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  • source: pcp (main)
  • version: 7.1.2-1
  • maintainer: PCP Development Team (DMD)
  • uploaders: Nathan Scott [DMD] – Ken McDonell [DMD]
  • arch: all 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: 5.2.6-1
  • oldstable: 6.0.3-1.1
  • stable: 6.3.8-1
  • testing: 7.1.2-1
  • unstable: 7.1.2-1
versioned links
  • 5.2.6-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 6.0.3-1.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 6.3.8-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 7.1.2-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • libpcp-archive1
  • libpcp-archive1-dev
  • libpcp-gui2
  • libpcp-gui2-dev
  • libpcp-import-perl
  • libpcp-import1
  • libpcp-import1-dev
  • libpcp-logsummary-perl
  • libpcp-mmv-perl
  • libpcp-mmv1
  • libpcp-mmv1-dev
  • libpcp-pmda-perl
  • libpcp-pmda3
  • libpcp-pmda3-dev
  • libpcp-trace2
  • libpcp-trace2-dev
  • libpcp-web1
  • libpcp-web1-dev
  • libpcp3
  • libpcp3-dev
  • libpcp4
  • libpcp4-dev
  • pcp (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
  • pcp-conf
  • pcp-doc
  • pcp-export-pcp2elasticsearch
  • pcp-export-pcp2graphite
  • pcp-export-pcp2influxdb
  • pcp-export-pcp2json
  • pcp-export-pcp2spark
  • pcp-export-pcp2xlsx
  • pcp-export-pcp2xml
  • pcp-export-pcp2zabbix
  • pcp-export-zabbix-agent
  • pcp-gui
  • pcp-import-benchmarks
  • pcp-import-collectl2pcp
  • pcp-import-ganglia2pcp
  • pcp-import-guidellm2pcp
  • pcp-import-iostat2pcp
  • pcp-import-mrtg2pcp
  • pcp-import-sar2pcp
  • pcp-import-sheet2pcp
  • pcp-pmda-infiniband
  • pcp-testsuite
  • pcp-zeroconf
  • python3-pcp
action needed
Marked for autoremoval on 28 May: #1133063 high
Version 7.1.2-1 of pcp is marked for autoremoval from testing on Thu 28 May 2026. It is affected by #1133063. The removal of pcp will also cause the removal of (transitive) reverse dependency: bpftune. You should try to prevent the removal by fixing these RC bugs.
Created: 2026-04-10 Last update: 2026-05-01 01:02
lintian reports 2 errors and 6 warnings high
Lintian reports 2 errors and 6 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.
Created: 2026-04-25 Last update: 2026-04-25 04:00
AppStream hints: 1 error and 1 warning for pcp-gui high
AppStream found metadata issues for packages:
  • pcp-gui: 1 error and 1 warning
You should get rid of them to provide more metadata about this software.
Created: 2018-06-04 Last update: 2026-02-23 04:00
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: 2025-12-05 Last update: 2026-04-30 20:31
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 7.1.3-1, distribution unstable) and new commits in its VCS. You should consider whether it's time to make an upload.

Here are the relevant commit messages:
commit e17a7e591f6dd6893a13bc9d6946bcf1615825d2
Author: Marko Myllynen <myllynen@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu Apr 30 15:38:35 2026 +0300

    pmrep: make extended header length constant
    
    Help parsing the extended header by external tools when needed.
    
    Resolves #2579

commit 44808b71cf8d8d0ce6560d2effe9b577b7be7727
Author: Marko Myllynen <myllynen@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu Apr 30 15:12:26 2026 +0300

    pmrep: use reasonable end time in extended header
    
    Avoids crashing with something like "pmrep -x mem.util.free" with
    64-bit timestamps. Only relevant with live metrics so no new QA
    added but all existing QA unaffected.
    
    OverflowError: timestamp out of range for platform time_t

commit a2cc2b52f8173d895ec6f839cdced484d360f800
Merge: 263094d0 ecc9c627
Author: Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed Apr 29 01:06:08 2026 +1000

    Merge branch 'main' of github.com:performancecopilot/pcp

commit ecc9c627b8f979888f70adb15ab119fb99d013a8
Merge: 0ed9176f 52bd3e5a
Author: Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed Apr 29 14:40:53 2026 -0400

    Merge branch 'fix/darwin-physmem-total'

commit 52bd3e5a546dcb6902cc8afab1f65b304f120095
Author: Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed Apr 29 14:06:39 2026 -0400

    pmdadarwin: remove superflous global variable init-to-zero

commit 0ab800c8ee49de17825a9b69a020eec2ce4f1421
Author: Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed Apr 29 13:24:03 2026 -0400

    darwin: fix physmem and used memory metrics
    
    The hinv.physmem and mem.physmem metrics were computed by summing
    vm_statistics page counts, which excludes compressor and purgeable
    pages and underreports total RAM. Use sysctlbyname("hw.memsize")
    to retrieve the actual hardware memory size instead.
    
