in a hash. - Dpkg::Shlibs::SymbolFile: Switch wantarray from a ternary operator to if/else. - Dpkg::Shlibs::SymbolFile: Rename file option to filename. - Dpkg::Changelog::Parse: Deprecate file option and rename it to filename. - Dpkg::Lock: Restructure file_lock code to make it easier to add fallback. - Dpkg::Lock: Avoid using eval for the File::FcntlLock new and lock calls. - Dpkg::Lock: Fallback to use File::FcntlLock::Pure if File::FcntlLock fails. - Dselect::Method::Config: New module. - Dselect::Method::Media: New module to refactor get_disk_label(). - Dpkg::Vendor: Add branch hardening flags to LDFLAGS. Thanks to Simon Chopin <schopin@ubuntu.com>. Closes: #1115292 - Test::Dpkg: Rename test_needs_srcdir_switch() to test_chdir_srcdir(). - Dpkg::Shlibs: Use a hash to track libdir repeats when parsing ld.so.conf. - Dpkg::Shlibs: Assign from s///r instead of via topic variable. - Dpkg::Shlibs::Objdump::Object: Do not assign readline to $_ on discard. - Dpkg::Vendor::Debian: Add comment about current state of -fcf-protection. - Dpkg::BuildInfo: Allow LFLAGS (lex/flex) and YFLAGS (yacc/bison) variables. - Dpkg::BuildInfo: Allow LANGUAGE variable. - Dpkg::BuildInfo: Allow LOCPATH, NLSPATH, I18NPATH and GCONV_PATH variables. - Dpkg::BuildInfo: Allow TZ, TZDIR and DATEMSK variables. - Dpkg::BuildInfo: Allow ld.so run-time variables. - Dpkg::BuildInfo: Allow resolver specific variables. - Dpkg::BuildInfo: Allow POSIXLY_CORRECT and GETCONF_DIR variables. - Dpkg::BuildProfiles: Add new build_profile_is_invalid function. - Dpkg::BuildProfiles: Make parser more strict. Closes: #1121657 - Dpkg::Shlibs::Objdump::Object: Add support for "Version References" symbols. Closes: #1122107 - Dpkg::Source::Package: Deprecate implicit trusted GnuPG keyrings. - Dpkg::OpenPGP::Backend::GnuPG: Deprecate KeyBox formatted keyrings. - Dpkg::Vendor::Debian: Use .pgp keyrings instead of .gpg ones. - Dpkg::Vendor::Devuan: Use .pgp keyrings instead of .gpg ones. - Dpkg::Control::FieldsCore: Deprecate SC field export rules in binary stanza. Prompted by Richard Hansen <rhansen@rhansen.org>. See https://bugs.debian.org/1117566. - Dpkg::Control::FieldsCore: Do not autovivify %FIELDS entries on getters. - Dpkg::Substvars: Add support for implicit substvars assigned with $=. * Make fragments: - Switch to use GNU make intcmp instead of relying on shell. Prompted by Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>. See https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/12/msg00039.html. * Documentation: - doc: Make README.* files fully machine readable. - doc: Add space after comment and TODO/XXX marker. - man: Clarify when dpkg-maintscript-helpers might need Pre-Depends on dpkg. Closes: #1108386 - man: Document DEB_BUILD_PROFILES in all tools honoring the env variable. - man: Add a reference to build profiles in dpkg-buildflags. Closes: #1026319 - man: Itemize deb(5) and deb-split(5). - man: Fix DPKG_ROOT documentation in dpkg(1). Closes: #1110873 - man: Document DPKG_ROOT also as an external environment variable for dpkg. - man: Switch from .orig-<component>.tar to .orig-<addon>.tar. Closes: #1095231 - man: Clarify that the archive described is the ar archive in a .deb. - man: Update control examples in deb-control(5) and deb-src-control(5). - man: Add lost detail about parts of a deb-changelog(5) getting ignored. Reported by Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>. - man: Use proper L<> markup for man page references. Reported by Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>. - man: Use «directory» instead of «dir» for dpkg option arguments. Reported by Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>. - man: Add missing dpkg in «supported since» sentence in deb(5). Reported by Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>. - man: Match plural forms in parentheticals in dpkg-buildflags(1). Reported by Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>. - man: Add Multi-Arch field to dpkg-query known fields. Thanks to Nicolas Boulenguez <nicolas@debian.org>. Closes: #1115250 - doc: Update references to mixed old and new C/C++ coding styles. - doc: Document test suite specific environment variables in README. - man: Use command instead of action for dpkg command options. - man: Clarify build profiles syntax. - man: Document accepted syntax for architecture names. - man: Improve architecture documentation. Prompted by Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>. - man: Clarify binary stanza default field values and inheritance rules. - man: Itemize deb-substvars operators. * Code internals: - Quote variables in shell scripts. - Disable intentional or false-positive shellcheck checks. - perl: Switch to use 0o prefix for octal literals. - perl: Switch to «use v5.36» instead of «use strict» and «use warnings». - libdpkg: Do not segfault when adding triggers in no-act mode. Closes: #1108192 - dpkg: Switch from m_asprintf() to str_fmt(). - dpkg: Fix memory leak in maintscript_fallback(). - dpkg: Rename maintscript description variable from buf to scriptdesc. - libdpkg: Enable meminfo_get_available() on GNU/Hurd. Prompted by Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>. See https://lists.debian.org/debian-dpkg/2024/12/msg00004.html. - dpkg: Add a translator comment for the summarized pathname message. - libdpkg: Print () after function name in internerr message. - libdpkg: Add support for debug_at() to print debug messages at a function. - libdpkg, dpkg: Use debug_at() instead of debug() to print function name. - dpkg: Rename maintscript_exec() warn argument to subproc_opts. - dpkg: Pass cidir and cidirrest before scriptname to maintscript functions. - dpkg: Rename maintscript execution functions. - dpkg-gencontrol: Remove unused Dpkg::BuildProfiles import. - scripts: Replace some POSIX imports with Fcntl module. - libdpkg: