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general

source: virtualbox (contrib)
version: 7.2.16-dfsg-1
maintainer: Debian Virtualbox Team (DMD)
uploaders: Gianfranco Costamagna [DMD] – Ritesh Raj Sarraf [DMD]
arch: amd64 i386
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]

unstable: 7.2.16-dfsg-1

versioned links

7.2.16-dfsg-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

virtualbox (41 bugs: 0, 33, 8, 0)
virtualbox-dkms (10 bugs: 0, 10, 0, 0)
virtualbox-guest-utils (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe
virtualbox-guest-x11 (7 bugs: 0, 6, 1, 0)
virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe
virtualbox-qt (5 bugs: 0, 5, 0, 0)
virtualbox-source

action needed

Debci reports failed tests high

unstable: neutral (log)
The tests ran in 0:02:59
Last run: 2026-08-22T11:14:48.000Z
Previous status: unknown

testing: fail (log)
The tests ran in 0:00:39
Last run: 2024-12-14T07:57:12.000Z
Previous status: unknown

Created: 2025-07-20 Last update: 2026-08-26 00:30

lintian reports 8 errors and 43 warnings high

Lintian reports 8 errors and 43 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-08-06 Last update: 2026-08-06 20:30

4 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 4 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-08-15 Last update: 2026-08-26 01:30

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

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

docbook-xsl (#802370)
- Build-Depends: docbook-xsl

Created: 2025-07-20 Last update: 2026-08-25 23:31

2 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 507fd6676748446ea39cb4bca9e57b1b57d71c39
Author: Gianfranco Costamagna <locutusofborg@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Aug 25 12:57:21 2026 +0200

    Backport nasm instead of overriding dwz

commit f2638ffdd169176bd7eb8eef245e764cd638c4bc
Author: Gianfranco Costamagna <locutusofborg@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Aug 24 11:31:27 2026 +0200

    Ignore dwz errors, failing for trixie and backports

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

Created: 2026-08-24 Last update: 2026-08-25 12:03

AppStream hints: 1 warning for virtualbox-qt normal

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

virtualbox-qt: 1 warning

You should get rid of them to provide more metadata about this software.

Created: 2025-07-20 Last update: 2025-07-20 14:00

debian/patches: 16 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 16 debian patches available in version 7.2.16-dfsg-1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

16 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: 2026-08-24 18:30

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: 2026-08-24 15:21

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.
excuses:
- Migration status for virtualbox (- to 7.2.16-dfsg-1): BLOCKED: Rejected/violates migration policy/introduces a regression
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Updating virtualbox would introduce bugs in testing: #794466
- ∙ ∙ Too young, only 2 of 5 days old
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts can't test virtualbox (not a blocker) - (no link yet)
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for virtualbox/7.2.16-dfsg-1: amd64: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻, i386: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻
- Not considered

news

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[2026-08-24] Accepted virtualbox 7.2.16-dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2026-08-07] Accepted virtualbox 7.2.14-dfsg-3 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2026-08-06] Accepted virtualbox 7.2.14-dfsg-2 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2026-07-29] Accepted virtualbox 7.2.14-dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2026-04-28] Accepted virtualbox 7.2.8-dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2026-04-07] Accepted virtualbox 7.2.6-dfsg-4 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2026-03-28] Accepted virtualbox 7.2.6-dfsg-3.2 (source) into unstable (Dmitry Shachnev)
[2026-03-23] Accepted virtualbox 7.2.6-dfsg-3.1 (source) into unstable (Tobias Frost)
[2026-02-04] Accepted virtualbox 7.2.6-dfsg-3 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2026-02-02] Accepted virtualbox 7.2.6-dfsg-2 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2026-02-02] Accepted virtualbox 7.2.6-dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2025-12-18] Accepted virtualbox 7.2.4-dfsg-3 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2025-12-18] Accepted virtualbox 7.2.4-dfsg-2 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2025-10-27] Accepted virtualbox 7.2.4-dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2025-10-16] Accepted virtualbox 7.2.2-dfsg-3 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2025-09-16] Accepted virtualbox 7.2.2-dfsg-2 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2025-09-15] Accepted virtualbox 7.2.2-dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2025-09-09] Accepted virtualbox 7.2.0-dfsg-3 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2025-08-25] Accepted virtualbox 7.2.0-dfsg-2 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2025-08-22] Accepted virtualbox 7.2.0-dfsg-1 (source) into experimental (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2025-07-21] Accepted virtualbox 7.1.12-dfsg-2 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2025-07-17] Accepted virtualbox 7.1.12-dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2025-06-10] Accepted virtualbox 7.1.10-dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2025-05-17] Accepted virtualbox 7.1.8-dfsg-3 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2025-05-16] Accepted virtualbox 7.1.8-dfsg-2 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2025-05-16] Accepted virtualbox 7.1.8-dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2025-05-14] Accepted virtualbox 7.0.26-dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)
[2025-02-02] Accepted virtualbox 7.0.20-dfsg-1.2 (source) into unstable (Tobias Frost)
[2025-01-03] Accepted virtualbox 7.0.20-dfsg-1.1 (source) into unstable (Helmut Grohne)
[2024-07-16] Accepted virtualbox 7.0.20-dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Gianfranco Costamagna)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 69 70
RC: 1
I&N: 57 58
M&W: 11
F&P: 0
patch: 4

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