    Also include compressor_page_count in mem.util.used, matching the
    Activity Monitor "Memory Used" calculation.
    
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

commit 263094d07fc69d04ebe515812fc183c99cd5358d
Author: Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed Apr 29 01:05:38 2026 +1000

    build: stitch in changes to pcp-htop source files

commit f39da964eab2b714021ffc7c8fc35a5b30c8d37b
Merge: 0ed9176f 64e09d1a
Author: Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed Apr 29 01:01:59 2026 +1000

    Merge commit '64e09d1a2b84c9fb57a66c91b536cafca00448ef' into htop-merge

commit 64e09d1a2b84c9fb57a66c91b536cafca00448ef
Author: Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed Apr 29 01:01:59 2026 +1000

    Squashed 'vendor/github.com/htop-dev/htop/' changes from a8ffde5c57..2618d33ae1
    
    2618d33ae1 Merge branch 'main' of github.com:htop-dev/htop
    ae424dee68 Update version to 3.6.0-dev
    82841011ac Amend Changelog, Release 3.5.1
    7f66716401 Merge branch 'date-time-meter-merge' of Explorer09/htop-1
    b9af536cfe Switch primary timekeeping from struct timeval to struct timespec
    907db446a8 Merge pull request #1973 from Explorer09/ci-pkg-update
    86b1ad4aaa CI: Force update package lists in Ubuntu
    27e9353bb2 Add 3.5.1 release notes to ChangeLog
    fb642b0fc2 Merge Date & Time meters' updateValues() functions
    3e9e8c3098 Consolidate ClockMeter code with DateTimeMeter code
    
    git-subtree-dir: vendor/github.com/htop-dev/htop
    git-subtree-split: 2618d33ae129017a59877439673f23ddd61cbf5e

commit 0ed9176f5135d670d9d51e71b9567d0dc1691ee6
Author: Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed Apr 29 00:24:05 2026 +1000

    pmdaxfs, qa: ensure help text is not too long for QA checks

commit c6f1a81ad76fbd2aa5abd7f3f3f5c24550fd8f7c
Merge: f42fcd63 49c727be
Author: Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue Apr 28 22:28:50 2026 +1000

    Merge branches 'atop-updates' and 'xfs-updates'

commit 49c727be38c1b5a03816de429ccb2d2440cdcbb3
Author: Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue Apr 28 21:25:57 2026 +1000

    qa: add XFS test data for new kernel 6.7-6.15 stat lines
    
    Adds xfs-root-003.tgz containing a /proc/fs/xfs/stat with the new stat
    lines (zoned, gc xpc, metafile, defer_relog, rmapbt_mem, rcbagbt,
    rtrmapbt, rtrmapbt_mem, rtrefcntbt) at non-zero values.  Regenerates
    987.out to cover the new test data.

commit a637c6f2a9e8fb2307b38a362503a7525270ceec
Author: Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue Apr 28 21:20:45 2026 +1000

    linux_xfs pmda: add new kernel 6.7-6.15 XFS metrics
    
    Adds parsing and metrics for stat lines introduced since kernel 6.7:
    
      defer_relog   - deferred relogging counter (uint64)
      metafile      - active metafile inode count
      rmapbt_mem    - in-memory reverse-mapping btree operations (15 counters)
      rcbagbt       - reference-count bag btree operations (15 counters)
      rtrmapbt      - realtime reverse-mapping btree operations (15 counters)
      rtrmapbt_mem  - in-memory realtime reverse-mapping btree ops (15 counters)
      rtrefcntbt    - realtime reference-count btree operations (15 counters)
    
    Global metrics are under xfs.defer_relog, xfs.metafile.*, and
    xfs.btree.{rmap_mem,rcbag,rtrmap,rtrmap_mem,rtrefcount}.*, with
    matching xfs.perdev.* variants for per-device reporting.

commit 08be3c1b324a69308ceb6352c7775ee177b12a68
Author: Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue Apr 28 21:05:44 2026 +1000

    linux_xfs pmda: add zoned GC metrics
    
    Parses the 'zoned' stat line (read_calls, write_calls, zone_reset_calls)
    and 'gc xpc' line (bytes) added in Linux 6.15 for zoned block device
    support.  Adds them under xfs.zoned.* (global) and xfs.perdev.zoned.*
    (per-device).
    
