gdb - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: gdb (main)
version: 17.2-1
maintainer: Debian GDB Team (DMD)
uploaders: Héctor Orón Martínez [DMD] – Sergio Durigan Junior [DMD]
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.7.4
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 10.1-1.7
oldstable: 13.1-3
stable: 16.3-1
stable-bpo: 17.2-1~bpo13+1
testing: 17.1-4
unstable: 17.2-1

versioned links

10.1-1.7: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
13.1-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
16.3-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
17.1-1~bpo13+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
17.1-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
17.2-1~bpo13+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
17.2-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

gdb (52 bugs: 0, 36, 16, 0)
gdb-minimal
gdb-multiarch
gdb-source (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
gdbserver (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)

action needed

lintian reports 1 error and 5 warnings high

Lintian reports 1 error and 5 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-05-11 Last update: 2026-05-11 15:30

debian/patches: 1 patch with invalid metadata, 3 patches to forward upstream high

Among the 5 debian patches available in version 17.2-1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

1 patch with invalid metadata that ought to be fixed.
3 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: 2026-05-11 09:32

1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal

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

Created: 2026-04-06 Last update: 2026-05-12 00:00

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: 2026-03-22 Last update: 2026-05-11 22:17

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for gdb (17.1-4 to 17.2-1): Waiting for test results or another package, or too young (no action required now - check later)
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for aeskeyfind: amd64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for apache-arrow: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered (will not be considered a regression) ♻ (reference ♻)
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for apt: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for cysignals: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for cython: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for debugpy: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for libapp-stacktrace-perl: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for libdevel-gdb-perl: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for libreoffice: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), i386: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), 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 numba: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for odin: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for petsc: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for procdump: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for pydevd: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for python3.13: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for python3.14: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered (will not be considered a regression) ♻ (reference ♻), ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for rsakeyfind: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for rustc: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for valinor: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for vlc: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Too young, only 1 of 5 days old
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/g/gdb.html
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on amd64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on arm64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on armhf - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on i386 - info
- Not considered

news

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[2026-05-10] Accepted gdb 17.2-1~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Sergio Durigan Junior)
[2026-05-10] Accepted gdb 17.2-1 (source) into unstable (Sergio Durigan Junior)
[2026-03-21] gdb 17.1-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-15] Accepted gdb 17.1-4 (source) into unstable (Sergio Durigan Junior)
[2026-02-12] gdb 17.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-02-06] Accepted gdb 17.1-3 (source) into unstable (Sergio Durigan Junior)
[2026-01-26] gdb 17.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-21] Accepted gdb 17.1-2 (source) into unstable (Sergio Durigan Junior)
[2025-12-27] gdb 17.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-12-21] Accepted gdb 17.1-1~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Sergio Durigan Junior)
[2025-12-21] Accepted gdb 17.1-1 (source) into unstable (Sergio Durigan Junior)
[2025-09-15] Accepted gdb 17.0.90-1~exp2 (source) into experimental (Sergio Durigan Junior)
[2025-09-11] gdb 16.3-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-09-07] Accepted gdb 17.0.90-1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Sergio Durigan Junior)
[2025-09-05] Accepted gdb 17.0.50.20250905-1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Sergio Durigan Junior)
[2025-09-05] Accepted gdb 16.3-5 (source) into unstable (Sergio Durigan Junior)
[2025-09-05] Accepted gdb 16.3-5~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Sergio Durigan Junior)
[2025-09-01] Accepted gdb 16.3-4~bpo13+2 (source) into stable-backports (Sergio Durigan Junior)
[2025-09-01] Accepted gdb 16.3-4~bpo13+1 (source amd64 all) into stable-backports (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sergio Durigan Junior)
[2025-08-30] gdb 16.3-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-24] Accepted gdb 16.3-4 (source) into unstable (Sergio Durigan Junior)
[2025-08-24] Accepted gdb 16.3-3 (source) into unstable (Sergio Durigan Junior)
[2025-08-24] Accepted gdb 16.3-2 (source) into unstable (Sergio Durigan Junior)
[2025-05-02] gdb 16.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-21] Accepted gdb 16.3-1 (source) into unstable (Sergio Durigan Junior)
[2025-03-24] gdb 16.2-8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-03-18] Accepted gdb 16.2-8 (source) into unstable (Sergio Durigan Junior)
[2025-03-17] Accepted gdb 16.2-7 (source) into unstable (Sergio Durigan Junior)
[2025-03-16] Accepted gdb 16.2-6 (source) into unstable (Sergio Durigan Junior)
[2025-03-16] Accepted gdb 16.2-5 (source) into unstable (Sergio Durigan Junior)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 55 58
RC: 0
I&N: 39 40
M&W: 16 18
F&P: 0
patch: 1

links

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ubuntu

[Information about Ubuntu for Debian Developers]

version: 17.1-2ubuntu1
63 bugs
patches for 17.1-2ubuntu1