john - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: john (main)
version: 1.9.0-3
maintainer: Debian Security Tools (DMD)
uploaders: Axel Beckert [DMD] – Julián Moreno Patiño [DMD]
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.7.2
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 1.8.0-4
oldstable: 1.9.0-2
stable: 1.9.0-2
testing: 1.9.0-3
unstable: 1.9.0-3

versioned links

1.8.0-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.9.0-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.9.0-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

john (20 bugs: 0, 12, 8, 0)
john-data (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)

action needed

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: 2025-11-19 Last update: 2026-08-24 18:02

1 new commit 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 cb3003bc56056870604fdd9685f8ac68cd2b31d3
Author: Nikolas Nyby <nikolas@gnu.org>
Date:   Sun Aug 9 23:11:24 2026 -0400

    debian/copyright: Remove old FSF address, fixing lintian warning.

https://salsa.debian.org/api/v4/projects/pkg-security-team%2Fjohn API request failed: 401 Unauthorized at /srv/qa.debian.org/data/vcswatch/vcswatch line 410.

Created: 2026-08-19 Last update: 2026-08-19 18:17

lintian reports 2 warnings normal

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

Created: 2025-11-14 Last update: 2025-11-14 11:00

debian/patches: 4 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 5 debian patches available in version 1.9.0-3 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

4 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: 2025-11-14 07:00

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 4.7.2).

Created: 2025-12-23 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01

news

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[2025-11-19] john 1.9.0-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-11-13] Accepted john 1.9.0-3 (source) into unstable (Simon Josefsson)
[2022-08-19] john 1.9.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-08-19] john 1.9.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-08-14] Accepted john 1.9.0-2 (source) into unstable (Marcos Fouces)
[2022-08-07] Accepted john 1.9.0-1 (source) into unstable (Marcos Fouces)
[2021-02-10] john 1.8.0-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-02-10] john 1.8.0-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-02-05] Accepted john 1.8.0-4 (source) into unstable (Axel Beckert)
[2021-01-31] john 1.8.0-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-01-26] Accepted john 1.8.0-3 (source) into unstable (Axel Beckert)
[2021-01-07] john 1.8.0-2.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-01-01] Accepted john 1.8.0-2.1 (source) into unstable (Holger Levsen)
[2014-03-25] john 1.8.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2014-03-19] Accepted john 1.8.0-2 (source amd64 all) (Julián Moreno Patiño)
[2013-09-16] john 1.8.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2013-09-05] Accepted john 1.8.0-1 (source amd64 all) (Ruben Molina) (signed by: Julián Moreno Patiño)
[2011-07-16] john 1.7.8-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2011-07-06] Accepted john 1.7.8-1 (source all amd64) (Ruben Molina) (signed by: Charles Plessy)
[2011-06-27] john 1.7.7-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2011-06-16] Accepted john 1.7.7-2 (source all amd64) (Ruben Molina) (signed by: Charles Plessy)
[2011-06-15] Accepted john 1.7.7-1 (source all amd64) (Ruben Molina) (signed by: Charles Plessy)
[2009-10-31] john 1.7.3.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2009-10-30] john 1.7.3.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2009-10-29] john 1.7.3.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2009-10-18] Accepted john 1.7.3.1-1 (source all amd64) (Ruben Molina)
[2008-06-08] john 1.7.2-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2008-06-02] Accepted john 1.7.2-3 (source i386 all) (David Paleino) (signed by: Nelson A. de Oliveira)
[2008-04-26] Accepted john 1.7.2-2 (source i386 all) (David Paleino) (signed by: Nelson A. de Oliveira)
[2008-04-26] Bug#477994: fixed (Debian Archive Maintenance)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 23
RC: 0
I&N: 12
M&W: 11
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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