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source: gnulib (main)
version: 20140202+stable-4
maintainer: Debian QA Group (DMD)
arch: all any
std-ver: 3.9.5
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 20140202+stable-2
o-o-sec: 20140202+stable-2+deb8u1
oldstable: 20140202+stable-2+deb9u1
stable: 20140202+stable-4
testing: 20140202+stable-4
unstable: 20140202+stable-4
exp: 20180621~6979c25-3

versioned links

20140202+stable-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
20140202+stable-2+deb8u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
20140202+stable-2+deb9u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
20140202+stable-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
20180621~6979c25-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

git-merge-changelog (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
gnulib (3 bugs: 0, 1, 2, 0)

action needed

Problems while searching for a new upstream version high

uscan had problems while searching for a new upstream version:

uscan returned an empty output

Created: 2017-11-21 Last update: 2019-12-15 18:04

Standards version of the package is outdated.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The package is severely out of date with respect to the Debian Policy.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 4.4.1 instead of 3.9.5).

Created: 2018-04-16 Last update: 2019-09-29 23:41

1 bug tagged help in the BTS normal

The BTS contains 1 bug tagged help, please consider helping the maintainer in dealing with it.

Created: 2019-03-21 Last update: 2019-12-15 19:02

version in VCS is newer than in repository, is it time to upload? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have a new changelog entry (version 20180621~6979c25-4, distribution UNRELEASED) and new commits in its VCS. You should consider whether it's time to make an upload.

Here are the relevant commit messages:

commit 337d4a103c089cce655e605b005dc28b9fe5cdba
Merge: b927ccd9 e27a195c
Author: Jelmer Vernooĳ <jelmer@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Nov 30 22:39:51 2019 +0000

    Merge branch 'lintian-fixes' into 'master'
    
    Fix some issues reported by lintian
    
    See merge request debian/gnulib!1

commit e27a195c92a4f97f8b4e420d3a77574f9c32320f
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Mon Nov 11 16:00:32 2019 +0000

    Fix day-of-week for changelog entries 20061101+dfsg-1, 20060901+dfsg-1.
    
    Fixes lintian: debian-changelog-has-wrong-day-of-week
    See https://lintian.debian.org/tags/debian-changelog-has-wrong-day-of-week.html for more details.

commit 41b60d9bcdf4d11edfcbf98e2a0f6840003dd057
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Mon Nov 11 16:00:10 2019 +0000

    Remove obsolete fields Contact from debian/upstream/metadata.

commit 2ae01a78d762c7b33d297645c1f189b8b4b12e1b
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Mon Nov 11 15:59:45 2019 +0000

    Set upstream metadata fields: Contact.
    
    Fixes lintian: upstream-metadata-file-is-missing
    See https://lintian.debian.org/tags/upstream-metadata-file-is-missing.html for more details.

commit 5d59014b11d3aa8eabcf905a9094ab627b4f3f0b
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Mon Nov 11 15:59:22 2019 +0000

    Bump debhelper from old 9 to 12.
    
    Fixes lintian: package-uses-old-debhelper-compat-version
    See https://lintian.debian.org/tags/package-uses-old-debhelper-compat-version.html for more details.

commit ead812d3be4342227ff32e15572d0806638a0b56
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Mon Nov 11 15:59:00 2019 +0000

    Bump debhelper dependency to >= 9, since that's what is used in debian/compat.
    
    Fixes lintian: package-needs-versioned-debhelper-build-depends
    See https://lintian.debian.org/tags/package-needs-versioned-debhelper-build-depends.html for more details.

commit b927ccd9694506f3fc3ff3354f5a017a59025186
Merge: b881a5ad 6a55f6c2
Author: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Mar 15 21:18:50 2019 +0100

    Merge tag 'debian/20140202+stable-3.2'
    
    tagging package gnulib version debian/20140202+stable-3.2

commit 6a55f6c2f4941a43e2f680c7a6877b119b42fad1
Author: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Mar 15 21:08:38 2019 +0100

