netcfg - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: netcfg (main)
version: 1.199
maintainer: Debian Install System Team (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Colin Watson [DMD]
arch: any
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 1.176
oldstable: 1.187+deb12u1
stable: 1.197
testing: 1.199
unstable: 1.199

versioned links

1.176: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.187+deb12u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.197: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.199: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

netcfg (88 bugs: 0, 52, 36, 0)
netcfg-static

action needed

lintian reports 2 errors and 3 warnings high

Lintian reports 2 errors and 3 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-07-20 Last update: 2025-12-27 11:00

Standards version of the package is outdated. high

The package is severely out of date with respect to the Debian Policy. The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.3 instead of ).

Created: 2014-08-10 Last update: 2025-12-27 05:00

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

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

wireless-tools (#963896)
- Build-Depends: libiw-dev

Created: 2020-06-28 Last update: 2026-01-13 07:32

5 bugs tagged help in the BTS normal

The BTS contains 5 bugs tagged help, please consider helping the maintainer in dealing with them.

Created: 2019-03-21 Last update: 2026-01-13 07:30

7 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 7 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2026-01-13 07:30

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 1.200, distribution UNRELEASED) and new commits in its VCS. You should consider whether it's time to make an upload.

Here are the relevant commit messages:

commit 5a04fa4d12785a601a4fc986ad65c27cb13dee1e
Author: D-I role <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jan 12 20:26:04 2026 +0000

    [l10n]  Commit changed/added po files (from l10n-sync run at dillon)

commit 047185358e4d7a99e797c8ffe4bcd4784e7173fd
Author: D-I role <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Date:   Sun Jan 11 20:26:05 2026 +0000

    [l10n]  Commit changed/added po files (from l10n-sync run at dillon)

commit 5cd00d2cfa3b3a3fc3bef409b5818ec0297d8f8c
Author: D-I role <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Date:   Fri Jan 9 20:26:08 2026 +0000

    [l10n]  Commit changed/added po files (from l10n-sync run at dillon)

commit 8bc4a4b0c4ef02fc69c70cef7024148cc4e61485
Author: D-I role <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Date:   Thu Jan 8 20:26:08 2026 +0000

    [l10n]  Commit changed/added po files (from l10n-sync run at dillon)

commit 8bd97c5c9008cf89fc3b95b1aa7a5550a5677bc7
Author: D-I role <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Date:   Wed Jan 7 20:26:34 2026 +0000

    [l10n]  Commit changed/added po files (from l10n-sync run at dillon)

commit 9440e45af30d25d3ea4b62f085a3a2a7adc9f43b
Author: D-I role <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Date:   Wed Jan 7 20:02:18 2026 +0000

    [l10n]  Update templates.pot (from l10n-sync run at dillon)

commit 97a5ec4845abf244b4006a303f980eb27b9f2739
Merge: 00fb979 95e506c
Author: Holger Wansing <holgerw@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jan 6 23:14:08 2026 +0100

    Merge branch 'master' into 'master'
    
    Change templates, to reflect funtionality of giving an FQDN as hostname
    
    See merge request installer-team/netcfg!22

commit 00fb9792c891492a33f5d95288d4de4c25dd1bc1
Merge: 347b94b b19fc29
Author: Holger Wansing <holgerw@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jan 6 23:13:01 2026 +0100

    Merge branch 'pham/hostname_length' into 'master'
    
    netcfg_get_hostname(): Check hostname before copying it
    
    See merge request installer-team/netcfg!21

commit 347b94b05d19ae738a540204e2fadde23ab671cc
Author: D-I role <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Date:   Tue Jan 6 20:26:00 2026 +0000

    [l10n]  Commit changed/added po files (from l10n-sync run at dillon)

commit 95e506caa55f0f32e8d3aa5e2c134df3c87a5362
Author: Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
Date:   Sun Jan 4 23:36:14 2026 +0100

    Change templates, to reflect funtionality of giving an FQDN as hostname

commit b19fc29f8e7b63518872b94cb76563419ed568b6
Author: Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org>
Date:   Fri Dec 26 11:56:00 2025 +0100

    netcfg_get_hostname(): Check hostname before copying it
    
    Check if the user input is a valid domain name before copying it, else
    the hostname is silently truncated to the maximum length and the length
    check never fails.

commit c738ce6964b0605bc56bbfb48c6704b3f3c69074
Author: Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
Date:   Sat Dec 27 00:15:15 2025 +0100

    Fix lintian-overrides, broken since previous upload.

Created: 2025-11-30 Last update: 2026-01-12 22:32

6 open merge requests in Salsa normal

There are 6 open merge requests for this package on Salsa. You should consider reviewing and/or merging these merge requests.

Created: 2025-09-24 Last update: 2026-01-07 00:18

news

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[2026-01-01] netcfg 1.199 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-12-26] Accepted netcfg 1.199 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2025-12-01] netcfg 1.198 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-11-25] Accepted netcfg 1.198 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2025-07-26] netcfg 1.197 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-07-20] Accepted netcfg 1.197 (source) into unstable (Cyril Brulebois)
[2025-07-01] netcfg 1.196 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-06-27] Accepted netcfg 1.196 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2025-04-17] netcfg 1.195 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-01] Accepted netcfg 1.195 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2025-02-12] netcfg 1.194 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-06] Accepted netcfg 1.194 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2025-01-07] netcfg 1.193 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-01-01] Accepted netcfg 1.193 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2024-12-08] netcfg 1.192 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-29] Accepted netcfg 1.192 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2024-11-12] netcfg 1.191 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-02] Accepted netcfg 1.191 (source) into unstable (Cyril Brulebois)
[2024-07-20] netcfg 1.190 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-07-15] Accepted netcfg 1.190 (source) into unstable (Cyril Brulebois)
[2024-05-28] Accepted netcfg 1.187+deb12u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Colin Watson)
[2024-05-26] netcfg 1.189 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-05-21] Accepted netcfg 1.189 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
[2023-09-29] netcfg 1.188 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-09-24] Accepted netcfg 1.188 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2023-05-25] netcfg 1.187 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-05-23] Accepted netcfg 1.187 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2023-05-11] netcfg 1.186 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-05-07] Accepted netcfg 1.186 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
[2023-04-28] netcfg 1.185 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 81 92
RC: 0
I&N: 47 54
M&W: 32 36
F&P: 2
patch: 7
help: 5
NC: 3

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