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general

source: cracklib2 (main)
version: 2.9.6-2
maintainer: Jan Dittberner (DMD) (LowNMU)
uploaders: Martin Pitt [DMD]
arch: any
std-ver: 4.3.0
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 2.9.2-1
oldstable: 2.9.2-5
stable: 2.9.6-2
testing: 2.9.6-2
unstable: 2.9.6-2

versioned links

2.9.2-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.9.2-5: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.9.6-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

cracklib-runtime (4 bugs: 0, 2, 2, 0)
libcrack2
libcrack2-dev
libcrack2-udeb
python-cracklib (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
python3-cracklib

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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 line
  https://github.com/cracklib/cracklib/tags .*/cracklib-?(\d\S+)\.tar\.gz

Created: 2019-02-21 Last update: 2019-08-19 07:09

1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal

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

Created: 2019-05-04 Last update: 2019-08-19 09:34

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

The packages that cracklib2 depends on which need a new maintainer are:

docbook-xml (#802368)
- Build-Depends: docbook-xml

Created: 2017-12-02 Last update: 2019-08-19 09:00

Multiarch hinter reports 1 issue(s) normal

There are issues with the multiarch metadata for this package.

libcrack2-dev could be marked Multi-Arch: same

Created: 2019-01-02 Last update: 2019-08-19 06:54

5 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 ac31ab23c7b3fca3c1e972921656753a0cb1296c
Author: Jan Dittberner <jandd@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Dec 31 12:04:55 2018 +0100

    releasing package cracklib2 version 2.9.6-2

commit 8f00666d77d1b5a0dc22f21f28b0288e54248d6f
Author: Jan Dittberner <jandd@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Dec 31 11:58:37 2018 +0100

    Apply patch by Helmut Grohne to fix FTCBFS (Closes: #913401)
    
    Multiarchify python Build-Depends
    Tell setup.py what to cross for
    Honour DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck

commit 84b89393b7348eef2bdae6246d3c3965f7ba2028
Author: Jan Dittberner <jandd@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Dec 31 11:53:58 2018 +0100

    debian/control: Bump Standards-Version to 4.3.0 (no changes)

commit 2cd35f0a3c7db14accac22691343cbb62cd0d019
Author: Jan Dittberner <jandd@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Dec 31 11:47:39 2018 +0100

    Add patch by Helmut Grohne to fix FTBFS with nopython build profile (Closes: #917835)

commit fefdd1cce07217ffb0bc08c922c41b1d21d8bb5e
Author: Jan Dittberner <jandd@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Dec 31 11:45:03 2018 +0100

    Add missing 2.9.6-1 changelog bug tracker references

Created: 2018-12-31 Last update: 2019-08-17 04:45

lintian reports 2 warnings normal

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

Created: 2019-08-14 Last update: 2019-08-14 03:06

1 ignored security issue in jessie low

There is 1 open security issue in jessie.

1 issue skipped by the security teams:

CVE-2016-6318: Stack-based buffer overflow in the FascistGecosUser function in lib/fascist.c in cracklib allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) or gain privileges via a long GECOS field, involving longbuffer.

Please fix it.

Created: 2016-08-16 Last update: 2019-07-07 09:00

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.4.0 instead of 4.3.0).

Created: 2019-07-08 Last update: 2019-07-08 20:07

news

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[2019-01-05] cracklib2 2.9.6-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-12-31] Accepted cracklib2 2.9.6-2 (source amd64) into unstable (Jan Dittberner)
[2018-12-28] Accepted cracklib2 2.9.6-1 (source amd64) into unstable (Jan Dittberner)
[2018-04-07] cracklib2 2.9.2-5.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-04-01] Accepted cracklib2 2.9.2-5.2 (source) into unstable (Karsten Merker)
[2018-03-27] cracklib2 2.9.2-5.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-03-21] Accepted cracklib2 2.9.2-5.1 (source armhf) into unstable (Karsten Merker)
[2017-06-01] cracklib2 2.9.2-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-05-27] Accepted cracklib2 2.9.2-5 (source amd64) into unstable (Jan Dittberner)
[2017-04-16] cracklib2 2.9.2-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-04-08] Accepted cracklib2 2.9.2-4 (source amd64) into unstable (Jan Dittberner)
[2016-08-31] cracklib2 2.9.2-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-08-25] Accepted cracklib2 2.9.2-3 (source amd64) into unstable (Jan Dittberner)
[2016-08-23] Accepted cracklib2 2.9.2-2 (source amd64) into unstable (Jan Dittberner)
[2016-08-20] Accepted cracklib2 2.8.19-3+deb7u1 (source amd64) into oldstable (Chris Lamb)
[2014-10-16] cracklib2 2.9.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-10-05] Accepted cracklib2 2.9.2-1 (source amd64) into unstable (Jan Dittberner)
[2014-02-07] cracklib2 2.9.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2014-02-01] Accepted cracklib2 2.9.1-1 (source amd64) (Jan Dittberner)
[2013-11-03] cracklib2 2.9.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2013-10-29] Accepted cracklib2 2.9.0-2 (source amd64) (Martin Pitt)
[2013-08-23] cracklib2 2.9.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2013-08-12] Accepted cracklib2 2.9.0-1 (source amd64) (Jan Dittberner)
[2013-05-30] cracklib2 2.8.22-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2013-05-19] Accepted cracklib2 2.8.22-1 (source amd64) (Jan Dittberner)
[2012-12-23] cracklib2 2.8.19-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-12-12] Accepted cracklib2 2.8.19-3 (source amd64) (Jan Dittberner)
[2012-12-08] Accepted cracklib2 2.8.19-2 (source amd64) (Jan Dittberner)
[2012-05-30] cracklib2 2.8.19-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-05-20] Accepted cracklib2 2.8.19-1 (source amd64) (Jan Dittberner)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 8
RC: 0
I&N: 5
M&W: 3
F&P: 0
patch: 1

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