libcap-ng - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: libcap-ng (main)
version: 0.9.5-1
maintainer: Håvard F. Aasen (DMD)
std-ver: 4.7.4
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 0.7.9-2.2
oldstable: 0.8.3-1
stable: 0.8.5-4
testing: 0.9.3-1
unstable: 0.9.5-1

versioned links

0.7.9-2.2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.8.3-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.8.5-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.9.3-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.9.5-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libcap-ng-dev
libcap-ng-utils
libcap-ng0
python3-cap-ng

action needed

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 0.9.5-2, distribution unstable) and new commits in its VCS. You should consider whether it's time to make an upload.

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

Created: 2026-09-02 Last update: 2026-09-02 22:31

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: 2026-09-02 Last update: 2026-09-02 22:31

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: 2026-04-21 Last update: 2026-09-02 20:36

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for libcap-ng (0.9.3-1 to 0.9.5-1): BLOCKED: Rejected/violates migration policy/introduces a regression
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Updating libcap-ng would introduce bugs in testing: #1146424
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for heimdal/7.8.git20240113.1b4565a+dfsg-2: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Failed (not a regression) ♻ (reference ♻), riscv64: Regression ♻ (reference ♻)
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for libcap-ng/0.9.5-1: amd64: Regression ♻ (reference ♻), arm64: Regression ♻ (reference ♻), armhf: Regression ♻ (reference ♻), i386: Regression ♻ (reference ♻), ppc64el: Regression ♻ (reference ♻), riscv64: Regression ♻ (reference ♻)
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for util-linux/2.42.2-2: arm64: Pass ♻ (reference ♻), i386: Pass ♻, riscv64: Pass ♻ (reference ♻)
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/libc/libcap-ng.html
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on amd64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on arm64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on armhf - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on i386 - info
- ∙ ∙ 6 days old (needed 5 days)
- Not considered

news

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[2026-09-02] Accepted libcap-ng 0.9.5-2 (source) into unstable (Håvard F. Aasen)
[2026-08-27] Accepted libcap-ng 0.9.5-1 (source) into unstable (Håvard F. Aasen)
[2026-04-20] libcap-ng 0.9.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-04-18] Accepted libcap-ng 0.9.3-1 (source) into unstable (Håvard F. Aasen)
[2026-04-01] libcap-ng 0.9.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-29] Accepted libcap-ng 0.9.2-1 (source) into unstable (Håvard F. Aasen)
[2026-02-22] libcap-ng 0.9.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-02-20] Accepted libcap-ng 0.9.1-1 (source) into unstable (Håvard F. Aasen)
[2024-11-30] libcap-ng 0.8.5-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-27] Accepted libcap-ng 0.8.5-4 (source) into unstable (Håvard F. Aasen)
[2024-10-23] libcap-ng 0.8.5-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-10-20] Accepted libcap-ng 0.8.5-3 (source) into unstable (Håvard F. Aasen)
[2024-08-23] libcap-ng 0.8.5-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-08-18] Accepted libcap-ng 0.8.5-2 (source) into unstable (Håvard F. Aasen)
[2024-04-22] libcap-ng 0.8.5-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-04-17] Accepted libcap-ng 0.8.5-1 (source) into unstable (Håvard F. Aasen)
[2024-02-13] libcap-ng 0.8.4-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-02-07] Accepted libcap-ng 0.8.4-2 (source) into unstable (Håvard F. Aasen)
[2023-12-28] libcap-ng 0.8.4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-12-23] Accepted libcap-ng 0.8.4-1 (source) into unstable (Håvard F. Aasen)
[2023-12-09] libcap-ng 0.8.3-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-12-03] Accepted libcap-ng 0.8.3-3 (source) into unstable (Håvard F. Aasen)
[2023-11-27] Accepted libcap-ng 0.8.3-2 (source) into experimental (Håvard F. Aasen)
[2022-06-28] libcap-ng 0.8.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-06-23] Accepted libcap-ng 0.8.3-1 (source) into unstable (Håvard F. Aasen)
[2022-06-23] libcap-ng 0.7.9-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-06-18] Accepted libcap-ng 0.7.9-4 (source) into unstable (Håvard F. Aasen)
[2022-06-17] Accepted libcap-ng 0.7.9-3 (source) into unstable (Håvard F. Aasen) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2020-06-08] libcap-ng 0.7.9-2.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-06-02] Accepted libcap-ng 0.7.9-2.2 (source) into unstable (Håvard Flaget Aasen) (signed by: Adrian Bunk)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 0

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version: 0.9.3-1