bash - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: bash (main)
version: 5.3-4
maintainer: Matthias Klose (DMD)
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.7.4
VCS: unknown

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 5.1-2+deb11u1
oldstable: 5.2.15-2
stable: 5.2.37-2
testing: 5.3-3
unstable: 5.3-4

versioned links

5.1-2+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
5.2.15-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
5.2.37-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
5.3-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
5.3-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

bash (314 bugs: 0, 194, 120, 0)
bash-builtins (5 bugs: 0, 1, 4, 0)
bash-doc (2 bugs: 0, 1, 1, 0)
bash-static

action needed

Problems while searching for a new upstream version high

uscan had problems while searching for a new upstream version:

In debian/watch no matching files for watch source
  ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/

Created: 2025-11-27 Last update: 2026-09-10 14:00

lintian reports 2 errors and 12 warnings high

Lintian reports 2 errors and 12 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-09-05 Last update: 2026-09-05 01:31

34 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 34 bugs (38 if counting merged bugs), consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-09-02 Last update: 2026-09-10 17:30

The package has not entered testing even though the delay is over normal

The package has not entered testing even though the 5-day delay is over. Check why.

Created: 2026-09-09 Last update: 2026-09-10 15:01

Multiarch hinter reports 1 issue(s) low

There are issues with the multiarch metadata for this package.

bash-doc could be marked Multi-Arch: foreign

Created: 2016-09-14 Last update: 2026-09-10 12:05

debian/patches: 33 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 33 debian patches available in version 5.3-4 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

33 patches 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: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2026-09-04 21:04

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: 2025-09-06 05:00

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for bash (5.3-3 to 5.3-4): BLOCKED: Rejected/violates migration policy/introduces a regression
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for atuin/18.20.0+ds-1: arm64: Pass ♻, i386: Pass ♻
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for ca-certificates-java/20260311: amd64: Pass, arm64: Failed (not a regression) ♻ (reference ♻), armhf: Regression ♻ (reference ♻), i386: Regression ♻ (reference ♻), ppc64el: Failed (not a regression) ♻ (reference ♻), riscv64: Failed (not a regression) ♻ (reference ♻)
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for leiningen-clojure/2.11.2-3: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Failed (not a regression) ♻ (reference ♻), i386: Reference test triggered, but real test failed already ♻, ppc64el: Failed (not a regression) ♻ (reference ♻), riscv64: Failed (not a regression) ♻ (reference ♻)
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for metalog/20260811-1: i386: Pass ♻
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for openjdk-21/21.0.12.1+1-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), riscv64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored)
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for openjdk-25/25.0.4+7-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), riscv64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored)
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for openjdk-26/26.0.2.1+1-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), riscv64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored)
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for openjdk-27/27~34ea-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), riscv64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored)
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for xonsh/0.22.8+dfsg-1: i386: Pass ♻
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for xonsh/0.24.0+dfsg-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Regression ♻ (reference ♻)
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/b/bash.html
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on amd64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on arm64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on armhf - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on i386 - info
- ∙ ∙ 6 days old (needed 5 days)
- Not considered

news

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[2026-09-04] Accepted bash 5.3-4 (source) into unstable (Matthias Klose)
[2026-05-13] bash 5.3-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-05-03] Accepted bash 5.3-3 (source) into unstable (Matthias Klose)
[2026-02-22] bash 5.3-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-02-13] Accepted bash 5.3-2 (source) into unstable (Matthias Klose)
[2025-09-08] bash 5.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-09-03] Accepted bash 5.3-1 (source) into unstable (Matthias Klose)
[2025-06-11] Accepted bash 5.3~rc2-1 (source) into experimental (Matthias Klose)
[2025-04-14] bash 5.2.37-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-09] Accepted bash 5.3~rc1-1 (source) into experimental (Matthias Klose)
[2025-04-09] Accepted bash 5.2.37-2 (source) into unstable (Matthias Klose)
[2025-02-26] bash 5.2.37-1.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-21] Accepted bash 5.2.37-1.1 (source) into unstable (Niels Thykier)
[2025-01-21] Accepted bash 5.3~beta1-1 (source) into experimental (Matthias Klose)
[2024-12-10] bash 5.2.37-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-12-05] Accepted bash 5.2.37-1 (source) into unstable (Matthias Klose)
[2024-08-25] bash 5.2.32-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-08-20] Accepted bash 5.3~alpha1-1 (source) into experimental (Matthias Klose)
[2024-08-20] Accepted bash 5.2.32-1 (source) into unstable (Matthias Klose)
[2024-06-14] bash 5.2.21-2.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-06-06] Accepted bash 5.2.21-2.1 (source) into unstable (Helmut Grohne)
[2023-12-01] bash 5.2.21-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-11-26] Accepted bash 5.2.21-2 (source) into unstable (Matthias Klose)
[2023-11-25] Accepted bash 5.2.21-1 (source) into unstable (Matthias Klose)
[2023-01-09] bash 5.2.15-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-02] Accepted bash 5.2.15-2 (source) into unstable (Matthias Klose)
[2022-12-31] Accepted bash 5.2.15-1 (source) into unstable (Matthias Klose)
[2022-12-31] Accepted bash 5.2+dfsg-0.1 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2022-12-31] Accepted bash 5.2-3 (source) into unstable (Matthias Klose)
[2022-10-31] bash 5.2-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 307 336
RC: 0
I&N: 184 207
M&W: 123 129
F&P: 0
patch: 34 38

links

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ubuntu

[Information about Ubuntu for Debian Developers]

version: 5.3-3ubuntu1
218 bugs (9 patches)
patches for 5.3-3ubuntu1