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general
  • source: policykit-1 (main)
  • version: 127-1
  • maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team (archive) (DMD)
  • uploaders: Martin Pitt [DMD] – Michael Biebl [DMD] – Simon McVittie [DMD] – Luca Boccassi [DMD]
  • arch: all any
  • std-ver: 4.7.2
  • VCS: Git (Browse, QA)
versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]
[pool directory]
  • o-o-stable: 0.105-31+deb11u1
  • o-o-sec: 0.105-31+deb11u1
  • oldstable: 122-3
  • stable: 126-2
  • testing: 127-1
  • unstable: 127-1
versioned links
  • 0.105-31+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 122-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 126-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 127-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • gir1.2-polkit-1.0
  • libpolkit-agent-1-0
  • libpolkit-agent-1-dev
  • libpolkit-gobject-1-0
  • libpolkit-gobject-1-dev
  • pkexec (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
  • policykit-1-doc
  • polkitd (4 bugs: 0, 4, 0, 0)
action needed
Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal
The packages that policykit-1 depends on which need a new maintainer are:
  • xml-core (#660687)
    • Depends: xml-core
    • Build-Depends: xml-core
  • docbook-xsl (#802370)
    • Build-Depends: docbook-xsl
Created: 2022-10-13 Last update: 2026-01-18 13:02
1 new commit 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 917bfbfee0043f3b8ce46841d9cc19bb1dc45718
Author: Andrew Bower <andrew@bower.uk>
Date:   Sat Jan 17 20:31:39 2026 +0000

    Fix #1125142 for systems without systemd-sysv installed
    
    The test for this package's absence was ineffective, possibly for all users,
    because it tested whether the dpkg database knew about the package not whether
    it was installed.
Created: 2026-01-17 Last update: 2026-01-17 23:32
lintian reports 2 warnings normal
Lintian reports 2 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.
Created: 2025-01-14 Last update: 2025-01-14 06:01
Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist
The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.3 instead of 4.7.2).
Created: 2025-12-23 Last update: 2025-12-23 20:00
No known security issue in bookworm wishlist

There is 1 open security issue in bookworm.

1 ignored issue:
  • CVE-2016-2568: pkexec, when used with --user nonpriv, allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer.
Created: 2023-06-10 Last update: 2025-12-20 06:46
news
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  • [2025-12-20] policykit-1 127-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-12-17] Accepted policykit-1 127-1 (source) into unstable (Luca Boccassi)
  • [2025-01-20] policykit-1 126-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-01-17] Accepted policykit-1 126-2 (source) into unstable (Michael Biebl)
  • [2025-01-16] policykit-1 126-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-01-13] Accepted policykit-1 126-1 (source) into unstable (Luca Boccassi)
  • [2024-08-12] policykit-1 125-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-08-08] Accepted policykit-1 125-2 (source) into unstable (Luca Boccassi)
  • [2024-08-08] Accepted policykit-1 125-1 (source) into unstable (Luca Boccassi)
  • [2024-07-09] policykit-1 124-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-07-04] Accepted policykit-1 124-3 (source) into unstable (Michael Biebl)
  • [2024-05-06] policykit-1 124-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-03-16] Accepted policykit-1 124-2 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
  • [2024-01-23] policykit-1 124-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-01-21] Accepted policykit-1 124-1 (source) into unstable (Luca Boccassi)
  • [2023-10-24] policykit-1 123-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-10-20] Accepted policykit-1 123-3 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
  • [2023-10-19] Accepted policykit-1 123-2 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
  • [2023-08-05] policykit-1 123-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-08-02] Accepted policykit-1 123-1 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
  • [2023-06-21] policykit-1 122-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-06-12] Accepted policykit-1 122-4 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
  • [2023-02-03] policykit-1 122-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-01-31] Accepted policykit-1 122-3 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
  • [2023-01-23] policykit-1 122-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-01-20] Accepted policykit-1 122-2 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
  • [2022-10-31] policykit-1 122-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-10-28] Accepted policykit-1 122-1 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
  • [2022-10-16] policykit-1 121+compat0.1-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-10-13] Accepted policykit-1 121+compat0.1-6 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
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bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 22 24
  • RC: 0
  • I&N: 21 23
  • M&W: 1
  • F&P: 0
  • patch: 0
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