Release-critical Bugreport for May 26, 2000
Bug stamp-out list for May 26 05:57 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 101
Number that will disappear after removing packages marked [REMOVE]: 15
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Package: aptitude (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
64518 aptitude aborts when apting local files
Package: base-passwd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
63909 base-files: Base Files does not ensure the utmp group exists before trying to use it
[STRATEGY] Probably user-shot-himself problem
Package: bigbrother (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@debian.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if no fix is available. (RB)
63596 Security Alert: Big Brother exploit
64291 Does break on install.... not kept up to date
64443 [stace.cunningham@KEESLER.AF.MIL: FW: Security Notice: Big Brother System and Network Monitor]
Package: boot-floppies (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
63855 boot-floppies: unable to install ne module
63964 no localhost hostname or loopback device setup on fresh install of potato
64500 subject boot-floppies don't want to install kernel & modules on ppc/apus.
Package: custom (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@debian.org>
64646 Subject: custom: can't be installed
Package: ding (debian/main)
Maintainer: Roland Rosenfeld <roland@debian.org>
64604 ding breaks task package task-german
Package: dpkg (debian/main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
[HELP] Fix needed. (RB)
63604 dpkg segfaults when upgrading lilo
[HELP] Maintainer cannot reproduce
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Package: emacs20 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
63837 emacs20_20.6-0.1(frozen): segfaults on m68k
63993 Unaligned traps in Emacs on Alpha (at least), memory corruption everywhere
64368 build from source broken
64645 emacs20: depends on unavailable emacsen-common >= 1.4.10 [potato]
64654 potato: emacs20 is not installable
Package: emacs20-dl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Takuo KITAME <kitame@northeye.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if no fix is available. (RB)
63740 Emacs won't run under X windows
[STRATEGY] Maintainer claims this is not an issue?
(In that case maintainer should make up his mind and downgrade -- RB)
Package: ffingerd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Christian Kurz <shorty@debian.org>
64366 ffingerd: installs invalid entry in `/etc/inetd.conf'
[STRATEGY] Josip is preparing a NMU in coordination with Christian
Package: freeamp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Brian M. Almeida <bma@debian.org>
56472 freeamp won't run on PowerPC
Package: freewrl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
64533 freewrl_0.23-1(unstable): prcpucfg.h problem again
Package: fsh (debian/main)
Maintainer: Tommi Virtanen <tv@debian.org>
64029 recommends a non-US package - FIXED pkg uploaded to non-US/main
Package: ftp.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>
63890 Upgrade stuff
63979 Please remove libdb1 and libdb1-dev from powerpc
Package: fvwm95 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Daniel Martin <fizbin@debian.org>
64218 fvwm95: MD5 magic in preinst will always delete old conffiles
Package: gaim (debian/main)
Maintainer: Robert S. Edmonds <stu@novare.net>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if no fix is available. (RB)
63537 Gaim dies when logging in.
Package: gdb (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
[HELP] Fix needed. (RB)
58450 gdb: Won't compile on PowerPC
62081 Looking for gdb-4.18-objc patches....
Package: glide2-base (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org>
61171 glide2-base: test3Dfx linked to wrong library
[HELP] glide2-base maintainer was going to fix it on March 27. (RB)
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Package: gnomba (debian/main)
Maintainer: Timshel Knoll <timshel@pobox.com>
61096 gnomba 0.5.1-3 hangs X with already-mounted share
Package: gnome-pim (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
64606 [woody-helix] nomecal segfault on startup
Package: gpm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Zephaniah E. Hull <warp@whitestar.soark.net>
[HELP] Fix needed. (RB)
63649 [PATCH] GPM gets kernel commandline on clean install
[STRATEGY] Good analysis in bugreport, should be easily fixed.
Maintainer might be temporarily MIA?
Package: gs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Torsten Landschoff <torsten@debian.org>
64561 [PATCH] gs: unaligned traps on Alpha
Package: heartbeat (debian/main)
Maintainer: Paolo Molaro <lupus@debian.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if no fix is available. (RB)
63259 IP addresses not released on failback
Package: i18ndata (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
[HELP] Fix needed. (RB)
62173 i18ndata: Contains non-free file.
Package: imp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ivan E. Moore II <rkrusty@debian.org>
64687 Attachments doesn't work
Package: inn2 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
64681 inn2: still problem with configuring
Package: jadetex (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
64001 jadetex: Cannot be installed. TeX capacity exceded when generating fmt file.
