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general

source: gpsd (main)
version: 3.27.5-2
maintainer: Boian Bonev (DMD) (DM)
arch: any
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: 3.22-4
o-o-sec: 3.22-4+deb11u1
oldstable: 3.22-4.1+deb12u1
stable: 3.25-5+deb13u1
stable-p-u: 3.25-5+deb13u2
testing: 3.27.5-2
unstable: 3.27.5-2

versioned links

3.22-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.22-4+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.22-4.1+deb12u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.25-5+deb13u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.25-5+deb13u2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.27.5-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

gpsd (17 bugs: 0, 13, 4, 0)
gpsd-clients (4 bugs: 0, 3, 1, 0)
gpsd-tools (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
libgps-dev
libgps32
libqgpsmm-dev
libqgpsmm32
python3-gps (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)

action needed

debian/patches: 2 patches with invalid metadata, 5 patches to forward upstream high

Among the 9 debian patches available in version 3.27.5-2 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

2 patches with invalid metadata that ought to be fixed.
5 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: 2026-08-04 17:32

AppStream hints: 2 errors and 2 warnings high

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

gpsd-clients: 2 errors and 2 warnings

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

Created: 2020-06-01 Last update: 2022-01-21 06:05

2 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 2 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-06-02 Last update: 2026-08-09 23:30

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

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

docbook-xsl (#802370)
- Build-Depends: docbook-xsl

Created: 2023-09-01 Last update: 2026-08-09 20:32

9 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 3674eb36e3126d69b11d45c90f07c3ef55c573a4
Author: Boian Bonev <bbonev@ipacct.com>
Date:   Tue Aug 4 05:16:17 2026 +0000

    Fix build on Hurd

commit 2e5f7b8387b616b4059d06084ca44cb580f3d38c
Author: Boian Bonev <bbonev@ipacct.com>
Date:   Tue Aug 4 05:09:18 2026 +0000

    Fix build on Hurd

commit 9ae950a6eef1055ffcd11e933e89637d393bf3af
Author: Boian Bonev <bbonev@ipacct.com>
Date:   Tue Aug 4 05:05:30 2026 +0000

    Refresh

commit 8b95dd6572c3a2da560a5fe62274127066d8d1c9
Author: Boian Bonev <bbonev@ipacct.com>
Date:   Sat Jul 25 22:12:12 2026 +0000

    Updating debian/control from debian/control.in

commit c7db0fe7757410d49f9995e4396c2cdd4e2ac8d9
Author: Boian Bonev <bbonev@ipacct.com>
Date:   Sat Jul 25 22:11:48 2026 +0000

    bump std to 4.7.4, dh to 14; remove prio

commit 1295bedf5021560d4d3b05cd15c9e5d868dc8c1e
Author: Boian Bonev <bbonev@ipacct.com>
Date:   Sat Jul 25 22:06:17 2026 +0000

    Updating debian/control from debian/control.in

commit 719780c4d0703ed982762650ec411cf529f4482e
Author: Boian Bonev <bbonev@ipacct.com>
Date:   Sat Jul 25 22:05:59 2026 +0000

    bump std to 4.7.4, dh to 14; remove prio

commit 3fe6ba0551826d3c23a1ce8fffe2e0894ec56f9e
Author: Boian Bonev <bbonev@ipacct.com>
Date:   Sat Jul 25 22:05:22 2026 +0000

    bump std to 4.7.4, dh to 14; remove prio

commit fcb91ffb83b0aa72048b43d571f845c96c9954e3
Author: Boian Bonev <bbonev@ipacct.com>
Date:   Sat Jul 25 21:53:08 2026 +0000

    fix CVE-2026-58459 & CVE-2026-60122

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

Created: 2026-07-25 Last update: 2026-08-04 10:21

news

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[2026-08-07] gpsd 3.27.5-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-08-04] Accepted gpsd 3.27.5-2 (source) into unstable (Boian Bonev)
[2026-07-30] gpsd 3.27.5-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-07-26] Accepted gpsd 3.25-5+deb13u2 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Boian Bonev)
[2026-07-25] Accepted gpsd 3.27.5-1 (source) into unstable (Boian Bonev)
[2026-05-02] Accepted gpsd 3.22-4.1+deb12u1 (source) into oldstable-proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bastien ROUCARIÈS)
[2026-03-01] Accepted gpsd 3.25-5+deb13u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bastien ROUCARIÈS)
[2026-01-22] gpsd 3.27.5-0.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-19] Accepted gpsd 3.27.5-0.1 (source) into unstable (Bastien Roucariès) (signed by: Bastien ROUCARIÈS)
[2026-01-18] Accepted gpsd 3.22-4+deb11u1 (source) into oldoldstable-security (Bastien Roucariès) (signed by: Bastien ROUCARIÈS)
[2025-11-29] gpsd 3.27-1.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-11-27] Accepted gpsd 3.27-1.1 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2025-11-26] Accepted gpsd 3.27-1 (source amd64) into experimental (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2025-11-19] gpsd 3.26.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-11-16] Accepted gpsd 3.26.1-1 (source amd64) into unstable (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Alexandre Detiste)
[2025-01-22] gpsd 3.25-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-01-19] Accepted gpsd 3.25-5 (source) into unstable (Boian Bonev)
[2024-05-26] gpsd 3.25-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-05-23] Accepted gpsd 3.25-4 (source) into unstable (Boian Bonev)
[2024-05-03] gpsd 3.25-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-02-29] Accepted gpsd 3.25-3 (source) into unstable (Boian Bonev)
[2024-02-11] Accepted gpsd 3.25-3~exp1 (source) into experimental (Boian Bonev)
[2024-02-06] Accepted gpsd 3.25-2.1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Steve Langasek)
[2023-09-14] gpsd 3.25-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-09-11] Accepted gpsd 3.25-2 (source) into unstable (Boian Bonev)
[2023-07-01] gpsd 3.25-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-06-28] Accepted gpsd 3.25-1 (source) into unstable (Boian Bonev)
[2023-06-26] Accepted gpsd 3.25-1~exp2 (source) into experimental (Boian Bonev) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2023-06-13] Accepted gpsd 3.25-1~exp1 (source amd64) into experimental (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2022-09-14] gpsd 3.22-4.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 31 32
RC: 0
I&N: 25 26
M&W: 6
F&P: 0
patch: 2

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