socat - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: socat (main)
version: 1.8.1.3-2
maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) (DMD)
std-ver: 4.7.2
VCS: unknown

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 1.7.4.1-3
oldstable: 1.7.4.4-2
old-bpo: 1.8.0.0-4~bpo12+1
stable: 1.8.0.3-1
stable-p-u: 1.8.0.3-1+deb13u1
testing: 1.8.1.3-2
unstable: 1.8.1.3-2

versioned links

1.7.4.1-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.7.4.4-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.8.0.0-4~bpo12+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.8.0.3-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.8.0.3-1+deb13u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.8.1.3-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

socat (19 bugs: 0, 11, 8, 0)

action needed

Problems while searching for a new upstream version high

uscan had problems while searching for a new upstream version:

In watchfile debian/watch, reading webpage
  https://repo.or.cz/socat.git/tags failed: 500 Can't connect to repo.or.cz:443 (Connection reset by peer)

Created: 2026-08-31 Last update: 2026-09-06 06:30

1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 1 bug, consider including or untagging them.

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

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: 2026-08-17 Last update: 2026-09-06 08:00

lintian reports 7 warnings normal

Lintian reports 7 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-06-30 Last update: 2026-06-30 09:17

debian/patches: 8 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 8 debian patches available in version 1.8.1.3-2 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

8 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: 2026-06-29 10:49

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: 2026-06-28 21:21

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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[2026-09-05] Accepted socat 1.8.0.3-1+deb13u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Moritz Mühlenhoff)
[2026-07-03] socat 1.8.1.3-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-06-28] Accepted socat 1.8.1.3-2 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
[2026-06-26] Accepted socat 1.8.1.3-1 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
[2026-06-10] socat 1.8.1.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-06-02] Accepted socat 1.8.1.1-2 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
[2026-02-28] socat 1.8.1.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-02-22] Accepted socat 1.8.1.1-1 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
[2025-12-26] socat 1.8.1.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-12-20] Accepted socat 1.8.1.0-2 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
[2025-12-09] Accepted socat 1.8.1.0-1 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
[2025-04-11] socat 1.8.0.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-05] Accepted socat 1.8.0.3-1 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
[2024-12-28] socat 1.8.0.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-12-22] Accepted socat 1.8.0.2-1 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
[2024-09-01] socat 1.8.0.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-08-27] Accepted socat 1.8.0.1-2 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
[2024-08-25] Accepted socat 1.8.0.1-1 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
[2024-07-15] Accepted socat 1.8.0.0-4~bpo12+1 (source amd64) into stable-backports (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Boyuan Yang)
[2024-01-15] socat 1.8.0.0-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-01-06] Accepted socat 1.8.0.0-4 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
[2023-12-21] Accepted socat 1.8.0.0-3 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
[2023-12-18] Accepted socat 1.8.0.0-2 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
[2023-12-17] Accepted socat 1.8.0.0-1 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
[2022-11-11] socat 1.7.4.4-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-11-06] Accepted socat 1.7.4.4-2 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
[2022-11-02] Accepted socat 1.7.4.4-1 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
[2022-05-03] socat 1.7.4.3-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-05-03] socat 1.7.4.3-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-04-27] Accepted socat 1.7.4.3-3 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 19
RC: 0
I&N: 11
M&W: 8
F&P: 0
patch: 1

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version: 1.8.1.3-2build1
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