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source: bsdmainutils (main)
version: 12.1.8
maintainer: Debian Bsdmainutils Team (DMD)
uploaders: Michael Meskes [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: 12.1.7+nmu3
oldstable: 12.1.8
stable: 12.1.8
testing: 12.1.8
unstable: 12.1.8

versioned links

12.1.7+nmu3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
12.1.8: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

bsdmainutils (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
calendar (11 bugs: 0, 3, 8, 0)
ncal (13 bugs: 0, 11, 2, 0)

action needed

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: 2026-02-03 Last update: 2026-02-04 08:32

3 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 3 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2026-02-04 08:30

6 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 70ff77b0f084de4a14d79bed935e1958020f43dc
Author: Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Feb 20 10:25:04 2023 +0100

    Bumped Standards-Version to 4.6.2, no changes needed.

commit 2eefabffdc929b1b31913d6831c6b9440dcac0ae
Author: Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Feb 20 09:54:57 2023 +0100

    Removed Ubuntu calendar
    
    Closes: #1004751

commit b55872a6627ebf26c18e2414eb623098996a788d
Author: Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Feb 20 09:52:58 2023 +0100

    Fixed unicode error in calendar file
    
    Closes: #1030808

commit c0e1f4683987d2a9fb70ce3095e24030731875bd
Author: Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Feb 20 09:42:58 2023 +0100

    Remove freebsd.h which is not really used in the compile process but is causing
    FTBFS on musl.
    
    Closes: #989688

commit 4e4b4c52f336e8990b60ae7ff80149937266bab3
Author: Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Feb 20 09:37:21 2023 +0100

    Drop root privileges before opening calendar files.
    
    Closes: #998206

commit 981317a3e5f4a550417d60632c39480ba3e85653
Author: Andreas Beckmann <anbe@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Mar 23 08:57:20 2021 +0100

    Import Debian version 12.1.7+nmu3
    
    bsdmainutils (12.1.7+nmu3) unstable; urgency=medium
    .
      * Non-maintainer upload.
      * Remove obsolete /usr/bin/from alternative on upgrades.  (Closes: #984628)
    .
    bsdmainutils (12.1.7+nmu2) unstable; urgency=medium
    .
      * Non-maintainer upload.
      * Fix ISO week calculation (Closes: #976192), thanks to Kate for the
        initial patch.
    .
    bsdmainutils (12.1.7+nmu1) unstable; urgency=medium
    .
      * Non-maintainer upload.
      * Downgrade Depends: calendar to Suggests, like in buster.
        (Closes: #981440)

Created: 2021-02-15 Last update: 2026-02-02 03:47

3 open merge requests in Salsa normal

There are 3 open merge requests for this package on Salsa. You should consider reviewing and/or merging these merge requests.

Created: 2025-08-19 Last update: 2025-08-19 06:28

lintian reports 1 warning normal

Lintian reports 1 warning about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2023-02-22 Last update: 2023-02-22 15:32

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 4.6.2).

Created: 2024-04-07 Last update: 2025-12-23 20:00

news

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[2023-03-02] bsdmainutils 12.1.8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-02-20] Accepted bsdmainutils 12.1.8 (source) into unstable (Michael Meskes)
[2021-04-07] bsdmainutils 12.1.7+nmu3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-03-23] Accepted bsdmainutils 12.1.7+nmu3 (source) into unstable (Andreas Beckmann)
[2021-03-04] bsdmainutils 12.1.7+nmu2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-02-22] Accepted bsdmainutils 12.1.7+nmu2 (source) into unstable (Uwe Kleine-König)
[2021-02-15] Accepted bsdmainutils 12.1.7+nmu1 (source) into unstable (Chris Hofstaedtler) (signed by: Christian Hofstaedtler)
[2020-08-09] bsdmainutils 12.1.7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-08-04] Accepted bsdmainutils 12.1.7 (source) into unstable (Michael Meskes)
[2020-07-29] bsdmainutils 12.1.6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-07-23] Accepted bsdmainutils 12.1.6 (source) into unstable (Michael Meskes)
[2020-07-21] bsdmainutils 12.1.5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-07-14] Accepted bsdmainutils 12.1.5 (source) into unstable (Michael Meskes)
[2020-07-14] Accepted bsdmainutils 12.1.4 (source all amd64) into unstable (Michael Meskes)
[2020-07-03] Accepted bsdmainutils 12.1.3 (source all amd64) into unstable, unstable (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Michael Meskes)
[2020-07-01] bsdmainutils 12.1.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-06-22] Accepted bsdmainutils 12.1.2 (source amd64) into unstable (Michael Meskes)
[2020-06-19] Accepted bsdmainutils 12.1.1 (source amd64) into unstable, unstable (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Michael Meskes)
[2018-01-03] bsdmainutils 11.1.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-12-29] Accepted bsdmainutils 11.1.2 (source amd64) into unstable (Michael Meskes)
[2017-12-27] Accepted bsdmainutils 11.1.1 (source amd64) into unstable (Michael Meskes)
[2017-10-26] bsdmainutils 9.0.14 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-10-21] Accepted bsdmainutils 9.0.14 (source amd64) into unstable (Michael Meskes)
[2017-10-20] Accepted bsdmainutils 9.0.13 (source amd64) into unstable (Michael Meskes)
[2017-04-17] bsdmainutils 9.0.12+nmu1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-04-12] Accepted bsdmainutils 9.0.12+nmu1 (source) into unstable (Thorsten Glaser)
[2016-10-31] bsdmainutils 9.0.12 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-10-25] Accepted bsdmainutils 9.0.12 (source amd64) into unstable (Michael Meskes)
[2016-10-05] bsdmainutils 9.0.11 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-09-29] Accepted bsdmainutils 9.0.11 (source amd64) into unstable (Michael Meskes)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 27
RC: 0
I&N: 17
M&W: 10
F&P: 0
patch: 3

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