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general
  • source: apt (main)
  • version: 3.3.3
  • maintainer: APT Development Team (archive) (DMD)
  • uploaders: Julian Andres Klode [DMD] – Michael Vogt [DMD] – David Kalnischkies [DMD]
  • arch: all any
  • std-ver: 4.1.1
  • VCS: Git (Browse, QA)
versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]
[pool directory]
  • o-o-stable: 2.2.4
  • oldstable: 2.6.1
  • stable: 3.0.3
  • testing: 3.3.3
  • unstable: 3.3.3
versioned links
  • 2.2.4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2.6.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 3.0.3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 3.3.3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • apt (1113 bugs: 0, 534, 579, 0)
  • apt-doc (2 bugs: 0, 1, 1, 0)
  • apt-transport-https (4 bugs: 0, 3, 1, 0)
  • apt-utils (43 bugs: 0, 25, 18, 0)
  • libapt-pkg-dev (7 bugs: 0, 0, 7, 0)
  • libapt-pkg-doc (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
  • libapt-pkg7.0
action needed
Debci reports failed tests high
  • unstable: pass (log)
    The tests ran in 0:16:34
    Last run: 2026-05-18T02:56:14.000Z
    Previous status: unknown

  • testing: pass (log)
    The tests ran in 0:19:09
    Last run: 2026-07-22T23:35:04.000Z
    Previous status: unknown

  • stable: fail (log)
    The tests ran in 0:14:11
    Last run: 2026-08-09T04:40:57.000Z
    Previous status: unknown

Created: 2025-03-24 Last update: 2026-08-22 08:01
lintian reports 10 errors and 26 warnings high
Lintian reports 10 errors and 26 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.
Created: 2026-08-15 Last update: 2026-08-16 23:00
48 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal
The BTS contains patches fixing 48 bugs (52 if counting merged bugs), consider including or untagging them.
Created: 2026-08-15 Last update: 2026-08-22 07:30
Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal
The packages that apt depends on which need a new maintainer are:
  • db5.3 (#1055356)
    • Depends: libdb5.3t64
  • db-defaults (#1055344)
    • Build-Depends: libdb-dev
  • docbook-xsl (#802370)
    • Build-Depends: docbook-xsl
Created: 2023-09-01 Last update: 2026-08-22 07:00
3 new commits since last upload, is it time to release? normal
vcswatch reports that this package seems to have new commits in its VCS but has not yet updated debian/changelog. You should consider updating the Debian changelog and uploading this new version into the archive.

Here are the relevant commit logs:
commit d8f548e00ca4d16829de13a62fa8fafa9d5cd97b
Merge: d0598642 13dac318
Author: Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Aug 17 12:38:27 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'cmdline-add-remaining-help' into 'main'
    
    cmdline: add help for remaining apt commands
    
    See merge request apt-team/apt!611

commit 13dac3188143a5a9a0ba55908de5d3cf766c7c8f
Author: Zara Grigoryan <zara.grigoryan@canonical.com>
Date:   Fri Aug 14 05:14:17 2026 +0000

    cmdline: add help for remaining apt commands
    
    Add concise usage and description text for history and compatibility commands that previously showed only declarative option help.
    
    Reuse canonical cleanup help for legacy aliases and extend integration coverage for the new prose, aliases, and inherited options.

commit d059864253d7a77fe4378700aa72fec146aa5dff
Author: Américo Monteiro <a_monteiro@gmx.com>
Date:   Mon Aug 17 11:07:54 2026 +0000

    Portuguese manpages translation update
    
    Closes: #1144491


https://salsa.debian.org/api/v4/projects/apt-team%2Fapt API request failed: 401 Unauthorized at /srv/qa.debian.org/data/vcswatch/vcswatch line 410.
Created: 2026-08-17 Last update: 2026-08-17 14:01
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 4.1.1).
Created: 2018-01-04 Last update: 2026-08-14 21:16
testing migrations
  • This package will soon be part of the auto-openssl transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.
news
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  • [2026-08-19] apt 3.3.3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2026-08-14] Accepted apt 3.3.3 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
  • [2026-08-11] apt 3.3.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2026-07-30] Accepted apt 3.3.2 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
  • [2026-05-29] apt 3.3.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2026-05-17] Accepted apt 3.3.1 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
  • [2026-05-01] Accepted apt 3.3.0 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
  • [2026-04-10] apt 3.2.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2026-04-07] Accepted apt 3.2.0 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
  • [2026-02-20] apt 3.1.16 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2026-02-17] Accepted apt 3.1.16 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
  • [2026-02-03] apt 3.1.15 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2026-01-31] Accepted apt 3.1.15 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
  • [2026-01-29] apt 3.1.14 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2026-01-23] Accepted apt 3.1.14 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
  • [2026-01-08] apt 3.1.13 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2026-01-05] Accepted apt 3.1.13 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
  • [2025-11-13] apt 3.1.12 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-11-10] Accepted apt 3.1.12 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
  • [2025-10-28] apt 3.1.11 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-10-26] Accepted apt 3.1.11 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
  • [2025-10-25] Accepted apt 3.1.10 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
  • [2025-10-24] apt 3.1.9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-10-21] Accepted apt 3.1.9 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
  • [2025-10-07] apt 3.1.8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-10-04] Accepted apt 3.1.8 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
  • [2025-10-02] Accepted apt 3.1.7 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
  • [2025-10-02] apt 3.1.6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-09-26] Accepted apt 3.1.6 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
  • [2025-09-02] apt 3.1.5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
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bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 1081 1196
  • RC: 0
  • I&N: 521 574
  • M&W: 558 620
  • F&P: 2
  • patch: 48 52
  • NC: 5
links
  • lintian (10, 26)
  • buildd: logs, reproducibility, cross
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