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general

source: mecab (main)
version: 0.996-16
maintainer: Natural Language Processing (Japanese) (DMD)
uploaders: Hideki Yamane [DMD] – Taku YASUI [DMD] – TSUCHIYA Masatoshi [DMD]
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.6.2
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 0.996-14
oldstable: 0.996-14
stable: 0.996-15.1
testing: 0.996-15.1
unstable: 0.996-16

versioned links

0.996-14: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.996-15.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.996-16: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libmecab-dev (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
libmecab-java (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
libmecab-jni
libmecab-perl
libmecab2
mecab (4 bugs: 0, 1, 3, 0)
mecab-utils
python3-mecab
ruby-mecab

action needed

Marked for autoremoval on 27 May: #1133399 high

Version 0.996-15.1 of mecab is marked for autoremoval from testing on Wed 27 May 2026. It is affected by #1133399. The removal of mecab will also cause the removal of (transitive) reverse dependencies: aioacaia, airthings-ble, bleak, bleak-retry-connector, bluemaestro-ble, bluetooth-auto-recovery, bluetooth-sensor-state-data, bsfilter, bthome-ble, claws-mail, fjaraskupan, flowblade, govee-ble, groonga, groonga-normalizer-mysql, gwaei, habluetooth, home-assistant-bluetooth, inkbird-ble, kegtron-ble, ld2410-ble, leaone-ble, led-ble, libtext-mecab-perl, mecab-ipadic, mecab-jumandic, mecab-naist-jdic, medcom-ble, meshtastic, moat-ble, mopeka-iot-ble, oralb-ble, py-dormakaba-dkey, py-improv-ble-client, pyinstaller, pyinstaller-hooks-contrib, pykulersky, pymicrobot, pynecil, pyprobeplus, python-adax-local, python-adb-shell, python-androidtv, python-aranet4, python-bluetooth-adapters, python-bumble, python-gardena-bluetooth, python-ibeacon-ble, python-idasen, python-idasen-ha, python-libusb1, python-trezor, python-xiaomi-ble, qingping-ble, rapt-ble, ruuvitag-ble, sensorpro-ble, sensorpush-ble, thermobeacon-ble, thermopro-ble, tilt-ble. You should try to prevent the removal by fixing these RC bugs.

Created: 2026-04-20 Last update: 2026-04-24 22:30

Multiarch hinter reports 3 issue(s) high

There are issues with the multiarch metadata for this package.

libmecab-perl conflicts on /usr/share/doc/libmecab-perl/changelog.Debian.gz on loong64 <-> amd64, arm64, armhf and 4 more
libmecab2 conflicts on /usr/share/doc/libmecab2/changelog.Debian.gz on loong64 <-> amd64, arm64, armhf and 4 more
ruby-mecab conflicts on 2 files starting with /usr/share/ on amd64, arm64 and 6 more with 34 combinations

Created: 2025-02-27 Last update: 2026-04-24 16:46

1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal

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

Created: 2026-04-06 Last update: 2026-04-24 21:30

lintian reports 3 warnings normal

Lintian reports 3 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-04-24 Last update: 2026-04-24 10:00

debian/patches: 6 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 6 debian patches available in version 0.996-16 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

6 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: 2026-04-24 08:03

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 4.6.2).

Created: 2020-11-17 Last update: 2026-04-24 03:16

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for mecab (0.996-15.1 to 0.996-16): BLOCKED: Maybe temporary, maybe blocked but Britney is missing information (check below)
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Missing build on loong64
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for bsfilter/1:1.0.20~rc6-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for groonga/16.0.0+dfsg-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for libtext-mecab-perl/0.20016-5: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for mecab/0.996-16: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for pyinstaller-hooks-contrib/2026.4-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered (will not be considered a regression) ♻ (reference ♻), riscv64: Failed (not a regression) ♻ (reference ♻), s390x: Test triggered (will not be considered a regression) ♻ (reference ♻)
- ∙ ∙ Lintian check waiting for test results on loong64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Too young, only 1 of 5 days old
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Updating mecab will fix bugs in testing: #1133399
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/m/mecab.html
- ∙ ∙ Reproducibility check waiting for results on amd64
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on arm64
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on armhf
- ∙ ∙ Reproducibility check waiting for results on i386
- ∙ ∙ Reproducibility check waiting for results on ppc64el
- Not considered

news

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[2026-04-23] Accepted mecab 0.996-16 (source) into unstable (NOKUBI Takatsugu)
[2024-08-31] mecab 0.996-15.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-08-29] Accepted mecab 0.996-15.1 (source) into unstable (NOKUBI Takatsugu)
[2024-08-17] Accepted mecab 0.996-15 (source amd64 all) into unstable (Hideki Yamane) (signed by: NOKUBI Takatsugu)
[2020-06-02] mecab 0.996-14 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-05-30] Accepted mecab 0.996-14 (source) into unstable (Hideki Yamane)
[2020-05-26] Accepted mecab 0.996-13 (source) into unstable (Hideki Yamane)
[2020-05-22] mecab 0.996-12 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-05-17] Accepted mecab 0.996-12 (source) into unstable (Hideki Yamane)
[2020-05-17] Accepted mecab 0.996-11 (source) into unstable (Hideki Yamane)
[2020-02-28] mecab 0.996-10 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-02-23] Accepted mecab 0.996-10 (source) into unstable (Hideki Yamane)
[2020-02-03] mecab 0.996-9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-01-28] Accepted mecab 0.996-9 (source) into unstable (NOKUBI Takatsugu)
[2020-01-28] Accepted mecab 0.996-8 (source) into unstable (NOKUBI Takatsugu)
[2020-01-27] Accepted mecab 0.996-7.1 (source) into unstable (NOKUBI Takatsugu)
[2020-01-20] Accepted mecab 0.996-7 (source amd64 all) into unstable, unstable (TSUCHIYA Masatoshi) (signed by: NOKUBI Takatsugu)
[2018-05-25] mecab 0.996-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-05-20] Accepted mecab 0.996-6 (source amd64) into unstable (Hideki Yamane)
[2018-02-12] mecab 0.996-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-02-07] Accepted mecab 0.996-5 (source amd64) into unstable (Hideki Yamane)
[2017-04-21] mecab 0.996-3.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-04-15] Accepted mecab 0.996-3.1 (source) into unstable (Adrian Bunk)
[2016-10-24] mecab 0.996-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-10-16] Accepted mecab 0.996-3 (source amd64) into unstable (Hideki Yamane)
[2016-06-22] Accepted mecab 0.996-2 (source amd64) into experimental (Hideki Yamane)
[2016-04-02] mecab 0.996-1.3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-03-27] Accepted mecab 0.996-1.3 (source amd64) into unstable (Hideki Yamane)
[2015-12-03] mecab 0.996-1.2 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2015-11-28] Accepted mecab 0.996-1.2 (source amd64) into unstable (Hideki Yamane)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 7
RC: 0
I&N: 4
M&W: 3
F&P: 0
patch: 1

links

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ubuntu

[Information about Ubuntu for Debian Developers]

version: 0.996-15.1build4
1 bug