    Resolves: #2478

commit f42fcd63942b60cfbe632da13115a2c0c2903ea0
Author: Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue Apr 28 11:31:54 2026 +1000

    pcp-atop: fill in the cmdline field for full args (c) option

commit eca9234390ad52412adbe6b5db1d7feb7674b0a0
Author: Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue Apr 28 11:30:49 2026 +1000

    pcp-atop: harden atop handling the case where an agent times out

commit 704b93c3bb5062ff885be8aedbe849053ec7205c
Author: Ken McDonell <kenj@kenj.id.au>
Date:   Sun Apr 26 06:40:04 2026 +1000

    debian/rules: use dh_auto_configure instead of ./configure
    
    As Gianfranco Costamagna noted over in Debian bug #1133063 by calling
    ./configure directly we bypass some build setup where additional "dh"
    flags are inserted as command line arguments when configure is called.
    
    For him, "This makes the package built for a wrong arch in armhf.
    The baseline should be armv7l."

commit 7265eb0e82c3fbcc27e550edfbde30486a216c85
Author: Ken McDonell <kenj@kenj.id.au>
Date:   Sun Apr 26 06:33:39 2026 +1000

    Makepkgs: Debian builds: previous changes to weld build number onto package version were NQR
    
    More than NQR, the earlier commits change VERSION.pcp safely and
    securely, it is just that Debian builds extract this info from the 1st
    line of the debian/changelog so we need edit that in the build source
    tree as well.

commit 92eacce052f4d0e5ac9543d2175b23a97d3ce226
Author: Ken McDonell <kenj@kenj.id.au>
Date:   Sun Apr 26 06:31:31 2026 +1000

    docs: bump changelogs and version for next planned release
    
    The 24 June date is pure speculation ... others need to decide when
    7.1.3 escapes.

commit a120db1accf5ce810712ec9cb17eb86d440f46c7
Merge: f05876ef 9fd1a97c
Author: Ken McDonell <kenj@kenj.id.au>
Date:   Sat Apr 25 06:34:51 2026 +1000

    Merge branch 'main' of https://github.com/performancecopilot/pcp

commit f05876ef3ab7c1d85f685d18b910c0b805a2289b
Author: Ken McDonell <kenj@kenj.id.au>
Date:   Thu Apr 23 08:38:30 2026 +1000

    qa/admin/show-me-all: another fixup for Callback: lines in the QA logs

commit 191a62fdbf8e3e3cb3363484478fc0c823f9b314
Author: Ken McDonell <kenj@kenj.id.au>
Date:   Thu Apr 23 08:10:39 2026 +1000

    qa/1339: change TCP/IP port for use with sample PMDA
    
    Was 5670 and 5671 but the latter clashes with AMQP and on AmazonLinux
    (vm40) tripped the AVC below based on the port number.
    
    $ sudo ausearch -m AVC -ts recent
    ----
    time->Thu Apr 23 07:57:56 2026
    type=AVC msg=audit(1776895076.650:6335): avc:  denied  { name_bind } for  pid=260021 comm="pmdasample" src=5671 scontext=system_u:system_r:pcp_pmcd_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:amqp_port_t:s0 tclass=tcp_socket permissive=1
    
    Changing to the default port (whatever that might be) from _find_port()
    made the AVC go away.
Created: 2026-04-26 Last update: 2026-04-30 15:00
Multiarch hinter reports 1 issue(s) low
There are issues with the multiarch metadata for this package.
  • pcp-doc could be marked Multi-Arch: foreign
Created: 2016-09-14 Last update: 2026-04-30 21:31
4 low-priority security issues in bookworm low

There are 4 open security issues in bookworm.

