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source: nikto (non-free)
version: 1:2.1.5-3.1
maintainer: Vincent Bernat (DMD)
arch: all
std-ver: 3.9.8
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 1:2.1.5-3.1
oldstable: 1:2.1.5-3.1
stable: 1:2.1.5-3.1
testing: 1:2.1.5-3.1
unstable: 1:2.1.5-3.1

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1:2.1.5-3.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

nikto (2 bugs: 0, 1, 1, 0)

action needed

Problems while searching for a new upstream version high

uscan had problems while searching for a new upstream version:

In debian/watch no matching files for watch source
  http://cirt.net/nikto/

Created: 2020-06-29 Last update: 2025-10-30 21:31

Standards version of the package is outdated.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The package is severely out of date with respect to the Debian Policy.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 4.7.2 instead of 3.9.8).

Created: 2018-04-16 Last update: 2025-02-27 13:24

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 1:2.1.5-4, 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 6076ead15d22063e4515999349386c1ee5e1d667
Merge: 4a48b76 82756ca
Author: Jelmer Vernooĳ <jelmer@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Nov 1 19:15:47 2022 +0000

    Merge branch 'lintian-fixes' into 'master'
    
    Fix some issues reported by lintian
    
    See merge request debian/nikto!1

commit 82756ca9df78b8b0670b82f2c64bce4d3628d893
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Mon Oct 11 22:43:49 2021 +0000

    Set debhelper-compat version in Build-Depends.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: uses-debhelper-compat-file
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/uses-debhelper-compat-file.html

commit d52551fdb079f65c268a23dfd41e0f7455eded17
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Mon Oct 11 22:43:48 2021 +0000

    Bump debhelper from deprecated 9 to 13.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: package-uses-deprecated-debhelper-compat-version
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/package-uses-deprecated-debhelper-compat-version.html

commit 4a48b7648d7fddf3817565e1dcfeae64f4cd30d8
Author: Ondřej Nový <onovy@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Oct 1 09:45:06 2018 +0200

    d/changelog: Remove trailing whitespaces

commit 8befe6691df970f6363b1eed3d8a3f8b2d74601d
Author: Ondřej Nový <onovy@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Oct 1 09:45:05 2018 +0200

    d/control: Deprecating priority extra as per policy 4.0.1

Created: 2018-10-01 Last update: 2025-10-30 11:31

lintian reports 4 warnings normal

Lintian reports 4 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-07-21 Last update: 2025-09-11 04:33

debian/patches: 4 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 4 debian patches available in version 1:2.1.5-3.1 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: 2023-02-27 20:59

news

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[2018-12-05] nikto 1:2.1.5-3.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-11-29] Accepted nikto 1:2.1.5-3.1 (source all) into unstable (Joao Eriberto Mota Filho)
[2018-07-02] nikto REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-06-02] Accepted nikto 1:2.1.5-3 (source) into unstable (Vincent Bernat)
[2017-06-20] nikto 1:2.1.5-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-03-13] Accepted nikto 1:2.1.5-2 (source all) into unstable (Vincent Bernat)
[2014-05-31] nikto 1:2.1.5-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2014-05-25] Accepted nikto 1:2.1.5-1 (source all) (Vincent Bernat)
[2011-07-20] nikto 1:2.1.4-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2011-07-09] Accepted nikto 1:2.1.4-2 (source all) (Vincent Bernat)
[2011-05-04] nikto 1:2.1.4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2011-04-23] Accepted nikto 1:2.1.4-1 (source all) (Vincent Bernat)
[2010-02-19] nikto 1:2.1.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2010-02-08] Accepted nikto 1:2.1.1-1 (source all) (Vincent Bernat)
[2009-10-26] nikto 2.03-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2009-10-15] Accepted nikto 2.03-2 (source all) (Vincent Bernat)
[2009-02-16] nikto 2.03-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2008-09-13] Accepted nikto 2.03-1 (source all) (Vincent Bernat)
[2008-05-07] nikto 2.02-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2008-04-26] Accepted nikto 2.02-1 (source all) (Vincent Bernat)
[2008-03-23] nikto REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2008-03-22] Bug#434392: fixed (Debian Archive Maintenance)
[2007-08-03] nikto 1.35-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2007-07-23] Accepted nikto 1.35-2 (source all) (Thomas Seyrat)
[2006-09-18] nikto 1.35-1.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2006-09-11] Accepted nikto 1.35-1.1 (source all) (Steinar H. Gunderson)
[2005-09-28] Accepted nikto 1.35-1 (source all) (Thomas Seyrat)
[2005-04-17] Accepted nikto 1.34-1 (all source) (Thomas Seyrat)
[2004-04-23] Accepted nikto 1.32-1 (all source) (Thomas Seyrat)
[2003-09-10] Accepted nikto 1.30-3 (all source) (Thomas Seyrat)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 2
RC: 0
I&N: 1
M&W: 1
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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