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Details about package libsepol

Name:	libsepol (PTS)
Uploader:	Christian Göttsche <cgzones@googlemail.com> (Debian QA page)
Description:	sepol-utils - Security Enhanced Linux policy utility programs libsepol2 - SELinux library for manipulating binary security policies libsepol-dev - SELinux binary policy manipulation library and development files

Package uploads

Upload #3

Information

Version:	3.10-1
Uploaded:	2026-02-09 23:28
Source package:	libsepol_3.10-1.dsc
Distribution:	unstable
Section:	libs
Priority:
Homepage:	https://selinuxproject.org
Vcs-Git:	https://salsa.debian.org/selinux-team/libsepol.git
Vcs-Browser:	https://salsa.debian.org/selinux-team/libsepol

Changelog

 libsepol (3.10-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * New upstream version 3.10
 .
   * d/watch: rewrite in version 5
   * d/u/signing-key.asc: add key from Jason Zaman
   * d/patches: rebase and drop upstream applied patches

QA information

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Package uses debhelper-compat

Debhelper compatibility level 13

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A watch file is present but doesn't work

Warnings:

debian/watch is an obsolete version 1 watch file;
please upgrade to a higher version
(see uscan(1) for details).
debian/watch is an obsolete version 1 watch file;
please upgrade to a higher version
(see uscan(1) for details).
debian/watch is an obsolete version 1 watch file;
please upgrade to a higher version
(see uscan(1) for details).
debian/watch is an obsolete version 1 watch file;
please upgrade to a higher version
(see uscan(1) for details).
debian/watch is an obsolete version 1 watch file;
please upgrade to a higher version
(see uscan(1) for details).
there appears to be a version 2 format line in
the version 1 watch file debian/watch;
Have you forgotten a 'version=2' line at the start, perhaps?
Skipping the line: Version: 5

there appears to be a version 2 format line in
the version 1 watch file debian/watch;
Have you forgotten a 'version=2' line at the start, perhaps?
Skipping the line: Uversion-Mangle: auto

there appears to be a version 2 format line in
the version 1 watch file debian/watch;
Have you forgotten a 'version=2' line at the start, perhaps?
Skipping the line: Pgp-Mode: auto

there appears to be a version 2 format line in
the version 1 watch file debian/watch;
Have you forgotten a 'version=2' line at the start, perhaps?
Skipping the line: Source: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki/Releases

there appears to be a version 2 format line in
the version 1 watch file debian/watch;
Have you forgotten a 'version=2' line at the start, perhaps?
Skipping the line: Matching-Pattern: (?:.*)/releases/download/(?:\d\.\d[\.\d]?)/libsepol(?:[-_]?v?(\d[\-+\.:\~\da-zA-Z]*))(?i)(?:\.(?:tar\.xz|tar\.bz2|tar\.gz|tar\.zstd?|zip|tgz|tbz|txz))

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Package is not native

Format: 3.0 (quilt)
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The uploader is in the package's "Uploaders" field
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Package has lintian warnings
libsepol source
- W missing-debian-watch-file-standard
  - [debian/watch]
- W recommended-field
  - (in section for source) Priority [debian/control:1]
- I patch-not-forwarded-upstream
  - [debian/patches/0004-Subject-Build-shared-libraries-with-fPIC.patch]
- P silent-on-rules-requiring-root
  - [debian/control]
- X very-long-line-length-in-source-file
  - 851 > 512 [fuzz/policy.bin:2]
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Package is already in Debian
- The package uploader is not currently maintaining libsepol in Debian
- Last upload was on the 2025-10-17
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Upstream-Contact missing from d/copyright

Upstream Contact: None

Licenses: GPL-2+, LGPL-2.1+, Zlib

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Upload #2

Information

Version:	3.9-3
Uploaded:	2026-02-01 20:58
Source package:	libsepol_3.9-3.dsc
Distribution:	unstable
Section:	libs
Priority:
Homepage:	https://selinuxproject.org
Vcs-Git:	https://salsa.debian.org/selinux-team/libsepol.git
Vcs-Browser:	https://salsa.debian.org/selinux-team/libsepol

