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general

source: libselinux (main)
version: 3.9-4
maintainer: Debian SELinux maintainers (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Laurent Bigonville [DMD] – Russell Coker [DMD] – Christian Göttsche [DMD]
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: 3.1-3
oldstable: 3.4-1
stable: 3.8.1-1
testing: 3.9-4
unstable: 3.9-4

versioned links

3.1-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.4-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.8.1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.9-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.9-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libselinux-dev
libselinux1
libselinux1-udeb
python3-selinux
ruby-selinux
selinux-utils

action needed

1 binary package has unsatisfiable dependencies high

The dependencies of libselinux1-dev=3.9-2 cannot be satisfied in unstable on ppc64el, arm64, i386, amd64, s390x, and armhf because: unsatisfied dependency on libselinux1 (= 3.9-2)

Created: 2026-01-21 Last update: 2026-02-03 21:30

A new upstream version is available: 3.10 high

A new upstream version 3.10 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2026-02-02 Last update: 2026-02-03 19:30

lintian reports 1 error and 24 warnings high

Lintian reports 1 error and 24 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-01-16 Last update: 2026-01-16 06:00

8 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 8 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2026-02-03 20:30

RFS: A sponsor is needed to update this package. normal

A Debian contributor is looking for a sponsor to upload a package update. It might be the regular maintainer who does not have any upload right yet, or it might be someone who just wants to help for a bugfix or a new upstream version. In any case, if you have upload rights and care about this package and Debian in general, you should look into sponsoring this update. Please see bug number #1126806 for more information.

Created: 2026-02-01 Last update: 2026-02-01 22:00

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 3.9-5, distribution unstable) and new commits in its VCS. You should consider whether it's time to make an upload.

Here are the relevant commit messages:

commit 80e520a245ec8e11c890805a16d12edba2c15173
Author: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@googlemail.com>
Date:   Sun Feb 1 19:50:12 2026 +0100

    Release 3.9-5

commit bfd4196fc9a6ad1b1e0ab877398e74dfe782eb6f
Author: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@googlemail.com>
Date:   Sun Feb 1 19:36:31 2026 +0100

    d/changelog: prepare 3.9-5

commit a55c0111bb3c841e077b615a5584cf8a914dcd60
Author: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@googlemail.com>
Date:   Sun Feb 1 19:35:00 2026 +0100

    d/copyright: update debian/* section

commit 7ca44de50444e38e976bb187a09cd7e8732498a6
Author: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@googlemail.com>
Date:   Sun Feb 1 18:18:40 2026 +0100

    d/patches: build shared libraries with -fPIC (Closes: #1123905)
    
    Suggested-by: Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>

commit f496bea03b244f3d43a58a04fa657816e304d3ce
Author: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@googlemail.com>
Date:   Sun Feb 1 17:54:36 2026 +0100

    d/control: drop deprecated and unused XS-Ruby-Versions field
    
    Reported by debputy

commit 73c2b7b108846fffb2830e5b67771781118ab4f8
Author: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@googlemail.com>
Date:   Sun Feb 1 17:53:40 2026 +0100

    debian/control: Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.3 (no further changes)

commit 03d646a0e28faabfbc1abca23261d9a8d2f81e36
Author: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@googlemail.com>
Date:   Sun Feb 1 17:53:05 2026 +0100

    d/control: drop priority field with default value

commit b7276f479bd0d411cb687216546cbee9c98d3afa
Author: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@googlemail.com>
Date:   Sun Feb 1 17:52:57 2026 +0100

    d/changelog: fix typo

Created: 2026-02-01 Last update: 2026-02-01 20:02

debian/patches: 4 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 4 debian patches available in version 3.9-4 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: 2024-08-30 Last update: 2025-11-25 22:32

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.3 instead of 4.7.2).

Created: 2025-12-23 Last update: 2025-12-23 20:00

news

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[2025-11-30] libselinux 3.9-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-11-25] Accepted libselinux 3.9-4 (source) into unstable (Christian Göttsche) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2025-11-22] Accepted libselinux 3.9-3 (source amd64) into unstable (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2025-10-24] libselinux 3.9-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-19] Accepted libselinux 3.9-2 (source) into unstable (Russell Coker)
[2025-10-18] Accepted libselinux 3.9-1 (source) into unstable (Russell Coker)
[2025-03-24] libselinux 3.8.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-03-16] Accepted libselinux 3.8.1-1 (source) into unstable (Russell Coker)
[2025-03-02] libselinux 3.8-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-25] Accepted libselinux 3.8-4 (source) into unstable (Russell Coker)
[2025-02-24] libselinux 3.8-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-12] Accepted libselinux 3.8-3 (source) into unstable (Russell Coker)
[2025-02-11] Accepted libselinux 3.8-2 (source) into unstable (Russell Coker)
[2025-02-06] Accepted libselinux 3.8-1 (source) into unstable (Russell Coker)
[2025-02-03] Accepted libselinux 3.7-4 (source) into unstable (Russell Coker)
[2025-02-01] libselinux 3.7-3.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-01-27] Accepted libselinux 3.7-3.1 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2024-09-04] libselinux 3.7-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-08-30] Accepted libselinux 3.7-3 (source) into unstable (Russell Coker)
[2024-08-26] libselinux 3.7-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-08-21] Accepted libselinux 3.7-1 (source amd64) into unstable (Russell Coker)
[2024-06-07] Removed 3.5-2.1~exp1 from experimental (Debian FTP Masters)
[2024-02-05] Accepted libselinux 3.5-2.1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Steve Langasek)
[2024-01-30] libselinux 3.5-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-01-30] libselinux 3.5-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-01-24] Accepted libselinux 3.5-2 (source) into unstable (Laurent Bigonville)
[2023-07-19] libselinux 3.5-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-07-09] Accepted libselinux 3.5-1 (source) into unstable (Laurent Bigonville)
[2022-06-20] libselinux 3.4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-06-04] Accepted libselinux 3.4-1 (source) into unstable (Laurent Bigonville)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 13
RC: 1
I&N: 3
M&W: 9
F&P: 0
patch: 8

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