rng-tools5 - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: rng-tools5 (main)
version: 5-4.1
maintainer: Michael Stone (DMD)
arch: any
std-ver: 4.2.1
VCS: unknown

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 5-4
oldstable: 5-4.1
stable: 5-4.1
testing: 5-4.1
unstable: 5-4.1

versioned links

5-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
5-4.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

rng-tools5 (2 bugs: 1, 1, 0, 0)

action needed

Marked for autoremoval on 23 August: #1142760 high

Version 5-4.1 of rng-tools5 is marked for autoremoval from testing on Sun 23 Aug 2026. It is affected by #1142760. You should try to prevent the removal by fixing these RC bugs.

Created: 2026-08-03 Last update: 2026-08-12 22:01

lintian reports 1 error and 1 warning high

Lintian reports 1 error and 1 warning about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2022-12-03 Last update: 2022-12-03 22:05

debian/patches: 1 patch to forward upstream low

Among the 1 debian patch available in version 5-4.1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

1 patch 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: 2023-02-26 15:54

Standards version of the package is outdated.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 4.2.1).

Created: 2018-12-23 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01

news

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[2022-12-08] rng-tools5 5-4.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-12-03] Accepted rng-tools5 5-4.1 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2018-10-30] rng-tools5 5-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-10-19] Accepted rng-tools5 5-4 (source amd64) into unstable (Michael Stone)
[2018-05-21] rng-tools5 5-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-05-09] Accepted rng-tools5 5-3 (source amd64) into unstable (Michael Stone)
[2017-10-29] rng-tools5 5-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-10-17] Accepted rng-tools5 5-2 (source amd64) into unstable (Michael Stone)
[2016-12-22] rng-tools5 5-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-12-11] Accepted rng-tools5 5-1 (source amd64) into unstable, unstable (Michael Stone)

bugs [bug history graph]

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

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version: 5-4.1build1