Switch status abbreviations from char to strings. - perl: Rename regular expression variables from *_re to *_regex. - perl: Fix indentation. - perl: Remove unused File::Temp imports. - perl: Switch from tempfile()/tempdir() to OOP File::Temp interfaces. - perl: Move File::Find::find() options into an actual hashref variable. - perl: Fix indentation for list, listrefs and hashref variable definitions. - perl: Fix indentation for function calls with hash, hashref and listref arguments. - perl: Remove feature pragmas implied by «use VERSION». - Change TRANSLATORS comments style to get better extraction by gettext. - dselect: Remove unused __END__ markers in methods Perl modules. - dselect: Use Dpkg::Version in method scripts instead of calling dpkg. - dselect: Fix Perl syntax in methods scripts (duped parenthesis). - dselect: Fix Perl syntax in methods scripts (unbalanced quoting). - dselect: Use HERE document instead of multi-line string in method script. - dselect: Remove unnecessary trailing semicolon in method scripts. - dselect: Add missing Version field parsing to method scripts. - dselect: Fix variables declaration in «my» operator in media method script. - dselect: Fix open() calls in method scripts. - dselect: Close file descriptors in method scripts. - dselect: Use foreach loops instead of C-style loops in method scripts. - dselect: Declare Perl variables in method scripts with my. - dselect: Use chdir instead of non-existent cd function in method script. - dselect: Use {} for regex substitution operators in method scripts. - dselect: Remove useless topic variable use in split calls in method scripts. - dselect: Use foreach instead of map in void context in method script. - dselect: Use an array variable instead of reusing @_ in method script. - dselect: Do not mix high and low-precedence boolean operators. - dselect: Do not use mixed-case variable names in method scripts. - dselect: Rewrite all methods install scripts from shell to Perl. - dselect: Use intermediate variable for substr handling in method scripts. - dselect: Remove unused $iarch variable in method script. - dselect: Remove unnecessary intermediate variables in method script. - dselect: Use Oo as octal prefix in method scripts. - dselect: Do not use unusual delimiter for tr in method script. - dselect: Do not use boolean operators for code flow except for dying. - dpkg-architecture: Make architecture variables assignment more clear. - scripts: Remove unnecessary terminating 0 in scripts. - perl: Switch from hard tabs to spaces. - perl: Place label before loop keyword. - perl: Fix code indentation. - perl: Place each statement into its own line. - perl: Fix space style. - perl: Fix format and contents of code comments. - dpkg-shlibdeps: Rename global $i to $depstrength. - perl: Place each statement into its own line (round two). - perl: Fix format and contents of code comments (round two). - perl: Fix space style (round two). - perl: Fix code indentation (round two). - perl: Remove unnecessary parenthesis around single «my» variables. - dselect: Do not use boolean operators for code flow except for dying (round two). - dselect: Use named variables instead of topic variable in foreach loops. - libdpkg: Do an early continue in run_cleanups to reduce nesting level. - lib, src: Fix code formatting style of C code (round one). - dselect: Rework curses enable/disable functions to reduce nesting level. - dselect: Fix code formatting style of C++ code (round one). - start-stop-daemon: Change xmalloc() size argument type from int to size_t. - libcompat: Add support for __format_arg__ attribute. - libcompat: Mark gettext functions with __format_arg__ attribute. - dselect: Give a context string to keybinding translations. - Stop using length limited format strings (%.255s/%.250s/%.100s/%.50s). - libdpkg: Double the emergency error message buffer size. * Build system: - Bump minimal Perl version to 5.36.0. - Automatically set test parallelism from make parallelism. - Add new authordistcheck convenience rule. - Add a function definition to compile for the flags checks. - Add support for SHORT_TESTING to avoid running cppcheck. - Disable po4a warning that nags about switch to SimplePod. - Add an editorconfig file. * Packaging: - Use local keyword for function scoped variable in maintscript. - Add libselinux-dev in Build-Depends as alternative to libselinux1-dev. - Remove «Rules-Requires-Root: no», which is the current default. * Test suite: - Use $* instead of $@ when assigning into a string. - Use $() instead of legacy `` for shell command expansion. - Update dselect shell methods files list. - Check shell files pending fixes from shellcheck tests as TODO. - Move Perl version use pragmas as the first things to declare. - Pass soname as a scalar in Dpkg::Shlibs::Symbol->lookup_symbol calls. - Test that we do not allow «anyfoo» as an arch wildcard. - Remove unnecessary semicolon after loop block. - Hardcode number of invariant tests instead of dynamically computing them. - Move test plan to Test::More import. - Do not exit explicitly after a «plan skip_all». - Move update-alternatives test plan as early as possible in the test file. - Move use_ok() calls immediately after use imports. - Switch from «use_ok» to «use ok» for import checks. - Remove duplicate semicolon after statement. * Localization: - Add English UTF-8 translations. - Unfuzzy translations after contraction removal changes. - Unfuzzy translations after format string changes. - Update Catalan translations. - Update Portuguese scripts translation. - Update Swedish scripts translation. . [ Helge Kreutzmann ] * Localization: - Update German man pages translation. - Update German scripts translation. . [ Sven Joachim ] * Localization: - Update German programs translation. 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