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general

source: grub2 (main)
version: 2.06-2
maintainer: GRUB Maintainers (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Jordi Mallach [DMD] – Steve McIntyre [DMD] – Felix Zielcke [DMD] [DM] – Colin Watson [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: 2.02~beta3-5+deb9u2
oldstable: 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u4
old-sec: 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u4
stable: 2.04-20
testing: 2.04-20
unstable: 2.06-2

versioned links

2.02~beta3-5+deb9u2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.04-20: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.06-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

grub-common (159 bugs: 1, 109, 49, 0)
grub-coreboot (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
grub-coreboot-bin (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
grub-coreboot-dbg
grub-efi (10 bugs: 0, 10, 0, 0)
grub-efi-amd64 (39 bugs: 6, 28, 5, 0)
grub-efi-amd64-bin (7 bugs: 0, 7, 0, 0)
grub-efi-amd64-dbg
grub-efi-amd64-signed-template
grub-efi-arm (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
grub-efi-arm-bin
grub-efi-arm-dbg
grub-efi-arm64 (3 bugs: 0, 3, 0, 0)
grub-efi-arm64-bin
grub-efi-arm64-dbg
grub-efi-arm64-signed-template
grub-efi-ia32 (5 bugs: 0, 4, 1, 0)
grub-efi-ia32-bin (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
grub-efi-ia32-dbg
grub-efi-ia32-signed-template
grub-efi-ia64
grub-efi-ia64-bin
grub-efi-ia64-dbg
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
grub-ieee1275-dbg
grub-linuxbios
grub-mount-udeb
grub-pc (245 bugs: 1, 192, 52, 0)
grub-pc-bin (7 bugs: 0, 6, 1, 0)
grub-pc-dbg
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 (63 bugs: 3, 40, 20, 0)
grub2-common (62 bugs: 2, 41, 19, 0)

action needed

Standards version of the package is outdated.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The package is severely out of date with respect to the Debian Policy.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 4.6.1 instead of 3.9.6).

Created: 2016-02-06 Last update: 2022-05-11 23:24

1 security issue in sid high

There is 1 open security issue in sid.

1 important issue:

CVE-2021-3981: A flaw in grub2 was found where its configuration file, known as grub.cfg, is being created with the wrong permission set allowing non privileged users to read its content. This represents a low severity confidentiality issue, as those users can eventually read any encrypted passwords present in grub.cfg. This flaw affects grub2 2.06 and previous versions. This issue has been fixed in grub upstream but no version with the fix is currently released.

Created: 2021-12-09 Last update: 2022-03-25 20:00

1 security issue in bookworm high

There is 1 open security issue in bookworm.

1 important issue:

CVE-2021-3981: A flaw in grub2 was found where its configuration file, known as grub.cfg, is being created with the wrong permission set allowing non privileged users to read its content. This represents a low severity confidentiality issue, as those users can eventually read any encrypted passwords present in grub.cfg. This flaw affects grub2 2.06 and previous versions. This issue has been fixed in grub upstream but no version with the fix is currently released.

Created: 2021-12-09 Last update: 2022-03-25 20:00

lintian reports 2 errors and 37 warnings high

Lintian reports 2 errors and 37 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2021-09-06 Last update: 2022-01-01 04:32

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: 2021-12-04 Last update: 2022-05-22 07:05

54 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 54 bugs (64 if counting merged bugs), consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2021-08-14 Last update: 2022-05-22 07:01

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: 2018-09-01 Last update: 2022-05-22 04:33

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 2.06-3, 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 03267cd351dd2965b716b2c36a98afbe98de2aba
Author: Julian Andres Klode <julian.klode@canonical.com>
Date:   Mon Apr 25 18:00:07 2022 +0200

    Add Julian Andres Klode to uploaders

commit 89723731d6b7837dc9b87b025db07f01e3786655
Author: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Mar 20 12:15:13 2022 +0000

    [id] Indonesian (Andika Triwidada)
    
    Closes: #1007706

commit adb3ce1baba3690eb1889a6a36ad5f6b0b69fcdc
Author: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Feb 8 23:32:18 2022 +0000

    Drop now-unnecessary sparc PIE workaround from debian/rules
    
    Thanks, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz.
    
    Closes: #952815

commit 18021401decdaa7460879f30e0483a8a5cb48850
Author: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Dec 30 15:23:53 2021 +0000

    Set upstream metadata fields: Bug-Submit (from ./configure), Repository, Repository-Browse.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: upstream-metadata-file-is-missing
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/upstream-metadata-file-is-missing.html
    Fixes: lintian: upstream-metadata-missing-repository
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/upstream-metadata-missing-repository.html

commit 20239c28e1e9ca3eba993e7702f5cb4da81dcf95
Author: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Dec 30 15:23:40 2021 +0000

    Bump debhelper from old 10 to 13.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: package-uses-old-debhelper-compat-version
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/package-uses-old-debhelper-compat-version.html

commit b5b8fea03e87c6effb1ed1afcdc472eb2af4afcd
Author: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Dec 30 15:23:29 2021 +0000

