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general
  • source: emacs (main)
  • version: 1:30.2+1-3
  • maintainer: Rob Browning (DMD)
  • arch: all any
  • std-ver: 3.7.2
  • VCS: Git (Browse, QA)
versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]
[pool directory]
  • o-o-stable: 1:27.1+1-3.1+deb11u5
  • o-o-sec: 1:27.1+1-3.1+deb11u6
  • o-o-p-u: 1:27.1+1-3.1+deb11u5
  • oldstable: 1:28.2+1-15+deb12u4
  • old-sec: 1:28.2+1-15+deb12u4
  • old-bpo: 1:30.1+1-6~bpo12+1
  • stable: 1:30.1+1-6
  • testing: 1:30.2+1-2
  • unstable: 1:30.2+1-3
versioned links
  • 1:27.1+1-3.1+deb11u5: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 1:27.1+1-3.1+deb11u6: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 1:28.2+1-15+deb12u4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 1:30.1+1-6~bpo12+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 1:30.1+1-6: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 1:30.2+1-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 1:30.2+1-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • emacs (101 bugs: 0, 76, 25, 0)
  • emacs-bin-common (3 bugs: 0, 2, 1, 0)
  • emacs-common (28 bugs: 0, 16, 12, 0)
  • emacs-el (3 bugs: 0, 3, 0, 0)
  • emacs-gtk (42 bugs: 0, 40, 2, 0)
  • emacs-lucid (3 bugs: 0, 3, 0, 0)
  • emacs-nox (6 bugs: 0, 6, 0, 0)
  • emacs-pgtk (4 bugs: 0, 4, 0, 0)
action needed
1 security issue in forky high

There is 1 open security issue in forky.

1 important issue:
  • CVE-2026-6861: A flaw was found in GNU Emacs. This vulnerability, a memory corruption issue, occurs when Emacs processes specially crafted SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) data. A local user could exploit this by convincing a victim to open a malicious SVG file, which may lead to a denial of service (DoS) or potentially information disclosure.
Created: 2026-04-23 Last update: 2026-05-05 10:00
Standards version of the package is outdated.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The package is severely out of date with respect to the Debian Policy.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 3.7.2).
Created: 2018-05-28 Last update: 2026-05-05 09:16
lintian reports 11 errors and 62 warnings high
Lintian reports 11 errors and 62 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.
Created: 2025-11-21 Last update: 2026-02-28 06:30
AppStream hints: 6 errors and 9 warnings for emacs-lucid,emacs-pgtk,emacs-gtk,emacs-common,emacs-nox high
AppStream found metadata issues for packages:
  • emacs-gtk: 2 warnings
  • emacs-nox: 1 error and 1 warning
  • emacs-pgtk: 2 errors and 2 warnings
  • emacs-lucid: 2 errors and 2 warnings
  • emacs-common: 1 error and 2 warnings
You should get rid of them to provide more metadata about this software.
Created: 2018-07-30 Last update: 2025-09-24 05:00
16 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal
The BTS contains patches fixing 16 bugs (21 if counting merged bugs), consider including or untagging them.
Created: 2026-04-06 Last update: 2026-05-07 03:30
Fails to build during reproducibility testing normal
A package building reproducibly enables third parties to verify that the source matches the distributed binaries. It has been identified that this source package produced different results, failed to build or had other issues in a test environment. Please read about how to improve the situation!
Created: 2024-05-01 Last update: 2026-05-07 01:31
debian/patches: 18 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 26 debian patches available in version 1:30.2+1-3 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

  • 18 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: 2026-05-05 17:02
1 low-priority security issue in trixie low

There is 1 open security issue in trixie.

1 issue left for the package maintainer to handle:
  • CVE-2026-6861: (needs triaging) A flaw was found in GNU Emacs. This vulnerability, a memory corruption issue, occurs when Emacs processes specially crafted SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) data. A local user could exploit this by convincing a victim to open a malicious SVG file, which may lead to a denial of service (DoS) or potentially information disclosure.

You can find information about how to handle this issue in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2026-04-23 Last update: 2026-05-05 10:00
1 low-priority security issue in bookworm low

There is 1 open security issue in bookworm.

1 issue left for the package maintainer to handle:
  • CVE-2026-6861: (needs triaging) A flaw was found in GNU Emacs. This vulnerability, a memory corruption issue, occurs when Emacs processes specially crafted SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) data. A local user could exploit this by convincing a victim to open a malicious SVG file, which may lead to a denial of service (DoS) or potentially information disclosure.

