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source: perl (main)
version: 5.28.0-3
maintainer: Niko Tyni [DMD]
uploaders: Dominic Hargreaves [DMD]
arch: all any
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: 5.14.2-21+deb7u3
o-o-sec: 5.14.2-21+deb7u6
oldstable: 5.20.2-3+deb8u11
old-sec: 5.20.2-3+deb8u11
stable: 5.24.1-3+deb9u4
stable-sec: 5.24.1-3+deb9u4
testing: 5.28.0-3
unstable: 5.28.0-3

versioned links

5.14.2-21+deb7u3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
5.14.2-21+deb7u6: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
5.20.2-3+deb8u11: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
5.24.1-3+deb9u4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
5.26.2-7: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
5.28.0-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libperl-dev
libperl5.28
perl
perl-base
perl-debug
perl-doc
perl-modules-5.28

action needed

lintian reports 25 errors and 15 warnings high

Lintian reports 25 errors and 15 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2018-05-21 Last update: 2018-11-02 06:38

Standards version of the package is outdated.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The package is severely out of date with respect to the Debian Policy.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 4.2.1 instead of 3.9.8).

Created: 2017-06-21 Last update: 2018-11-01 06:23

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: 2018-11-07 Last update: 2018-11-18 20:11

9 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 9 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2018-10-01 Last update: 2018-11-18 20:08

2 new commits since last upload, time to upload? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have a new changelog entry (version 5.28.0-4, 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 83379b78c20cf51aaa9d9e2cc44ad7b59d45ca38
Author: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Nov 17 19:49:02 2018 +0200

    Make perl Break apt-show-versions (<< 0.22.10) due to Storable changes
    
    Closes: #913349

commit 85a16781e7133ee0c5e9572dea18b04d316bd293
Author: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
Date:   Tue Nov 6 21:51:41 2018 +0000

    Add missing test dependency for 'prove' test (Closes: #913096)

Created: 2018-06-04 Last update: 2018-11-18 16:43

1 ignored security issue in jessie low

There is 1 open security issue in jessie.

1 issue skipped by the security teams:

CVE-2018-6797: An issue was discovered in Perl 5.18 through 5.26. A crafted regular expression can cause a heap-based buffer overflow, with control over the bytes written.

Please fix it.

Created: 2018-04-14 Last update: 2018-11-04 02:15

Build log checks report 1 warning low

Build log checks report 1 warning

Created: 2018-04-15 Last update: 2018-04-15 08:04

news

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[2018-11-04] perl 5.28.0-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-10-31] Accepted perl 5.28.0-3 (source) into unstable (Niko Tyni)
[2018-08-15] perl 5.26.2-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-08-12] Accepted perl 5.26.2-7 (source) into unstable (Niko Tyni)
[2018-07-16] Accepted perl 5.28.0-2 (source) into experimental (Niko Tyni)
[2018-06-26] Accepted perl 5.28.0-1 (source) into experimental (Niko Tyni)
[2018-06-12] Accepted perl 5.24.1-3+deb9u4 (all amd64 source) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Dominic Hargreaves)
[2018-06-12] Accepted perl 5.20.2-3+deb8u11 (all amd64 source) into oldstable-proposed-updates->oldstable-new, oldstable-proposed-updates (Dominic Hargreaves)
[2018-06-12] perl 5.26.2-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-06-12] Accepted perl 5.24.1-3+deb9u4 (all amd64 source) into stable->embargoed, stable (Dominic Hargreaves)
[2018-06-12] Accepted perl 5.20.2-3+deb8u11 (all amd64 source) into oldstable->embargoed, oldstable (Dominic Hargreaves)
[2018-06-09] Accepted perl 5.26.2-6 (source) into unstable (Dominic Hargreaves)
[2018-06-08] Accepted perl 5.28.0~rc2-1 (source) into experimental (Niko Tyni)
[2018-06-04] Accepted perl 5.28.0~rc1-1 (all amd64 source) into experimental, experimental (Niko Tyni)
[2018-05-22] perl 5.26.2-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-05-19] Accepted perl 5.26.2-5 (source) into unstable (Niko Tyni)
[2018-05-18] Accepted perl 5.26.2-4 (source) into unstable (Niko Tyni)
[2018-05-03] perl 5.26.2-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-04-27] Accepted perl 5.26.2-3 (source) into unstable (Niko Tyni)
[2018-04-24] perl 5.26.2-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-04-18] perl 5.26.1-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-04-17] Accepted perl 5.26.2-2 (source) into unstable (Niko Tyni)
[2018-04-16] Accepted perl 5.24.1-3+deb9u3 (source) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Niko Tyni)
[2018-04-16] Accepted perl 5.20.2-3+deb8u10 (all source) into oldstable-proposed-updates->oldstable-new, oldstable-proposed-updates (Niko Tyni)
[2018-04-15] Accepted perl 5.26.2-1 (source) into experimental (Niko Tyni)
[2018-04-14] Accepted perl 5.14.2-21+deb7u6 (source all amd64) into oldoldstable (Emilio Pozuelo Monfort)
[2018-04-14] Accepted perl 5.26.1-6 (source) into unstable (Niko Tyni)
[2018-04-14] Accepted perl 5.20.2-3+deb8u10 (all source) into oldstable->embargoed, oldstable (Niko Tyni)
[2018-04-14] Accepted perl 5.24.1-3+deb9u3 (source) into stable->embargoed, stable (Niko Tyni)
[2018-03-01] perl 5.26.1-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 204 210
RC: 0
I&N: 69 71
M&W: 132 136
F&P: 3
patch: 9

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version: 5.28.0-3
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