4 issues left for the package maintainer to handle:
  • CVE-2023-6917: (needs triaging) A vulnerability has been identified in the Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) package, stemming from the mixed privilege levels utilized by systemd services associated with PCP. While certain services operate within the confines of limited PCP user/group privileges, others are granted full root privileges. This disparity in privilege levels poses a risk when privileged root processes interact with directories or directory trees owned by unprivileged PCP users. Specifically, this vulnerability may lead to the compromise of PCP user isolation and facilitate local PCP-to-root exploits, particularly through symlink attacks. These vulnerabilities underscore the importance of maintaining robust privilege separation mechanisms within PCP to mitigate the potential for unauthorized privilege escalation.
  • CVE-2024-3019: (needs triaging) A flaw was found in PCP. The default pmproxy configuration exposes the Redis server backend to the local network, allowing remote command execution with the privileges of the Redis user. This issue can only be exploited when pmproxy is running. By default, pmproxy is not running and needs to be started manually. The pmproxy service is usually started from the 'Metrics settings' page of the Cockpit web interface. This flaw affects PCP versions 4.3.4 and newer.
  • CVE-2024-45769: (needs triaging) A vulnerability was found in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP).  This flaw allows an attacker to send specially crafted data to the system, which could cause the program to misbehave or crash.
  • CVE-2024-45770: (needs triaging) A vulnerability was found in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP). This flaw can only be exploited if an attacker has access to a compromised PCP system account. The issue is related to the pmpost tool, which is used to log messages in the system. Under certain conditions, it runs with high-level privileges.

You can find information about how to handle these issues in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2024-02-29 Last update: 2026-04-28 19:02
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 4.7.2).
Created: 2025-12-23 Last update: 2026-04-24 21:18
testing migrations
  • This package will soon be part of the auto-openssl transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.
news
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  • [2026-04-27] pcp 7.1.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2026-04-24] Accepted pcp 7.1.2-1 (source) into unstable (Nathan Scott)
  • [2026-04-02] pcp 7.1.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2026-03-30] Accepted pcp 7.1.1-1 (source) into unstable (Nathan Scott)
  • [2026-01-30] pcp 7.1.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2026-01-28] Accepted pcp 7.1.0-1 (source) into unstable (Nathan Scott)
  • [2025-12-05] pcp 7.0.5-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-11-21] Accepted pcp 7.0.5-1 (source) into unstable (Nathan Scott)
  • [2025-11-19] Accepted pcp 7.0.4-1 (source) into unstable (Nathan Scott)
  • [2025-11-12] Accepted pcp 7.0.3-1 (source arm64 all) into unstable (Nathan Scott)
  • [2025-11-01] pcp REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-10-16] Accepted pcp 7.0.2-1 (source arm64 all) into unstable (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Nathan Scott)
  • [2025-09-23] Accepted pcp 7.0.1-1 (source arm64 all) into unstable (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Nathan Scott)
  • [2025-09-01] Accepted pcp 7.0.0-1 (source arm64 all) into unstable (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Nathan Scott)
  • [2025-04-21] pcp 6.3.8-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-04-11] Accepted pcp 6.3.8-1 (source) into unstable (Nathan Scott)
  • [2025-04-07] pcp 6.3.7-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-03-28] Accepted pcp 6.3.7-1 (source) into unstable (Nathan Scott)
  • [2025-03-17] Accepted pcp 6.3.6-1 (source) into unstable (Nathan Scott)
  • [2025-03-15] Accepted pcp 6.3.5-1 (source) into unstable (Nathan Scott)
  • [2025-03-13] Accepted pcp 6.3.4-1 (source) into unstable (Nathan Scott)
  • [2025-01-28] Accepted pcp 6.3.3-1 (source) into unstable (Nathan Scott)
  • [2024-09-17] Accepted pcp 6.3.1-1 (source) into unstable (Nathan Scott)
  • [2024-07-30] Accepted pcp 6.3.0-1 (source) into unstable (Nathan Scott)
  • [2024-06-03] pcp REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-05-15] Accepted pcp 6.2.2-1 (source) into unstable (Nathan Scott)
  • [2024-05-07] Accepted pcp 6.2.1-1 (source arm64 all) into unstable (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Nathan Scott)
  • [2024-02-29] Accepted pcp 6.2.0-1.1 (source) into unstable (Benjamin Drung)
  • [2024-02-22] pcp 6.2.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-02-19] Accepted pcp 6.2.0-1.1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Steve Langasek)
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bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 2
  • RC: 1
  • I&N: 1
  • M&W: 0
  • F&P: 0
  • patch: 0
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