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XZ-format compression utilities

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source: xz-utils (main)
version: 5.8.2-2
maintainer: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior (DMD)
uploaders: Jonathan Nieder [DMD] – Otto Kekäläinen [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: 5.2.5-2.1~deb11u1
o-o-sec: 5.2.5-2.1~deb11u1
oldstable: 5.4.1-1
old-sec: 5.4.1-1
stable: 5.8.1-1
testing: 5.8.2-1
unstable: 5.8.2-2

versioned links

5.2.5-2.1~deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
5.4.1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
5.8.1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
5.8.2-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
5.8.2-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

liblzma-dev
liblzma-doc
liblzma5 (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
liblzma5-udeb
xz-utils (2 bugs: 0, 1, 1, 0)
xzdec

action needed

lintian reports 10 warnings normal

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

Created: 2026-01-16 Last update: 2026-01-16 06:00

debian/patches: 1 patch to forward upstream low

Among the 1 debian patch available in version 5.8.2-2 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

1 patch 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: 2026-01-16 Last update: 2026-01-16 22:48

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status for xz-utils (5.8.2-1 to 5.8.2-2): BLOCKED: Rejected/violates migration policy/introduces a regression
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for binutils/2.45.50.20251209-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for cmake/4.1.1+really3.31.6-2: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for debusine/0.14.2: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Regression ♻ (reference ♻), s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for dgit/14.2: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Test triggered, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/1.7.17-4: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for glibc/2.42-7: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for lintian/2.128.1: amd64: Failed (not a regression) ♻ (reference ♻), arm64: Failed (not a regression) ♻ (reference ♻), i386: Failed (not a regression) ♻ (reference ♻), ppc64el: Failed (not a regression) ♻ (reference ♻), riscv64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), s390x: Failed (not a regression) ♻ (reference ♻)
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for needrestart/3.11-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Regression ♻ (reference ♻), ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for python3.13/3.13.11-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for python3.14/3.14.2-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for xz-utils/5.8.2-2: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Too young, only 1 of 5 days old
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/x/xz-utils.html
- ∙ ∙ Waiting for reproducibility test results on amd64 - info ♻
- ∙ ∙ Waiting for reproducibility test results on arm64 - info ♻
- Not considered

news

[2026-01-16] Accepted xz-utils 5.8.2-2 (source) into unstable (Otto Kekäläinen)
[2025-12-30] xz-utils 5.8.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-12-26] Accepted xz-utils 5.8.2-1 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Andrzej Siewior)
[2025-10-09] xz-utils 5.8.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-03] Accepted xz-utils 5.8.1-2 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Andrzej Siewior)
[2025-09-09] xz-utils 5.8.1-1.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-09-04] Accepted xz-utils 5.8.1-1.1 (source) into unstable (Matthias Klose)
[2025-04-09] xz-utils 5.8.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-05] Accepted xz-utils 5.4.1-1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior)
[2025-04-05] Accepted xz-utils 5.4.1-1 (source) into stable-security (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior)
[2025-04-03] Accepted xz-utils 5.8.1-1 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Andrzej Siewior)
[2025-03-26] Accepted xz-utils 5.8.0-1 (source) into experimental (Sebastian Andrzej Siewior)
[2025-03-06] xz-utils 5.6.4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-03-01] Accepted xz-utils 5.6.4-1 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Andrzej Siewior)
[2024-10-28] xz-utils 5.6.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-10-24] Accepted xz-utils 5.6.3-1 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Andrzej Siewior)
[2024-07-09] xz-utils 5.6.2-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-07-04] Accepted xz-utils 5.6.2-2 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Andrzej Siewior)
[2024-06-23] xz-utils 5.6.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-06-15] Accepted xz-utils 5.6.2-1 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Andrzej Siewior)
[2024-03-29] xz-utils 5.6.1+really5.4.5-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-03-28] Accepted xz-utils 5.6.1+really5.4.5-1 (source) into unstable (Salvatore Bonaccorso)
[2024-03-27] Accepted xz-utils 5.6.1-1 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Andrzej Siewior)
[2024-03-05] xz-utils 5.6.0-0.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-02-28] Accepted xz-utils 5.6.0-0.2 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Andrzej Siewior)
[2024-02-26] Accepted xz-utils 5.6.0-0.1 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Andrzej Siewior)
[2024-02-15] Accepted xz-utils 5.5.2beta-1 (source) into experimental (Sebastian Andrzej Siewior)
[2024-02-01] Accepted xz-utils 5.5.1alpha-0.1 (source) into experimental (Sebastian Andrzej Siewior)
[2023-12-26] xz-utils 5.4.5-0.3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-12-23] Accepted xz-utils 5.4.5-0.3 (source) into unstable (Cyril Brulebois)

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bugs [bug history graph]

all: 4
RC: 0
I&N: 1
M&W: 3
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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