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general

source: grub2 (main)
version: 2.12-5
maintainer: GRUB Maintainers (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Steve McIntyre [DMD] – Jordi Mallach [DMD] – Julian Andres Klode [DMD] – Felix Zielcke [DMD] [DM] – Mate Kukri [DMD]
arch: any
std-ver: 3.9.6
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 2.06-3~deb10u1
o-o-sec: 2.06-3~deb10u4
oldstable: 2.06-3~deb11u6
old-sec: 2.06-3~deb11u6
old-upd: 2.06-3~deb11u2
stable: 2.06-13+deb12u1
stable-sec: 2.06-13+deb12u1
stable-bpo: 2.12-1~bpo12+1
testing: 2.12-5
unstable: 2.12-5

versioned links

2.06-3~deb10u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.06-3~deb10u4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.06-3~deb11u2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.06-3~deb11u6: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.06-13+deb12u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.12-1~bpo12+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.12-5: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

grub-common (163 bugs: 1, 115, 47, 0)
grub-coreboot (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
grub-coreboot-bin (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
grub-coreboot-dbg
grub-efi (12 bugs: 0, 12, 0, 0)
grub-efi-amd64 (53 bugs: 6, 38, 9, 0)
grub-efi-amd64-bin (12 bugs: 0, 12, 0, 0)
grub-efi-amd64-dbg
grub-efi-amd64-signed-template
grub-efi-amd64-unsigned
grub-efi-arm (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
grub-efi-arm-bin
grub-efi-arm-dbg
grub-efi-arm-unsigned
grub-efi-arm64 (5 bugs: 1, 4, 0, 0)
grub-efi-arm64-bin (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
grub-efi-arm64-dbg
grub-efi-arm64-signed-template
grub-efi-arm64-unsigned
grub-efi-ia32 (5 bugs: 0, 4, 1, 0)
grub-efi-ia32-bin
grub-efi-ia32-dbg
grub-efi-ia32-signed-template
grub-efi-ia32-unsigned
grub-efi-ia64
grub-efi-ia64-bin
grub-efi-ia64-dbg
grub-efi-ia64-unsigned
grub-efi-loong64
grub-efi-loong64-bin
grub-efi-loong64-dbg
grub-efi-loong64-unsigned
grub-efi-riscv64
grub-efi-riscv64-bin
grub-efi-riscv64-dbg
grub-efi-riscv64-unsigned
grub-emu (1 bugs: 1, 0, 0, 0)
grub-emu-dbg
grub-firmware-qemu
grub-ieee1275 (8 bugs: 1, 6, 1, 0)
grub-ieee1275-bin (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
grub-ieee1275-dbg
grub-linuxbios
grub-mount-udeb
grub-pc (255 bugs: 3, 200, 52, 0)
grub-pc-bin (7 bugs: 0, 6, 1, 0)
grub-pc-dbg (1 bugs: 1, 0, 0, 0)
grub-rescue-pc (3 bugs: 0, 1, 2, 0)
grub-theme-starfield
grub-uboot (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
grub-uboot-bin
grub-uboot-dbg
grub-xen (3 bugs: 0, 2, 1, 0)
grub-xen-bin
grub-xen-dbg
grub-xen-host (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
grub-yeeloong
grub-yeeloong-bin
grub-yeeloong-dbg
grub2 (65 bugs: 0, 44, 21, 0)
grub2-common (66 bugs: 2, 41, 23, 0)

action needed

lintian reports 421 errors and 163 warnings high

Lintian reports 421 errors and 163 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2024-01-13 Last update: 2024-07-16 11:33

debian/patches: 2 patches with invalid metadata, 60 patches to forward upstream high

Among the 75 debian patches available in version 2.12-5 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

2 patches with invalid metadata that ought to be fixed.
60 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: 2024-07-16 09:10

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 4.7.0 instead of 3.9.6).

