base-passwd - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: base-passwd (main)
version: 3.6.8
maintainer: Shadow package maintainers (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Marc Haber [DMD] – Colin Watson [DMD]
arch: any
std-ver: 3.9.8
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 3.5.51
oldstable: 3.6.1
stable: 3.6.7
testing: 3.6.8
unstable: 3.6.8

versioned links

3.5.51: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.6.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.6.7: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.6.8: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

base-passwd (36 bugs: 0, 23, 13, 0)

action needed

Standards version of the package is outdated. high

The package is severely out of date with respect to the Debian Policy. The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 3.9.8).

Created: 2017-09-13 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01

1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 1 bug, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-06-02 Last update: 2026-08-11 17:30

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 3.6.9, 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 a080557e1d5995dfc8b840f0942751d1b339885c
Author: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Nov 21 11:06:47 2025 +0000

    Drop "Rules-Requires-Root: no", default as of dpkg-dev 1.22.13

https://salsa.debian.org/api/v4/projects/debian%2Fbase-passwd API request failed: 401 Unauthorized at /srv/qa.debian.org/data/vcswatch/vcswatch line 410.

Created: 2025-11-21 Last update: 2026-08-10 06:30

lintian reports 3 warnings normal

Lintian reports 3 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-11-03 Last update: 2026-03-01 04:30

news

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[2025-11-08] base-passwd 3.6.8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-11-03] Accepted base-passwd 3.6.8 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2025-03-29] base-passwd 3.6.7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-03-23] Accepted base-passwd 3.6.7 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2025-01-04] base-passwd 3.6.6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-12-29] Accepted base-passwd 3.6.6 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2024-10-27] base-passwd 3.6.5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-10-21] Accepted base-passwd 3.6.5 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2024-07-06] base-passwd 3.6.4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-07-01] Accepted base-passwd 3.6.4 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2023-12-04] base-passwd 3.6.3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-11-29] Accepted base-passwd 3.6.3 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2023-10-23] base-passwd 3.6.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-10-17] Accepted base-passwd 3.6.2 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2022-09-25] base-passwd 3.6.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-09-20] Accepted base-passwd 3.6.1 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2022-08-22] base-passwd 3.6.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-08-17] Accepted base-passwd 3.6.0 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2021-09-30] base-passwd 3.5.52 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-09-24] Accepted base-passwd 3.5.52 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2021-07-17] base-passwd 3.5.51 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-07-10] Accepted base-passwd 3.5.51 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2021-05-16] Accepted base-passwd 3.5.50 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2021-02-12] base-passwd 3.5.49 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-02-12] base-passwd 3.5.49 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-02-06] Accepted base-passwd 3.5.49 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2020-10-17] base-passwd 3.5.48 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-10-11] Accepted base-passwd 3.5.48 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2019-12-22] base-passwd 3.5.47 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-12-17] Accepted base-passwd 3.5.47 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 35 37
RC: 0
I&N: 22 24
M&W: 13
F&P: 0
patch: 1

links

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version: 3.6.8