apt - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: apt (main)
version: 3.3.3
maintainer: APT Development Team (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Julian Andres Klode [DMD] – Michael Vogt [DMD] – David Kalnischkies [DMD]
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.1.1
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 2.2.4
oldstable: 2.6.1
stable: 3.0.3
testing: 3.3.3
unstable: 3.3.3

versioned links

2.2.4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.6.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.0.3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.3.3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

apt (1116 bugs: 0, 537, 579, 0)
apt-doc (2 bugs: 0, 1, 1, 0)
apt-transport-https (4 bugs: 0, 3, 1, 0)
apt-utils (43 bugs: 0, 25, 18, 0)
libapt-pkg-dev (7 bugs: 0, 0, 7, 0)
libapt-pkg-doc (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
libapt-pkg7.0

action needed

Debci reports failed tests high

unstable: pass (log)
The tests ran in 0:16:34
Last run: 2026-05-18T02:56:14.000Z
Previous status: unknown

testing: pass (log)
The tests ran in 0:19:09
Last run: 2026-07-22T23:35:04.000Z
Previous status: unknown

stable: fail (log)
The tests ran in 0:16:46
Last run: 2026-09-09T12:56:23.000Z
Previous status: unknown

Created: 2025-03-24 Last update: 2026-09-13 17:00

lintian reports 10 errors and 26 warnings high

Lintian reports 10 errors and 26 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-08-15 Last update: 2026-08-16 23:00

48 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 48 bugs (52 if counting merged bugs), consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-09-02 Last update: 2026-09-13 17:30

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

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

db5.3 (#1055356)
- Depends: libdb5.3t64
db-defaults (#1055344)
- Build-Depends: libdb-dev
docbook-xsl (#802370)
- Build-Depends: docbook-xsl

Created: 2023-09-01 Last update: 2026-09-13 17:00

9 new commits since last upload, is it time to release? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have new commits in its VCS but has not yet updated debian/changelog. You should consider updating the Debian changelog and uploading this new version into the archive.

Here are the relevant commit logs:

commit 981706948a59a239c0616c83d81d9661fc6a6f3b
Merge: 4bd592d7 ac676d8e
Author: Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Aug 31 08:52:21 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'main' into 'main'
    
    Updated Irish translation based on Release 3.3.3
    
    See merge request apt-team/apt!617

commit ac676d8e8adce150ea0afb2b97d62e6afea84e57
Author: Aindriú Mac Giolla Eoin <aindriu80@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Aug 23 14:19:17 2026 +0100

    Updated Irish translation based on Release 3.3.3

commit 4bd592d724a5b4db612557ff10eddc537991fb95
Merge: 1fcc31c0 7df2547f
Author: Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Aug 31 08:52:07 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'bash-completions-from-parser' into 'main'
    
    apt: Generate bash completions from declarative parser
    
    See merge request apt-team/apt!613

commit 7df2547f49a51ba2a51920907db2409b16835432
Author: Zara Grigoryan <zara.grigoryan@canonical.com>
Date:   Wed Aug 19 07:21:07 2026 +0000

    apt: Generate bash completions from declarative parser

commit 1fcc31c09480126ec1195177e919f9d4eb1396b7
Merge: d8f548e0 732b6207
Author: Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Aug 25 10:20:17 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'security-md' into 'main'
    
    Add a SECURITY.md
    
    See merge request apt-team/apt!616

commit 732b62072a6e92e13168dc2d2ddc120c70aef673
Author: Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Aug 21 22:42:28 2026 +0200

    Add a SECURITY.md

commit d8f548e00ca4d16829de13a62fa8fafa9d5cd97b
Merge: d0598642 13dac318
Author: Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Aug 17 12:38:27 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'cmdline-add-remaining-help' into 'main'
    
    cmdline: add help for remaining apt commands
    
    See merge request apt-team/apt!611

commit 13dac3188143a5a9a0ba55908de5d3cf766c7c8f
Author: Zara Grigoryan <zara.grigoryan@canonical.com>
Date:   Fri Aug 14 05:14:17 2026 +0000

    cmdline: add help for remaining apt commands
    
    Add concise usage and description text for history and compatibility commands that previously showed only declarative option help.
    
    Reuse canonical cleanup help for legacy aliases and extend integration coverage for the new prose, aliases, and inherited options.

commit d059864253d7a77fe4378700aa72fec146aa5dff
Author: Américo Monteiro <a_monteiro@gmx.com>
Date:   Mon Aug 17 11:07:54 2026 +0000

    Portuguese manpages translation update
    
    Closes: #1144491

https://salsa.debian.org/api/v4/projects/apt-team%2Fapt API request failed: 401 Unauthorized at /srv/qa.debian.org/data/vcswatch/vcswatch line 410.

Created: 2026-08-17 Last update: 2026-09-08 06:03

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 4.1.1).

Created: 2018-01-04 Last update: 2026-08-14 21:16

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

[rss feed]

[2026-08-19] apt 3.3.3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-08-14] Accepted apt 3.3.3 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2026-08-11] apt 3.3.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-07-30] Accepted apt 3.3.2 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2026-05-29] apt 3.3.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-05-17] Accepted apt 3.3.1 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2026-05-01] Accepted apt 3.3.0 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2026-04-10] apt 3.2.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-04-07] Accepted apt 3.2.0 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2026-02-20] apt 3.1.16 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-02-17] Accepted apt 3.1.16 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2026-02-03] apt 3.1.15 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-31] Accepted apt 3.1.15 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2026-01-29] apt 3.1.14 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-23] Accepted apt 3.1.14 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2026-01-08] apt 3.1.13 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-05] Accepted apt 3.1.13 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-11-13] apt 3.1.12 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-11-10] Accepted apt 3.1.12 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-10-28] apt 3.1.11 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-26] Accepted apt 3.1.11 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-10-25] Accepted apt 3.1.10 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-10-24] apt 3.1.9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-21] Accepted apt 3.1.9 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-10-07] apt 3.1.8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-04] Accepted apt 3.1.8 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-10-02] Accepted apt 3.1.7 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-10-02] apt 3.1.6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-09-26] Accepted apt 3.1.6 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-09-02] apt 3.1.5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 1084 1199
RC: 0
I&N: 524 577
M&W: 558 620
F&P: 2
patch: 48 52
NC: 5

links

lintian (10, 26)
buildd: logs, reproducibility, cross
popcon
browse source code
other distros
security tracker
screenshots
l10n (70, 59)
debci

ubuntu

[Information about Ubuntu for Debian Developers]

version: 3.3.3
467 bugs (13 patches)