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source: sendmail (main)
version: 8.18.2-1
maintainer: Debian QA Group (DMD)
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.7.3
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 8.15.2-22+deb11u3
oldstable: 8.17.1.9-2+deb12u2
old-bpo: 8.18.1-6~bpo12+1
stable: 8.18.1-6
testing: 8.18.2-1
unstable: 8.18.2-1

versioned links

8.15.2-22+deb11u3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
8.17.1.9-2+deb12u2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
8.18.1-6~bpo12+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
8.18.1-6: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
8.18.2-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libmilter-dev (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
libmilter1.0.1 (5 bugs: 0, 3, 2, 0)
rmail (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
sendmail (37 bugs: 0, 26, 11, 0)
sendmail-base (6 bugs: 0, 5, 1, 0)
sendmail-bin (4 bugs: 0, 4, 0, 0)
sendmail-cf (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
sendmail-doc
sensible-mda (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)

action needed

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

The packages that sendmail depends on which need a new maintainer are:

db5.3 (#1055356)
- Depends: libdb5.3t64
db-defaults (#1055344)
- Build-Depends: libdb-dev

Created: 2023-11-04 Last update: 2026-06-09 11:31

1 bug tagged help in the BTS normal

The BTS contains 1 bug tagged help, please consider helping the maintainer in dealing with it.

Created: 2019-03-21 Last update: 2026-06-09 11:00

3 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 3 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-06-02 Last update: 2026-06-09 11:00

2 open merge requests in Salsa normal

There are 2 open merge requests for this package on Salsa. You should consider reviewing and/or merging these merge requests.

Created: 2026-04-28 Last update: 2026-06-02 13:03

lintian reports 5 warnings normal

Lintian reports 5 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2024-08-05 Last update: 2026-01-28 00:30

O: This package has been orphaned and needs a maintainer. normal

This package has been orphaned. This means that it does not have a real maintainer at the moment. Please consider adopting this package if you are interested in it. Please see bug number #740070 for more information.

Created: 2017-12-02 Last update: 2017-12-02 00:26

debian/patches: 24 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 24 debian patches available in version 8.18.2-1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

24 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: 2026-01-27 18:31

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 4.7.3).

Created: 2026-03-31 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01

testing migrations

This package is part of the ongoing testing transition known as auto-libnsl. Please avoid uploads unrelated to this transition, they would likely delay it and require supplementary work from the release managers. On the other hand, if your package has problems preventing it to migrate to testing, please fix them as soon as possible. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.
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.
excuses:
- Migrates after: libnsl
- Migration status for sendmail (8.18.2-1 to 8.18.2-2): Waiting for test results or another package, or too young (no action required now - check later)
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts check waiting for test results - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/s/sendmail.html
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for altermime: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for backuppc: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for clamav: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for courier: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for cvs-mailcommit: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for cyrus-imapd: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), i386: Test triggered (will not be considered a regression) ♻ (reference ♻), loong64: Test triggered (will not be considered a regression) ♻ (reference ♻), ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for diffmon: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for fwlogwatch: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for gnupg2: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered (will not be considered a regression) ♻ (reference ♻), loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for inn2: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for iwatch: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for laniakea: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for logcheck: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for logwatch: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for mime-construct: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for mlmmj: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for pymilter: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for renattach: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for request-tracker5: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for sbuild: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for schleuder: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for sxid: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, loong64: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
- ∙ ∙ Lintian check waiting for test results - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproducibility check waiting for results on amd64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproducibility check waiting for results on arm64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproducibility check waiting for results on armhf - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproducibility check waiting for results on i386 - info
- ∙ ∙ Too young, only 0 of 5 days old
- ∙ ∙ Depends: sendmail libnsl
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Updating sendmail will fix bugs in testing: #1138718
- Not considered

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[2026-06-09] Accepted sendmail 8.18.2-2 (source) into unstable (Aurelien Jarno)
[2026-02-01] sendmail 8.18.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-27] Accepted sendmail 8.18.2-1 (source) into unstable (Andreas Beckmann)
[2025-10-26] Accepted sendmail 8.18.1-8 (source) into experimental (Andreas Beckmann)
[2025-08-17] sendmail 8.18.1-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-12] Accepted sendmail 8.18.1-7 (source) into unstable (Andreas Beckmann)
[2024-10-25] Accepted sendmail 8.18.1-6~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Andreas Beckmann)
[2024-08-11] sendmail 8.18.1-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-08-04] Accepted sendmail 8.18.1-6 (source) into unstable (Andreas Beckmann)
[2024-07-06] sendmail 8.18.1-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-07-01] Accepted sendmail 8.18.1-5 (source) into unstable (Andreas Beckmann)
[2024-06-25] sendmail 8.18.1-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-06-19] Accepted sendmail 8.15.2-14~deb10u3 (source) into oldoldstable (Bastien Roucariès) (signed by: Bastien ROUCARIÈS)
[2024-06-19] Accepted sendmail 8.15.2-22+deb11u3 (source) into oldstable-proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bastien ROUCARIÈS)
[2024-06-17] Accepted sendmail 8.15.2-22+deb11u1 (source) into oldstable-proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bastien ROUCARIÈS)
[2024-06-17] Accepted sendmail 8.15.2-22+deb11u2 (source) into oldstable-proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bastien ROUCARIÈS)
[2024-06-17] Accepted sendmail 8.17.1.9-2+deb12u2 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bastien ROUCARIÈS)
[2024-06-17] Accepted sendmail 8.17.1.9-2+deb12u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bastien ROUCARIÈS)
[2024-06-16] Accepted sendmail 8.18.1-4 (source) into unstable (Bastien Roucariès) (signed by: Bastien ROUCARIÈS)
[2024-06-14] Accepted sendmail 8.15.2-14~deb10u2 (source) into oldoldstable (Bastien Roucariès) (signed by: Bastien ROUCARIÈS)
[2024-05-19] sendmail 8.18.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-05-19] sendmail 8.18.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-05-13] Accepted sendmail 8.18.1-3 (source) into unstable (Bastien Roucariès) (signed by: Bastien ROUCARIÈS)
[2024-05-03] sendmail 8.18.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-03-15] Accepted sendmail 8.18.1-2 (source) into unstable (Andreas Beckmann)
[2024-02-14] sendmail 8.18.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-02-09] Accepted sendmail 8.18.1-1 (source) into unstable (Andreas Beckmann)
[2024-01-15] Accepted sendmail 8.18.0.2-1 (source) into experimental (Andreas Beckmann)
[2023-08-15] Accepted sendmail 8.17.2-1~bpo12+1 (source amd64 all) into stable-backports (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Andreas Beckmann)
[2023-06-20] sendmail 8.17.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 58 59
RC: 0
I&N: 43 44
M&W: 15
F&P: 0
patch: 3
help: 1

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