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general

source: hotspot (main)
version: 1.3.0-2
maintainer: Yanhao Mo (DMD)
arch: any
std-ver: 4.2.1
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

oldstable: 1.3.0-2
stable: 1.3.0-2
unstable: 1.3.0-2

versioned links

1.3.0-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

hotspot

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2 binary packages have unsatisfiable dependencies high

The dependencies of hotspot=1.3.0-2+b3 cannot be satisfied in unstable on arm64 because: unsatisfied dependency on policykit-1
The dependencies of hotspot=1.3.0-2+b2 cannot be satisfied in unstable on amd64, mips64el, armhf, i386, ppc64el, and armel because: unsatisfied dependency on policykit-1

Created: 2024-08-04 Last update: 2025-07-26 01:06

A new upstream version is available: 1.5.1 high

A new upstream version 1.5.1 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2022-12-04 Last update: 2025-07-25 20:00

lintian reports 1 error and 3 warnings high

Lintian reports 1 error and 3 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2021-04-11 Last update: 2025-04-10 14:00

1 security issue in sid high

There is 1 open security issue in sid.

1 important issue:

CVE-2023-28144: KDAB Hotspot 1.3.x and 1.4.x through 1.4.1, in a non-default configuration, allows privilege escalation because of race conditions involving symlinks and elevate_perf_privileges.sh chown calls.

Created: 2023-03-15 Last update: 2025-02-27 05:02

1 security issue in trixie high

There is 1 open security issue in trixie.

1 important issue:

CVE-2023-28144: KDAB Hotspot 1.3.x and 1.4.x through 1.4.1, in a non-default configuration, allows privilege escalation because of race conditions involving symlinks and elevate_perf_privileges.sh chown calls.

Created: 2023-06-11 Last update: 2023-10-22 12:54

The package has not entered testing even though the delay is over normal

The package has not entered testing even though the 20-day delay is over. Check why.

Created: 2023-10-22 Last update: 2025-07-26 01:04

5 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 ded0b419fe65103a13f6bcbb21d6b56994a81c43
Merge: 1a3e849 0e0f609
Author: Jelmer Vernooĳ <jelmer@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Nov 1 16:10:08 2022 +0000

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

commit 0e0f609ee8552713485cf676ec22584f460b38e4
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Sat Sep 11 07:36:39 2021 +0000

    Avoid explicitly specifying -Wl,--as-needed linker flag.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: debian-rules-uses-as-needed-linker-flag
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/debian-rules-uses-as-needed-linker-flag.html

commit 3078da898626ac1f3dabc046bc51058cde233132
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Sat Sep 11 07:36:13 2021 +0000

    Set upstream metadata fields: Bug-Database, Bug-Submit, 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-bug-tracking
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/upstream-metadata-missing-bug-tracking.html
    Fixes: lintian: upstream-metadata-missing-repository
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/upstream-metadata-missing-repository.html

commit e0a5bcf18f43ec3700b308105b61487ff7d999be
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Sat Sep 11 07:35:54 2021 +0000

    Set debhelper-compat version in Build-Depends.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: uses-debhelper-compat-file
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/uses-debhelper-compat-file.html

commit 326161e1dbcdc08493476bd217075e5204661219
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Sat Sep 11 07:35:35 2021 +0000

    Bump debhelper from old 11 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

Created: 2022-11-01 Last update: 2025-07-20 03:00

piuparts found (un)installation error(s) normal

Piuparts stresses package installation, uninstallation, upgrade, ... While doing such tests, one or more errors were found for the following suites:

sid - piuparts

You should fix them.

Created: 2024-11-05 Last update: 2024-11-05 16:32

AppStream hints: 1 warning normal

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

hotspot: 1 warning

You should get rid of them to provide more metadata about this software.

Created: 2018-11-22 Last update: 2021-01-09 22:00

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-2023-28144: (needs triaging) KDAB Hotspot 1.3.x and 1.4.x through 1.4.1, in a non-default configuration, allows privilege escalation because of race conditions involving symlinks and elevate_perf_privileges.sh chown calls.

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

Created: 2023-06-10 Last update: 2025-02-27 05:02

Build log checks report 2 warnings low

Build log checks report 2 warnings

Created: 2021-01-09 Last update: 2024-03-16 03:32

debian/patches: 2 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 2 debian patches available in version 1.3.0-2 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

2 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: 2023-02-26 15:54

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 4.2.1).

Created: 2018-12-23 Last update: 2025-02-27 13:24

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for hotspot (- to 1.3.0-2): BLOCKED: Rejected/violates migration policy/introduces a regression
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ hotspot/amd64 has unsatisfiable dependency
- ∙ ∙ hotspot/arm64 has unsatisfiable dependency
- ∙ ∙ hotspot/armel has unsatisfiable dependency
- ∙ ∙ hotspot/armhf has unsatisfiable dependency
- ∙ ∙ hotspot/i386 has unsatisfiable dependency
- ∙ ∙ hotspot/ppc64el has unsatisfiable dependency
- ∙ ∙ hotspot/riscv64 has unsatisfiable dependency
- ∙ ∙ Updating hotspot would introduce bugs in testing: #1025573, #1033848
- ∙ ∙ blocked by freeze: is not in testing
- Additional info:
- ∙ ∙ Cannot be tested by piuparts (not a blocker) - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/h/hotspot.html
- ∙ ∙ uninstallable on arch amd64, not running autopkgtest there
- ∙ ∙ uninstallable on arch arm64, not running autopkgtest there
- ∙ ∙ uninstallable on arch armel, not running autopkgtest there
- ∙ ∙ uninstallable on arch armhf, not running autopkgtest there
- ∙ ∙ uninstallable on arch i386, not running autopkgtest there
- ∙ ∙ uninstallable on arch ppc64el, not running autopkgtest there
- ∙ ∙ uninstallable on arch riscv64, not running autopkgtest there
- ∙ ∙ Reproducible on amd64 - info ♻
- ∙ ∙ Reproducible on arm64 - info ♻
- ∙ ∙ Reproducible on armhf - info ♻
- ∙ ∙ 1616 days old (needed 20 days)
- Not considered

news

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[2023-08-19] hotspot REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-03-03] hotspot 1.3.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-02-21] Accepted hotspot 1.3.0-2 (source) into unstable (Yanhao Mo)
[2021-01-09] Accepted hotspot 1.3.0-1 (source) into unstable (Yanhao Mo)
[2019-02-24] hotspot 1.1.0+git20190211-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-02-13] Accepted hotspot 1.1.0+git20190211-1 (source amd64) into unstable (Yanhao Mo)
[2019-01-12] hotspot 1.1.0+git20180816-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-01-07] Accepted hotspot 1.1.0+git20180816-2 (source amd64) into unstable (Yanhao Mo)
[2018-11-22] Accepted hotspot 1.1.0+git20180816-1 (source amd64) into unstable, unstable (Yanhao Mo) (signed by: Boyuan Yang)

bugs [bug history graph]

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

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