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general

source: global (main)
version: 6.6.14-1
maintainer: Punit Agrawal (DMD)
arch: any
std-ver: 4.6.2
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 6.6.5-1
oldstable: 6.6.9-1
stable: 6.6.13-1
unstable: 6.6.14-1

versioned links

6.6.5-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
6.6.9-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
6.6.13-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
6.6.14-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

global (3 bugs: 0, 2, 1, 0)

action needed

Problems while searching for a new upstream version high

uscan had problems while searching for a new upstream version:

In watchfile debian/watch, reading webpage
  https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/global/ failed: 500 Can't connect to ftp.gnu.org:443

Created: 2025-09-29 Last update: 2025-10-01 19:30

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: 2025-09-20 Last update: 2025-10-01 20:02

lintian reports 11 warnings normal

Lintian reports 11 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2024-03-30 Last update: 2025-08-23 06:30

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-2024-38448: (needs triaging) htags in GNU Global through 6.6.12 allows code execution in situations where dbpath (aka -d) is untrusted, because shell metacharacters may be used.

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

Created: 2024-06-17 Last update: 2025-09-20 17:00

debian/patches: 3 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 3 debian patches available in version 6.6.14-1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

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: 2025-08-19 12:02

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.2 instead of 4.6.2).

Created: 2024-04-07 Last update: 2025-08-19 08:01

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for global (- to 6.6.14-1): BLOCKED: Rejected/violates migration policy/introduces a regression
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Updating global would introduce bugs in testing: #1096722
- Additional info:
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/g/global.html
- ∙ ∙ Reproducible on arm64 - info ♻
- ∙ ∙ 44 days old (needed 5 days)
- Not considered

news

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[2025-09-21] global REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-25] global 6.6.14-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-18] Accepted global 6.6.14-1 (source) into unstable (Punit Agrawal)
[2024-08-01] global 6.6.13-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-07-27] Accepted global 6.6.13-1 (source) into unstable (Punit Agrawal)
[2024-04-04] global 6.6.12-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-03-30] Accepted global 6.6.12-1 (source) into unstable (Punit Agrawal)
[2024-02-16] global 6.6.11-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-02-10] Accepted global 6.6.11-1 (source) into unstable (Punit Agrawal)
[2023-02-09] global 6.6.9-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-02-09] global 6.6.9-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-02-03] Accepted global 6.6.9-1 (source) into unstable (Punit Agrawal)
[2022-05-28] global 6.6.8-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-05-22] Accepted global 6.6.8-1 (source) into unstable (Punit Agrawal)
[2021-08-31] global 6.6.7-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-08-26] Accepted global 6.6.7-1 (source) into unstable (Punit Agrawal)
[2020-11-01] global 6.6.5-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-10-26] Accepted global 6.6.5-1 (source) into unstable (Punit Agrawal)
[2020-08-01] global 6.6.4-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-07-26] Accepted global 6.6.4-4 (source) into unstable (Punit Agrawal)
[2020-05-10] global 6.6.4-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-05-05] global 6.6.4-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-05-05] Accepted global 6.6.4-3 (source) into unstable (Punit Agrawal)
[2020-04-30] Accepted global 6.6.4-2 (source) into unstable (Punit Agrawal)
[2020-02-21] global 6.6.4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-02-16] Accepted global 6.6.4-1 (source) into unstable (Punit Agrawal)
[2019-10-10] global 6.6.3-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-10-05] Accepted global 6.6.3-3 (source) into unstable (Punit Agrawal)
[2019-01-06] global 6.6.3-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-01-01] Accepted global 6.6.3-2 (source amd64) into unstable (Punit Agrawal)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 5
RC: 1
I&N: 2
M&W: 2
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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version: 6.6.13-1
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