Changelog

 libsepol (3.9-3) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * debian/control:
     - add myself to uploaders
     - bump Standards-Version to 4.7.3 (no further changes)
     - drop redundant default Rules-Requires-Root setting
     - drop priority field with default setting
     - drop unused dependency variable
   * drop Debian revision from library symbols
   * d/rules: simplify and enable LTO
   * d/patches:
     - apply upstream fix for genfscon asterisks
     - apply upstream policy capability additions
     - add patch to build shared libraries with -fPIC
   * d/copyright: add myself

QA information

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Package uses debhelper-compat

Debhelper compatibility level 13

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Package is the latest upstream version

Local:	3.9
Upstream:	3.9
Url:	https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/releases/download/3.9/libsepol-3.9.tar.gz

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Package is not native

Format: 3.0 (quilt)
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The uploader is in the package's "Uploaders" field
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Package has lintian warnings
libsepol source
- W recommended-field
  - (in section for source) Priority [debian/control:1]
- I patch-not-forwarded-upstream
  - [debian/patches/0004-Subject-Build-shared-libraries-with-fPIC.patch]
- I public-upstream-key-not-minimal
  - has 1 extra signature(s) for keyid FB4C685B5DC1C13E [debian/upstream/signing-key.asc]
- P silent-on-rules-requiring-root
  - [debian/control]
- X very-long-line-length-in-source-file
  - 851 > 512 [fuzz/policy.bin:2]
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Package is already in Debian
- The package uploader is not currently maintaining libsepol in Debian
- Last upload was on the 2025-10-17
–
Upstream-Contact missing from d/copyright

Upstream Contact: None

Licenses: GPL-2+, LGPL-2.1+, Zlib

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Upload #1

Information

Version:	3.9-3
Uploaded:	2025-11-09 16:12
Source package:	libsepol_3.9-3.dsc
Distribution:	unstable
Section:	libs
Priority:	optional
Homepage:	https://selinuxproject.org
Vcs-Git:	https://salsa.debian.org/selinux-team/libsepol.git
Vcs-Browser:	https://salsa.debian.org/selinux-team/libsepol

Changelog

 libsepol (3.9-3) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * debian/control:
     - add myself to uploaders
     - bump Standards-Version to 4.7.2 (no further changes)
     - drop redundant default Rules-Requires-Root setting
     - drop unused dependency variable
   * drop Debian revision from library symbols
   * d/rules: simplify and enable LTO
   * d/patches:
     - apply upstream fix for genfscon asterisks
     - apply upstream policy capability additions

QA information

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Package uses debhelper-compat

Debhelper compatibility level 13

–

Package is the latest upstream version

Local:	3.9
Upstream:	3.9
Url:	https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/releases/download/3.9/libsepol-3.9.tar.gz

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Package is not native

Format: 3.0 (quilt)
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The uploader is in the package's "Uploaders" field
–
Package has lintian informational tags
libsepol source
- I public-upstream-key-not-minimal
  - has 1 extra signature(s) for keyid FB4C685B5DC1C13E [debian/upstream/signing-key.asc]
- P silent-on-rules-requiring-root
  - [debian/control]
- X very-long-line-length-in-source-file
  - 851 > 512 [fuzz/policy.bin:2]
–
Package is already in Debian
- The package uploader is not currently maintaining libsepol in Debian
- Last upload was on the 2025-10-17
–
Upstream-Contact missing from d/copyright

Upstream Contact: None

Licenses: GPL-2+, LGPL-2.1+, Zlib

Comments

No comments

Upstream Contact:	None
Licenses:	GPL-2+, LGPL-2.1+, Zlib

Upstream Contact:	None
Licenses:	GPL-2+, LGPL-2.1+, Zlib

Upstream Contact:	None
Licenses:	GPL-2+, LGPL-2.1+, Zlib