samtools - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: samtools (main)
version: 1.24-2
maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team (archive) (DMD) (LowNMU)
uploaders: Andreas Tille [DMD] – Charles Plessy [DMD] – Étienne Mollier [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: 1.11-1
oldstable: 1.16.1-1
stable: 1.21-1
testing: 1.22.1-1
unstable: 1.24-2

versioned links

1.11-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.16.1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.21-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.22.1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1.24-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

samtools
samtools-test

action needed

Does not build reproducibly during testing normal

A package building reproducibly enables third parties to verify that the source matches the distributed binaries. It has been identified that this source package produced different results, failed to build or had other issues in a test environment. Please read about how to improve the situation!

Created: 2025-11-09 Last update: 2026-10-06 09:31

The package has not entered testing even though the delay is over normal

The package has not entered testing even though the 2-day delay is over. Check why.

Created: 2026-09-26 Last update: 2026-10-06 09:02

lintian reports 19 warnings normal

Lintian reports 19 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2024-05-31 Last update: 2026-09-21 22:01

debian/patches: 1 patch to forward upstream low

Among the 1 debian patch available in version 1.24-2 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: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2026-09-21 22:31

testing migrations

excuses:
- Migration status: Blocked. Can't migrate due to a non-migratable dependency. Check status below.
- Blocked by: htslib
- Migration status for samtools (1.22.1-1 to 1.24-2): BLOCKED: Cannot migrate due to another item, which is blocked (please check which dependencies are stuck)
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Build-Depends(-Arch): samtools htslib (not considered)
- ∙ ∙ Depends: samtools htslib (not considered)
- ∙ ∙ Invalidated by build-dependency
- ∙ ∙ Invalidated by dependency
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/s/samtools.html
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for hisat2/2.2.1-5: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Test triggered (failure will be ignored)
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for iva/1.0.11+ds-8: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻, i386: No tests, superficial or marked flaky ♻, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored)
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for samtools/1.24-2: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on amd64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on arm64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on armhf - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on i386 - info
- ∙ ∙ Required age reduced by 3 days because of autopkgtest
- ∙ ∙ 15 days old (needed 2 days)
- Not considered

news

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[2026-09-21] Accepted samtools 1.24-2 (source) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2026-09-16] Accepted samtools 1.24-1 (source) into experimental (Andreas Tille)
[2025-09-08] samtools 1.22.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-17] Accepted samtools 1.22.1-1 (source) into unstable (Steffen Moeller)
[2025-02-13] samtools 1.21-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-06] Accepted samtools 1.21-1 (source) into unstable (Étienne Mollier)
[2024-11-14] Accepted samtools 1.21-0+exp1 (source) into experimental (Michael R. Crusoe)
[2024-06-02] samtools 1.20-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-05-30] Accepted samtools 1.20-3 (source) into unstable (Étienne Mollier)
[2024-05-30] Accepted samtools 1.20-2 (source) into unstable (Étienne Mollier)
[2024-05-29] Accepted samtools 1.20-1 (source) into unstable (Étienne Mollier)
[2024-02-20] samtools 1.19.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-02-18] Accepted samtools 1.19.2-1 (source) into unstable (Étienne Mollier)
[2023-12-18] samtools 1.19-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-12-15] Accepted samtools 1.19-1 (source) into unstable (Étienne Mollier)
[2023-11-10] samtools 1.18-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-11-08] Accepted samtools 1.18-1 (source) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2023-06-25] samtools 1.17-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-06-22] Accepted samtools 1.17-1 (source) into unstable (Étienne Mollier)
[2023-06-18] Accepted samtools 1.17-0+exp1 (source) into experimental (Étienne Mollier)
[2022-10-06] samtools 1.16.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-09-30] Accepted samtools 1.16.1-1 (source) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2021-12-08] Accepted samtools 1.14-1~exp2 (source) into experimental (Andreas Tille)
[2021-12-07] Accepted samtools 1.14-1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Andreas Tille)
[2021-10-28] samtools 1.13-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-10-25] Accepted samtools 1.13-4 (source) into unstable (Étienne Mollier)
[2021-10-24] Accepted samtools 1.13-3 (source) into unstable (Étienne Mollier)
[2021-09-02] samtools 1.13-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-08-30] Accepted samtools 1.13-2 (source) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2021-08-27] Accepted samtools 1.13-1 (source) into unstable (Étienne Mollier)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 0

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version: 1.22.1-1
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