    Prepare changelog for release
    
    Gbp-Dch: Ignore

commit 1d8dc19c60430bec7433b65486411379b1de872e
Author: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Mar 15 20:58:01 2019 +0100

    Diagnose ERE '()|\1' (CVE-2009-5155)
    
    Closes: #924613

Created: 2019-03-15 Last update: 2019-12-11 21:29

lintian reports 13532 warnings normal

Lintian reports 13532 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2019-08-21 Last update: 2019-09-01 15:11

O: This package has been orphaned and needs a maintainer. normal

This package has been orphaned. This means that it does not have a real maintainer at the moment. Please consider adopting this package if you are interested in it. Please see bug number #921954 for more information.

Created: 2019-02-10 Last update: 2019-02-10 18:24

1 ignored security issue in jessie low

There is 1 open security issue in jessie.

1 issue skipped by the security teams:

CVE-2009-5155: In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.28, parse_reg_exp in posix/regcomp.c misparses alternatives, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) or trigger an incorrect result by attempting a regular-expression match.

Please fix it.

Created: 2019-02-26 Last update: 2019-10-21 00:30

1 ignored security issue in stretch low

There is 1 open security issue in stretch.

1 issue skipped by the security teams:

CVE-2009-5155: In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.28, parse_reg_exp in posix/regcomp.c misparses alternatives, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) or trigger an incorrect result by attempting a regular-expression match.

Please fix it.

Created: 2019-02-26 Last update: 2019-10-21 00:30

news

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[2019-04-05] gnulib 20140202+stable-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-03-31] Accepted gnulib 20140202+stable-4 (source) into unstable (Julien Cristau)
[2019-03-22] gnulib 20140202+stable-3.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-03-15] Accepted gnulib 20140202+stable-3.2 (source) into unstable (Salvatore Bonaccorso)
[2019-02-22] gnulib 20140202+stable-3.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-02-22] gnulib 20140202+stable-3.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-02-12] Accepted gnulib 20180621~6979c25-3 (source) into experimental (Salvatore Bonaccorso)
[2019-02-11] Accepted gnulib 20140202+stable-3.1 (source) into unstable (Salvatore Bonaccorso)
[2019-02-10] Accepted gnulib 20140202+stable-2+deb9u1 (source) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Salvatore Bonaccorso)
[2019-02-10] Accepted gnulib 20180621~6979c25-2 (source) into experimental (Jonas Smedegaard)
[2019-02-01] Accepted gnulib 20180621~6979c25-1 (source) into experimental (Jonas Smedegaard)
[2018-10-10] Accepted gnulib 20140202+stable-2+deb8u1 (source all amd64) into oldstable (Markus Koschany)
[2018-06-28] gnulib 20140202+stable-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-06-23] Accepted gnulib 20140202+stable-3 (source) into unstable (Jonas Smedegaard)
[2014-03-15] gnulib 20140202+stable-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2014-03-04] Accepted gnulib 20140202+stable-2 (source all amd64) (Ian Beckwith)
[2014-02-27] gnulib 20140202+stable-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2014-02-16] Accepted gnulib 20140202+stable-1 (source all) (Ian Beckwith)
[2013-08-28] gnulib 20130805+stable-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2013-08-17] Accepted gnulib 20130805+stable-1 (source all) (Ian Beckwith)
[2013-07-08] gnulib REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-04-16] gnulib 20120404+stable-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-04-06] Accepted gnulib 20120404+stable-1 (source all) (Ian Beckwith)
[2011-12-22] gnulib 20111211+stable-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2011-12-11] Accepted gnulib 20111211+stable-1 (source all) (Ian Beckwith)
[2011-09-19] gnulib 20110908+stable-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2011-09-08] Accepted gnulib 20110908+stable-1 (source all) (Ian Beckwith)
[2011-06-21] gnulib 20110609+stable-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2011-06-10] Accepted gnulib 20110609+stable-1 (source all) (Ian Beckwith)
[2011-04-25] gnulib 20110412+stable-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 5
RC: 0
I&N: 3
M&W: 2
F&P: 0
patch: 0
help: 1

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