You can find information about how to handle this issue in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2026-04-23 Last update: 2026-05-05 10:00
testing migrations
  • excuses:
    • Migration status for emacs (1:30.2+1-2 to 1:30.2+1-3): Waiting for test results or another package, or too young (no action required now - check later)
    • Issues preventing migration:
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for automake: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for cflow: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for clues-emacs: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for dh-elpa: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for elpa-migemo: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for elpa-snakemake: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for elpa-undo-tree: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for emacs-buttercup: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for emacs-dape: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for emacs-deferred: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for emacs-jabber: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for emacs-keymap-popup: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for ement-el: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for evil-el: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for fsm-el: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for gnupg2: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered (will not be considered a regression) ♻ (reference ♻), ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for goto-chg-el: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for ido-vertical-mode: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for imediff: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for magit: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for notmuch: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for org-drill: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for org-roam: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for package-lint-el: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for racket-mode: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for rdtool: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for rtags: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for sepia: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for slime: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for tiarra: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for tuareg-mode: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for uim: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for vm: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for with-simulated-input-el: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for ws-butler: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • Additional info (not blocking):
    • ∙ ∙ Updating emacs will fix bugs in testing: #1129189
    • ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/e/emacs.html
    • ∙ ∙ Not reproduced on amd64 (not a regression): emacs-common, emacs-gtk, emacs-lucid, emacs-nox, emacs-pgtk
    • ∙ ∙ Not reproduced on arm64 (not a regression): emacs-common, emacs-gtk, emacs-lucid, emacs-nox, emacs-pgtk
    • ∙ ∙ Not reproduced on armhf (not a regression): emacs-common, emacs-gtk, emacs-lucid, emacs-nox, emacs-pgtk
    • ∙ ∙ Reproducibility check waiting for results on i386
    • ∙ ∙ Reproducibility check waiting for results on ppc64el
    • ∙ ∙ 2 days old (needed 2 days)
    • Not considered
news
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  • [2026-05-05] Accepted emacs 1:30.2+1-3 (source) into unstable (Rob Browning)
  • [2025-12-05] emacs 1:30.2+1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-11-20] Accepted emacs 1:30.2+1-2 (source) into unstable (Sean Whitton)
  • [2025-11-15] emacs 1:30.2+1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-11-09] Accepted emacs 1:30.2+1-1 (source) into unstable (Rob Browning)
  • [2025-09-02] emacs 1:30.1+1-9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-08-26] Accepted emacs 1:30.1+1-9 (source) into unstable (Rob Browning)
  • [2025-08-20] emacs 1:30.1+1-8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-08-10] Accepted emacs 1:30.1+1-8 (source) into unstable (Sean Whitton)
  • [2025-07-29] Accepted emacs 1:30.1+1-6~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Sean Whitton)
  • [2025-07-25] Accepted emacs 1:30.1+1-7 (source) into experimental (Sean Whitton)
  • [2025-07-25] emacs 1:30.1+1-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-07-18] Accepted emacs 1:30.1+1-6 (source) into unstable (Sean Whitton)
  • [2025-04-04] Accepted emacs 1:30.1+1-5~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Sean Whitton)
  • [2025-04-04] emacs 1:30.1+1-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-03-30] Accepted emacs 1:30.1+1-5 (source) into unstable (Sean Whitton)
  • [2025-03-11] emacs 1:30.1+1-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-03-09] Accepted emacs 1:30.1+1-4~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Sean Whitton)
  • [2025-03-06] Accepted emacs 1:30.1+1-4 (source) into unstable (Sean Whitton)
  • [2025-03-01] emacs 1:30.1+1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-02-28] Accepted emacs 1:28.2+1-15+deb12u4 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sean Whitton)
  • [2025-02-27] Accepted emacs 1:28.2+1-15+deb12u4 (source) into stable-security (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sean Whitton)
  • [2025-02-27] Accepted emacs 1:30.1+1-3~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Sean Whitton)
  • [2025-02-27] Accepted emacs 1:27.1+1-3.1+deb11u6 (source) into oldstable-security (Sean Whitton)
  • [2025-02-26] Accepted emacs 1:30.1+1-3 (source) into unstable (Sean Whitton)
  • [2025-02-25] Accepted emacs 1:30.1+1-2 (source) into unstable (Sean Whitton)
  • [2025-02-24] Accepted emacs 1:30.1+1-1 (source) into unstable (Sean Whitton)
  • [2025-02-17] emacs 1:29.4+1-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-02-12] Accepted emacs 1:29.4+1-6 (source) into unstable (Sean Whitton)
  • [2025-01-23] emacs 1:29.4+1-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
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bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 194 210
  • RC: 0
  • I&N: 154 166
  • M&W: 40 44
  • F&P: 0
  • patch: 16 21
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