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source: sysvinit (main)
version: 3.18-2
maintainer: Debian sysvinit maintainers (DMD)
uploaders: Mark Hindley (DMD) – Vincenzo Nicosia (KatolaZ) (DMD) – Ian Jackson (DMD) – Benda Xu (DMD) – Adam Borowski (DMD)
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.7.4
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 2.96-7+deb11u1
oldstable: 3.06-4
old-bpo: 3.08-3~bpo12+2
stable: 3.14-4
testing: 3.18-1
unstable: 3.18-2

versioned links

2.96-7+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.06-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.08-3~bpo12+2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.14-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.18-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.18-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

bootlogd (2 bugs: 0, 1, 1, 0)
initscripts (26 bugs: 0, 4, 22, 0)
sysv-rc
sysvinit-core (4 bugs: 0, 1, 3, 0)
sysvinit-utils (5 bugs: 0, 1, 4, 0)

action needed

7 bugs with a patch to review in the bug tracker normal

The bug tracker contains patches fixing 7 bugs to review: include them, or remove the patch tag.

Created: 2026-09-02 Last update: 2026-11-09 17:00

4 open merge requests in Salsa normal

There are 4 open merge requests for this package on Salsa. You should consider reviewing and/or merging these merge requests.

Created: 2026-11-03 Last update: 2026-11-03 19:33

debian/patches: 4 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 4 debian patches available in version 3.18-2 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

4 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: 2026-11-09 09:31

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for sysvinit (3.18-1 to 3.18-2): BLOCKED: Rejected/violates migration policy/introduces a regression
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for at/3.2.5-2.2: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, loong64: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Regression ♻ (reference ♻)
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for dracut: amd64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), arm64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), armhf: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), i386: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), loong64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), ppc64el: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), riscv64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), s390x: Test triggered (failure will be ignored)
- ∙ ∙ 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
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/s/sysvinit.html
- Not considered

news

[2026-11-08] Accepted sysvinit 3.18-2 (source) into unstable (Mark Hindley)
[2026-04-05] sysvinit 3.18-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-31] Accepted sysvinit 3.18-1 (source) into unstable (Mark Hindley)
[2025-11-21] sysvinit 3.15-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-11-16] Accepted sysvinit 3.15-6 (source) into unstable (Mark Hindley)
[2025-10-26] sysvinit 3.15-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-21] Accepted sysvinit 3.15-5 (source) into unstable (Mark Hindley)
[2025-10-14] Accepted sysvinit 3.15-4 (source) into experimental (Mark Hindley)
[2025-10-08] Accepted sysvinit 3.15-3 (source) into experimental (Mark Hindley)
[2025-09-23] Accepted sysvinit 3.15-2 (source) into experimental (Mark Hindley)
[2025-09-09] Accepted sysvinit 3.15-1 (source) into experimental (Mark Hindley)
[2025-03-17] sysvinit 3.14-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-03-11] Accepted sysvinit 3.14-4 (source) into unstable (Mark Hindley)
[2025-03-05] sysvinit 3.14-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-24] Accepted sysvinit 3.14-3 (source) into unstable (Mark Hindley)
[2025-02-18] Accepted sysvinit 3.14-2 (source) into experimental (Mark Hindley)
[2025-02-16] sysvinit 3.14-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-10] Accepted sysvinit 3.14-1 (source) into unstable (Mark Hindley)
[2025-01-12] sysvinit 3.13-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-01-07] Accepted sysvinit 3.13-1 (source) into unstable (Mark Hindley)
[2024-10-28] sysvinit 3.11-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-10-23] Accepted sysvinit 3.11-1 (source) into unstable (Mark Hindley)
[2024-10-21] sysvinit 3.10-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-10-15] Accepted sysvinit 3.10-3 (source) into unstable (Mark Hindley)
[2024-09-17] sysvinit 3.10-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-09-11] Accepted sysvinit 3.10-2 (source) into unstable (Mark Hindley)
[2024-08-13] sysvinit 3.10-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-08-06] Accepted sysvinit 3.10-1 (source) into unstable (Mark Hindley)
[2024-06-21] sysvinit 3.09-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-06-16] Accepted sysvinit 3.09-2 (source) into unstable (Mark Hindley)

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bugs [bug history graph]

all: 34 39
RC: 0
I&N: 7
M&W: 27 32
F&P: 0
patch: 7

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ubuntu

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version: 3.18-1ubuntu1
119 bugs (7 patches)
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