Created: 2016-02-06 Last update: 2024-07-16 02:42

59 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 59 bugs (70 if counting merged bugs), consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2024-02-25 Last update: 2024-11-15 12:31

Does not build reproducibly during 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: 2022-09-24 Last update: 2024-11-15 12:02

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

The packages that grub2 depends on which need a new maintainer are:

mtools (#1042948)
- Suggests: mtools
- Build-Depends: mtools

Created: 2023-08-03 Last update: 2024-11-15 12:00

2 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 79ce0889a02f0a35a094a9b89845aa20acfcd0d6
Merge: c5fc6992 1a737906
Author: Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Oct 18 16:33:32 2024 +0000

    Merge branch 'reenable-spcr' into 'master'
    
    Fix out of bounds XSDT access, re-enable ACPI SPCR table support
    
    See merge request grub-team/grub!68

commit 1a737906bc5d002d5bc542c953de6f18974d8081
Author: Mate Kukri <mate.kukri@canonical.com>
Date:   Fri Oct 18 14:11:18 2024 +0100

    Fix out of bounds XSDT access, re-enable ACPI SPCR table support
    
    - Apply upstream patch to fix out of bounds access when searching XSDT
    - This should stop GRUB crashing when searching for a non-existent SPCR
      table.

Created: 2024-10-18 Last update: 2024-11-11 17:03

Issues found with some translations low

Automatic checks made by the Debian l10n team found some issues with the translations contained in this package. You should check the l10n status report for more information.

Issues can be things such as missing translations, problematic translated strings, outdated PO files, unknown languages, etc.

Created: 2020-02-26 Last update: 2024-01-25 15:10

Build log checks report 1 warning low

Build log checks report 1 warning

Created: 2014-07-02 Last update: 2014-07-02 18:05

news

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[2024-07-21] grub2 2.12-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-07-15] Accepted grub2 2.12-5 (source) into unstable (Felix Zielcke)
[2024-07-10] Accepted grub2 2.12-4 (source) into unstable (Felix Zielcke)
[2024-05-03] grub2 2.12-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-04-25] Accepted grub2 2.12-3 (source amd64) into experimental (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Julian Andres Klode)
[2024-04-07] grub2 2.12-2~deb13u1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-04-05] Accepted grub2 2.12-2 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2024-04-05] Accepted grub2 2.12-2~deb13u1 (source) into testing-proposed-updates (Julian Andres Klode)
[2024-04-03] Accepted grub2 2.12-1.1 (source) into unstable (Bastian Blank)
[2024-03-13] Accepted grub2 2.12-1~bpo12+1 (source amd64) into stable-backports (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: John Goerzen)
[2024-02-01] grub2 2.12-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-01-23] Accepted grub2 2.12-1 (source) into unstable (Mate Kukri) (signed by: Julian Andres Klode)
[2024-01-12] Accepted grub2 2.12~rc1-13 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2023-11-09] Accepted grub2 2.12~rc1-12 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2023-10-11] grub2 2.06-13+deb13u1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-10-10] Accepted grub2 2.06-3~deb11u6 (source) into oldstable-proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Julian Andres Klode)
[2023-10-10] Accepted grub2 2.06-13+deb12u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Julian Andres Klode)
[2023-10-09] Accepted grub2 2.06-13+deb13u1 (source) into testing-proposed-updates (Julian Andres Klode)
[2023-10-06] Accepted grub2 2.06-3~deb11u6 (source) into oldstable-security (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Julian Andres Klode)
[2023-10-06] Accepted grub2 2.06-13+deb12u1 (source) into stable-security (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Julian Andres Klode)
[2023-10-03] Accepted grub2 2.12~rc1-11 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2023-10-03] Accepted grub2 2.06-3~deb10u4 (source) into oldoldstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2023-09-18] Accepted grub2 2.12~rc1-10 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2023-09-05] Accepted grub2 2.12~rc1-9 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2023-09-05] Accepted grub2 2.12~rc1-8 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2023-09-04] Accepted grub2 2.12~rc1-7 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2023-09-04] Accepted grub2 2.12~rc1-6 (source amd64) into experimental (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Julian Andres Klode)
[2023-07-25] Accepted grub2 2.12~rc1-3 (source) into experimental (Julian Andres Klode)
[2023-07-21] Accepted grub2 2.12~rc1-2 (source) into experimental (Julian Andres Klode)
[2023-07-19] Accepted grub2 2.12~rc1-1 (source) into experimental (Julian Andres Klode)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 683 712
RC: 17 18
I&N: 503 522
M&W: 162 171
F&P: 1
patch: 59 70

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ubuntu

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version: 2.12-5ubuntu5
246 bugs (16 patches)
patches for 2.12-5ubuntu7