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general
  • source: nethack (main)
  • version: 3.6.7-2
  • maintainer: Debian Games Team (archive) (DMD)
  • uploaders: Vincent Cheng [DMD] – James Cowgill [DMD]
  • arch: any
  • 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: 3.6.6-2
  • oldstable: 3.6.6-3
  • stable: 3.6.7-1
  • testing: 3.6.7-1
  • unstable: 3.6.7-2
versioned links
  • 3.6.6-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 3.6.6-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 3.6.7-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 3.6.7-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • nethack-common (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
  • nethack-console (6 bugs: 0, 2, 4, 0)
  • nethack-qt (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
  • nethack-x11 (5 bugs: 0, 4, 1, 0)
action needed
Marked for autoremoval on 07 October: #1097450 high
Version 3.6.7-1 of nethack is marked for autoremoval from testing on Tue 07 Oct 2025. It is affected by #1097450. The removal of nethack will also cause the removal of (transitive) reverse dependency: hearse. You should try to prevent the removal by fixing these RC bugs.
Created: 2025-09-04 Last update: 2025-09-11 18:06
2 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal
The BTS contains patches fixing 2 bugs (3 if counting merged bugs), consider including or untagging them.
Created: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2025-09-11 18:01
Fails to build during reproducibility 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: 2025-09-11 Last update: 2025-09-11 13:00
lintian reports 1 warning normal
Lintian reports 1 warning about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.
Created: 2025-09-08 Last update: 2025-09-08 09:03
AppStream hints: 2 warnings normal
AppStream found metadata issues for packages:
  • nethack-qt: 1 warning
  • nethack-x11: 1 warning
You should get rid of them to provide more metadata about this software.
Created: 2019-06-08 Last update: 2022-09-04 05:18
No known security issue in bookworm wishlist

There is 1 open security issue in bookworm.

1 ignored issue:
  • CVE-2023-24809: NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game. Starting with version 3.6.2 and prior to version 3.6.7, illegal input to the "C" (call) command can cause a buffer overflow and crash the NetHack process. This vulnerability may be a security issue for systems that have NetHack installed suid/sgid and for shared systems. For all systems, it may result in a process crash. This issue is resolved in NetHack 3.6.7. There are no known workarounds.
Created: 2023-06-10 Last update: 2025-09-08 05:00
testing migrations
  • excuses:
    • Migration status for nethack (3.6.7-1 to 3.6.7-2): Waiting for test results or another package, or too young (no action required now - check later)
    • Issues preventing migration:
    • ∙ ∙ Too young, only 3 of 5 days old
    • Additional info:
    • ∙ ∙ Updating nethack will fix bugs in testing: #1097450
    • ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/n/nethack.html
    • ∙ ∙ Reproducible on amd64 - info ♻
    • ∙ ∙ Reproducible on arm64 - info ♻
    • Not considered
news
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  • [2025-09-07] Accepted nethack 3.6.7-2 (source) into unstable (Vincent Cheng)
  • [2023-07-08] nethack 3.6.7-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-07-02] Accepted nethack 3.6.7-1 (source) into unstable (Reiner Herrmann) (signed by: Markus Koschany)
  • [2022-08-28] nethack 3.6.6-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-08-23] Accepted nethack 3.6.6-3 (source) into unstable (Reiner Herrmann) (signed by: Markus Koschany)
  • [2021-01-18] nethack 3.6.6-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2021-01-10] Accepted nethack 3.6.6-2 (source amd64) into unstable, unstable (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Markus Koschany)
  • [2020-05-31] Accepted nethack 3.6.6-1 (source) into unstable (Markus Koschany)
  • [2020-03-05] nethack REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2018-09-22] nethack 3.6.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2018-09-16] Accepted nethack 3.6.1-1 (source) into unstable (James Cowgill)
  • [2016-07-02] nethack 3.6.0-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2016-06-26] Accepted nethack 3.6.0-4 (source) into unstable (James Cowgill)
  • [2016-04-08] nethack 3.6.0-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2016-04-01] Accepted nethack 3.6.0-3 (source) into unstable (James Cowgill)
  • [2016-03-29] nethack 3.6.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2016-03-23] Accepted nethack 3.6.0-2 (source) into unstable (James Cowgill)
  • [2016-03-23] nethack 3.6.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2016-03-11] Accepted nethack 3.6.0-1 (source) into unstable (James Cowgill)
  • [2014-05-17] nethack 3.4.3-15 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2014-05-12] Accepted nethack 3.4.3-15 (source amd64) (Vincent Cheng)
  • [2012-06-23] nethack 3.4.3-14 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2012-06-12] Accepted nethack 3.4.3-14 (source amd64) (Vincent Cheng) (signed by: Bernhard R. Link)
  • [2012-05-30] nethack 3.4.3-13 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2012-05-19] Accepted nethack 3.4.3-13 (source amd64) (Ana Beatriz Guerrero Lopez) (signed by: Ana Beatriz Guerrero López)
  • [2012-02-21] nethack 3.4.3-12.3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2012-02-10] Accepted nethack 3.4.3-12.3 (source i386) (Christian Perrier)
  • [2011-09-08] nethack 3.4.3-12.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2011-08-28] Accepted nethack 3.4.3-12.2 (source amd64) (Luca Falavigna)
  • [2010-05-20] nethack 3.4.3-12.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
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bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 19 20
  • RC: 0
  • I&N: 9
  • M&W: 10 11
  • F&P: 0
  • patch: 2 3
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