    Add missing ${misc:Depends} to Depends for grub-efi-ia32-signed-template, grub-efi-amd64-signed-template, grub-efi-arm64-signed-template.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: debhelper-but-no-misc-depends
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/debhelper-but-no-misc-depends.html

commit 36e6de1cb526a9e1c6edc36dcc9fb83b13e822b6
Author: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Dec 30 15:23:19 2021 +0000

    debian/copyright: use spaces rather than tabs to start continuation lines.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: tab-in-license-text
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/tab-in-license-text.html

commit c5f1518707e0cca6ede675ff1b61634ea8bb9b71
Author: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Dec 30 15:23:04 2021 +0000

    Trim trailing whitespace.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: trailing-whitespace
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/trailing-whitespace.html

commit 454fb40fa57f5d0458b1ca4a53f3475dbc96b018
Author: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Dec 30 15:21:50 2021 +0000

    Remove some old Lintian overrides

commit 49febf6bc64104eb41fd5df2c3ef54e96e9d2f32
Author: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Dec 3 10:24:09 2021 +0000

    Update timestamp of 2.06-1 NEWS entry too

commit fd1427474ca0cdb5d1c9c456a18fa9362e412b8b
Merge: 863b91c79 f991f6bcf
Author: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Dec 3 10:23:44 2021 +0000

    Merge branch 'edward-master-patch-55447' into 'master'
    
    Replace 'UNRELEASED' with 'unstable' in debian/NEWS
    
    See merge request grub-team/grub!30

commit f991f6bcf7d17906bf524846ec6e8a4bcc6ab595
Author: Edward Betts <edward@4angle.com>
Date:   Thu Dec 2 21:44:34 2021 +0000

    Replace 'UNRELEASED' with 'unstable' in debian/NEWS

commit 0d52e685437cb75d0a60a44802f8c1ed5d83b2d9
Author: Edward Betts <edward@4angle.com>
Date:   Thu Dec 2 20:56:43 2021 +0000

    Replace 'UNRELEASED' with 'unstable' in debian/NEWS
    
    Version 2.06-1 has been uploaded to unstable.

commit 863b91c797b0b20d08ffd2b35d778cbeb127c57d
Author: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Dec 1 13:17:34 2021 +0000

    Update a few leftover uses of "which" to use "command -v" instead

Created: 2021-12-01 Last update: 2022-05-19 22:02

RFH: The maintainer is looking for help with this package. normal

The current maintainer is looking for someone who can help with the maintenance of this package. If you are interested in this package, please consider helping out. One way you can help is offer to be a co-maintainer or triage bugs in the BTS. Please see bug number #248397 for more information.

Created: 2017-12-02 Last update: 2017-12-02 00:26

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: 2021-11-30 05:00

Build log checks report 1 warning low

Build log checks report 1 warning

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

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for grub2 (2.04-20 to 2.06-2): BLOCKED: Rejected/violates migration policy/introduces a regression
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Updating grub2 would introduce bugs in testing: #1001057
- Additional info:
- ∙ ∙ Updating grub2 will fix bugs in testing: #1005834, #997100
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/g/grub2.html
- ∙ ∙ 174 days old (needed 5 days)
- Not considered

news

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[2021-11-29] Accepted grub2 2.06-2 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2021-11-28] Accepted grub2 2.06-1 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2021-07-25] grub2 2.04-20 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-07-10] Accepted grub2 2.04-20 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2021-07-03] grub2 2.04-19 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-06-19] Accepted grub2 2.04-19 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2021-06-05] grub2 2.04-18 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-04-25] Accepted grub2 2.04-18 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2021-04-11] grub2 2.04-17 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-03-19] Accepted grub2 2.04-17 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2021-03-04] grub2 2.04-16 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-03-03] Accepted grub2 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u4 (source) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Colin Watson)
[2021-03-02] Accepted grub2 2.04-16 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2021-03-02] Accepted grub2 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u4 (source) into stable->embargoed, stable (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Colin Watson)
[2021-02-19] grub2 2.04-15 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-02-08] Accepted grub2 2.04-15 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2021-02-07] Accepted grub2 2.04-14 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2021-02-06] Accepted grub2 2.04-13 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2021-01-14] Accepted grub2 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u3 (source) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Colin Watson)
[2021-01-03] grub2 2.04-12 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-12-28] Accepted grub2 2.04-12 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2020-12-12] grub2 2.04-11 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-12-06] Accepted grub2 2.04-11 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2020-11-14] grub2 2.04-10 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-11-08] Accepted grub2 2.04-10 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2020-07-30] Accepted grub2 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u2 (source) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Colin Watson)
[2020-07-30] Accepted grub2 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u2 (source) into stable->embargoed, stable (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Colin Watson)
[2020-07-29] Accepted grub2 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u1 (source) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Colin Watson)
[2020-07-29] Accepted grub2 2.04-9 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2020-07-29] Accepted grub2 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u1 (source) into stable->embargoed, stable (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Colin Watson)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 635 661
RC: 14 15
I&N: 464 481
M&W: 155 163
F&P: 2
patch: 54 64

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