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general

source: lynx (main)
version: 2.9.3-2
maintainer: Debian Lynx Packaging Team (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Elimar Riesebieter [DMD] – Axel Beckert [DMD] – Andreas Metzler [DMD]
arch: all 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: 2.9.0dev.6-3~deb11u1
o-o-sec: 2.9.0dev.6-3~deb11u1
oldstable: 2.9.0dev.12-1
stable: 2.9.2-1
testing: 2.9.2-2
unstable: 2.9.3-2

versioned links

2.9.0dev.6-3~deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.9.0dev.12-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.9.2-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.9.2-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.9.3-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

lynx (38 bugs: 0, 16, 22, 0)
lynx-common (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)

action needed

lintian reports 2 errors and 2 warnings high

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

Created: 2026-06-03 Last update: 2026-06-03 06:00

1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 1 bug, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-06-02 Last update: 2026-06-06 06:30

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: 2023-05-20 Last update: 2026-06-06 01:32

debian/patches: 4 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 7 debian patches available in version 2.9.3-2 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: 2026-06-03 10:31

Issues found with some translations low

Automatic checks made by the Debian l10n team found some issues with the translations contained in this package. You should check the l10n status report for more information.

Issues can be things such as missing translations, problematic translated strings, outdated PO files, unknown languages, etc.

Created: 2026-06-03 Last update: 2026-06-03 10:01

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for lynx (2.9.2-2 to 2.9.3-2): Waiting for test results or another package, or too young (no action required now - check later)
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for config-package-dev/5.6: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for dbus-glib/0.114-2: amd64: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻, arm64: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻ (reference ♻), i386: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻ (reference ♻), loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻ (reference ♻), riscv64: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻, s390x: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for doc-rfc/20230121-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for funcoeszz/21.1-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for gt5/1.5.0~20111220+bzr29-4: amd64: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻, arm64: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻ (reference ♻), i386: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻ (reference ♻), loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻ (reference ♻), riscv64: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻, s390x: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for libhtml-clean-perl/1.4-4: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for libhtml-formatexternal-perl/26-6: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for libwwwbrowser-perl/2.23-4: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for nghttp2/1.69.0-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for pysatellites/2.7-4: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for wml/2.32.0~ds1-1.1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Too young, only 3 of 5 days old
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/l/lynx.html
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on amd64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on arm64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on armhf - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on i386 - info
- Not considered

news

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[2026-06-02] Accepted lynx 2.9.3-2 (source) into unstable (Andreas Metzler)
[2026-05-30] Accepted lynx 2.9.3-1 (source) into experimental (Andreas Metzler)
[2025-11-20] lynx 2.9.2-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-11-15] Accepted lynx 2.9.2-2 (source) into unstable (Andreas Metzler)
[2024-06-06] lynx 2.9.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-06-01] Accepted lynx 2.9.2-1 (source) into unstable (Andreas Metzler)
[2024-04-25] lynx 2.9.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-04-20] Accepted lynx 2.9.1-1 (source) into unstable (Andreas Metzler)
[2024-02-01] lynx 2.9.0rel.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-02-01] lynx 2.9.0rel.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-01-21] Accepted lynx 2.9.0rel.0-2 (source) into unstable (Andreas Metzler)
[2024-01-20] Accepted lynx 2.9.0rel.0-1 (source) into experimental (Andreas Metzler)
[2023-01-26] lynx 2.9.0dev.12-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-15] Accepted lynx 2.9.0dev.12-1 (source) into unstable (Andreas Metzler)
[2023-01-04] lynx 2.9.0dev.11-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-04] lynx 2.9.0dev.11-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-12-30] Accepted lynx 2.9.0dev.11-1 (source) into unstable (Andreas Metzler)
[2022-12-28] Accepted lynx 2.9.0dev.10-2 (source) into unstable (Andreas Metzler)
[2021-11-03] lynx 2.9.0dev.10-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-10-28] Accepted lynx 2.9.0dev.10-1 (source) into unstable (Axel Beckert)
[2021-08-27] Accepted lynx 2.8.9rel.1-3+deb10u1 (source) into oldstable-proposed-updates->oldstable-new, oldstable-proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Axel Beckert)
[2021-08-19] lynx 2.9.0dev.9-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-08-15] Accepted lynx 2.9.0dev.9-2 (source) into unstable (Axel Beckert)
[2021-08-10] Accepted lynx 2.8.9rel.1-3+deb10u1 (source) into stable->embargoed, stable (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Axel Beckert)
[2021-08-09] Accepted lynx 2.9.0dev.6-3~deb11u1 (source) into testing-proposed-updates (Andreas Metzler)
[2021-08-09] Accepted lynx 2.9.0dev.6-3~deb11u1 (source) into testing-security->embargoed, testing-security (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Andreas Metzler)
[2021-08-09] Accepted lynx 2.8.9dev11-1+deb9u1 (source all amd64) into oldstable (Chris Lamb)
[2021-08-08] Accepted lynx 2.9.0dev.6-3 (source) into unstable (Axel Beckert)
[2021-08-07] Accepted lynx 2.9.0dev.9-1 (source) into experimental (Andreas Metzler)
[2021-08-01] Accepted lynx 2.9.0dev.8-1 (source) into experimental (Andreas Metzler)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 74 76
RC: 0
I&N: 25 26
M&W: 49 50
F&P: 0
patch: 1

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