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/proc file system utilities

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general
  • source: procps (main)
  • version: 2:4.0.4-9
  • maintainer: Craig Small (DMD)
  • arch: any
  • std-ver: 4.7.0
  • VCS: Git (Browse, QA)
versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]
[pool directory]
  • o-o-stable: 2:3.3.17-5
  • oldstable: 2:4.0.2-3
  • stable: 2:4.0.4-9
  • testing: 2:4.0.4-9
  • unstable: 2:4.0.4-9
  • exp: 2:4.0.6-1
versioned links
  • 2:3.3.17-5: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2:4.0.2-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2:4.0.4-9: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2:4.0.6-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • libproc2-0
  • libproc2-dev
  • procps (33 bugs: 0, 14, 19, 0)
action needed
A new upstream version is available: 4.0.6 high
A new upstream version 4.0.6 is available, you should consider packaging it.
Created: 2025-11-27 Last update: 2026-05-20 03:30
3 bugs tagged help in the BTS normal
The BTS contains 3 bugs tagged help, please consider helping the maintainer in dealing with them.
Created: 2025-04-15 Last update: 2026-05-20 08:30
7 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal
The BTS contains patches fixing 7 bugs, consider including or untagging them.
Created: 2026-04-06 Last update: 2026-05-20 08:30
7 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 cbb8684b9726861d54e653cbd88a40740f68b7cb
Merge: 15a6659 8338702
Author: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
Date:   Tue May 19 10:22:38 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'watch-v5' into 'master'
    
    d/watch: Update to version 5 (Closes: #1130667)
    
    See merge request debian/procps!11

commit 15a66594633021ba58187f39f97d28899dae317e
Merge: fbd8a50 6bc5257
Author: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
Date:   Tue May 19 10:21:06 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'deps' into 'master'
    
    Various dependencies cleanups
    
    See merge request debian/procps!10

commit 8338702af91c043b73bab01deaa3246ecddb4fa2
Author: Gioele Barabucci <gioele@svario.it>
Date:   Fri Mar 13 23:48:12 2026 +0100

    d/watch: Update to version 5
    
    The current version of d/watch fails to download the right file:
    
    ```
    $ origtargz -d
    Trying uscan --download --download-current-version ...
    Newest version of procps on remote site is 4.0.6, specified download version is 4.0.6
    uscan error: Unknown compression used in ../procps-4.0.6.tar.gz
    Could not find any location for procps_4.0.6.orig.tar.*
    ```
    
    Using the template ensures that up-to-date URLs will always be used to
    fetch the latest releases.
    
    Closes: #1130667

commit 6bc5257abb26f2e978944c3f0b2acb78237b2a65
Author: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Feb 17 23:11:53 2026 +0000

    Drop priority from d/control, now defaults to optional

commit 88407c412d6bb28452cf179ae31d011deaefed42
Author: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Feb 17 23:11:11 2026 +0000

    Drop replaces/conflicts with procps from buster
    
    These versions/packages are gone since at least bullseye

commit 02f1a33507786dd02dff8615461ed7310b8df1d3
Author: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Feb 17 23:09:56 2026 +0000

    Drop breaks/replaces satisfied since oldoldstable
    
    These versions were in buster, so they can be dropped now

commit 06a039cea62aa717f91e7c4a339f31823da6a4f5
Author: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Feb 17 23:06:02 2026 +0000

    Drop dependency on init-system-helpers
    
    i-s-h is Prio: essential, and version 1.29 is now 10 years old, so the
    explicit dependency can be dropped.
Created: 2026-05-19 Last update: 2026-05-19 12:01
1 low-priority security issue in bookworm low

There is 1 open security issue in bookworm.

1 issue left for the package maintainer to handle:
  • CVE-2023-4016: (needs triaging) Under some circumstances, this weakness allows a user who has access to run the “ps” utility on a machine, the ability to write almost unlimited amounts of unfiltered data into the process heap.

You can find information about how to handle this issue in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2023-08-02 Last update: 2026-04-28 19:02
debian/patches: 21 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 24 debian patches available in version 2:4.0.4-9 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

  • 21 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: 2025-07-30 18:00
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 4.7.0).
Created: 2025-02-21 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01
testing migrations
  • This package will soon be part of the auto-procps 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
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  • [2026-02-06] Accepted procps 2:4.0.6-1 (source amd64) into experimental (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Craig Small)
  • [2025-08-01] procps 2:4.0.4-9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-07-30] Accepted procps 2:4.0.4-9 (source) into unstable (Craig Small)
  • [2025-04-24] procps 2:4.0.4-8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-04-14] Accepted procps 2:4.0.4-8 (source) into unstable (Craig Small)
  • [2025-01-31] procps 2:4.0.4-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-01-26] Accepted procps 2:4.0.4-7 (source) into unstable (Craig Small)
  • [2024-10-03] procps 2:4.0.4-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-09-29] Accepted procps 2:4.0.4-6 (source) into unstable (Craig Small)
  • [2024-07-16] procps 2:4.0.4-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-07-11] Accepted procps 2:4.0.4-5 (source) into unstable (Craig Small)
  • [2024-01-31] procps 2:4.0.4-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-01-28] Accepted procps 2:4.0.4-4 (source) into unstable (Craig Small)
  • [2024-01-02] Accepted procps 2:4.0.4-3 (source) into experimental (Craig Small)
  • [2023-10-15] procps 2:4.0.4-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-10-09] Accepted procps 2:4.0.4-2 (source) into unstable (Craig Small)
  • [2023-09-07] Accepted procps 2:4.0.4-1 (source) into unstable (Craig Small)
  • [2023-06-22] procps 2:4.0.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-02-18] Accepted procps 2:4.0.3-1 (source) into unstable (Craig Small)
  • [2022-12-25] procps 2:4.0.2-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-12-19] Accepted procps 2:4.0.2-3 (source) into unstable (Craig Small)
  • [2022-12-07] Accepted procps 2:4.0.2-2 (source) into unstable (Craig Small)
  • [2022-12-05] Accepted procps 2:4.0.2-1 (source) into unstable (Craig Small)
  • [2022-10-28] procps 2:3.3.17-7.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-10-21] Accepted procps 2:3.3.17-7.1 (source) into unstable (Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues)
  • [2022-10-20] Accepted procps 2:4.0.1-1 (source) into experimental (Craig Small)
  • [2022-10-17] Accepted procps 2:4.0.1~rc3-1 (source amd64) into experimental (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Craig Small)
  • [2022-03-22] Accepted procps 2:4.0.0-1 (source amd64) into experimental, experimental (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Craig Small)
  • [2022-03-12] procps 2:3.3.17-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-03-07] Accepted procps 2:3.3.17-7 (source amd64) into unstable (Craig Small)
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bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 33 35
  • RC: 0
  • I&N: 13 15
  • M&W: 19
  • F&P: 1
  • patch: 7
  • help: 3
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