Package: karpski (debian/main)
Maintainer: Stephen M. Moraco <stephen@col.hp.com>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if no fix is available. (RB)
64253 karpski: Segmentation fault after 2 or 3 minutes
Package: libc6 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
64074 slink->potato: Restarting services possibly affected by the upgrade does not work
Package: libc6.1 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
63988 glibc dynmamic linker doesnt find some libs on alpha
[HELP] Please check if this is the problem fixed by the ld.so in incoming (RB)
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Package: login.app (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
64555 login.app: login.app changes default init level without warning
Package: lpr (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Klein <aklein@debian.org>
64224 lpr: can't remove first entry from queue, leaves droppings in spool directory
Package: lprng (debian/main)
Maintainer: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
64614 Forwarding remove requests does not work
Package: mailx (debian/main)
Maintainer: Loic Prylli <lprylli@graville.fdn.fr>
64238 mailx: mail program say "Unable to lock mailbox: Permission denied", when $MAIL environment set to /var/mail/username
Package: mosaic (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Gene McCulley <mcculley@debian.org>
51404 Mosaic: prerm script fails, fix submitted.
Package: mysql-server (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Christian Hammers <ch@debian.org>
64679 mysql-server: ERROR: 1049 Unknown database 'mysql'
Package: navigator-smotif-472 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
64650 navigator-smotif-472: security hole
Package: navigator-smotif-472-libc5 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
60523 Can't run netscape: 'Bus error'
Package: ncurses4.2 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <ncurses-maint@debian.org>
55263 [PATCH backported from 2.96 CVS] [alpha] can't compile ncurses 4.2
[HELP] Someone needs to check if this bug still applies. (RB)
</FONT> 60531 ncurses4.2: fails to build when entering the Ada95 examples
[HELP] Fix needed. (RB)
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Package: nscd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
58367 nscd: 'broken pipe' error causes entire box to be unusable
[HELP] Fix needed. (RB)
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Package: nvi-m17n (debian/main)
Maintainer: Susumu OSAWA <susumu-o@debian.or.jp>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle if no fix is available. (RB)
63850 nvi-m17n can not use on Alpha machine(potato)
Package: onshore-timesheet (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if no fix is available. (RB)
63251 postgresql complains of bad date format
64505 base: [potato] onshore-timesheet doesn't assign DBMS authorization correctly
Package: pact-base (debian/main)
Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
64600 pact breaks tasksel
Package: pcmcia-modules-2.2.14 (debian/main)
Maintainer:
61544 Missing Dependencies for pcmcia modules
Package: pcmcia-source (debian/main)
Maintainer: Brian Mays <brian@debian.org>
62363 pcmcia-source: frozen version contains serious bug in smc91c92_cs; fixed in unstable
Package: pdl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Raul Miller <moth@debian.org>
55268 [Strategy: fixed] PDL fails to compile on alpha
[HELP] someone needs to upload that older version for alpha already!
</FONT> 63826 pdl_2.005-2(frozen): still links with outdated -lMesaGL
Package: perl-5.004 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
[HELP] Someone please check if this can be avoided by having ARM install
with perl 5.005 by default. (RB)
62007 perl-5.004 does not include asm-arm
Package: pgp5i (non-US/non-free)
Maintainer: Tommi Virtanen <tv@debian.org>
64609 [HELP!] pgp5i /dev/random reading predictable, no longer builds from source
Package: plib-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philipp Frauenfelder <pfrauenf@debian.org>
64677 Can't install: unmet dependencies
Package: postfix-tls (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if no fix is available. (RB)
61733 postfix-tls: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/905279.954: Permission denied
Package: postgresql (debian/main)
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
49580 postgresql: upgrade broken
64666 postgresql: postgresql 7.0 nukes previous installation
Package: printtool (debian/main)
Maintainer: Rafael Kitover <rkitover@io.com>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle if no fix is available. (RB)
64249 printtool crashes and hangs wish
Package: pump (debian/main)
Maintainer: Steve Dunham <dunham@debian.org>
64092 Pump fails when a second (static) interface is up
Package: python-numeric-tutorial (debian/main)
Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
64601 python-numeric-tutorial breaks task-python-dev
Package: qpopper (debian/main)
Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
64602 [SECURITY] Buffer overrun with UIDL
64649 qpopper: security hole
Package: quota (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>
64152 quota: requires sparc specific patches
Package: realplayer (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
64647 [woody] behind again
Package: roxen (debian/main)
Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org>
64535 Pike is missing a dependency
Package: rpm2html (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
64414 rpm2html: no shared library librpm.so.1.0, current is librpm.so.0.0.0
Package: sced (debian/main)
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <ezanard@debian.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if no fix is available. (RB)
62971 sced: Segfaults when exporting CSG
Package: snns (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Torsten Landschoff <torsten@debian.org>
64519 Possible copyright violation wrt SNNS
Package: ssh (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
[HELP] Need fix. (RB)
51747 ssh: can't handle expired passwords
62746 sshd doesn't close inherited file descriptors, causing debconf to hang
62876 ssh hangs on installation
63436 selecting ssh as non-suid root will change the default ports used by ssh
64424 ssh: ssh believes that xauth lives in /usr/openwin/bin
Package: ssh-nonfree (non-US/non-free)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
[HELP] Please NMU. (with extreme care)
63018 ssh-nonfree: Invalid default ssh_config file
Package: ssmtp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Matt Ryan <matt@banana.org.uk>
63896 ssmtp_2.38-3(unstable): bad debian/rules structure
Package: sympa (debian/main)
Maintainer: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
64034 Sympa doesn't send helpfile..
Package: sysvinit (debian/main)
Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
[HELP] Need fix. (RB)
61227 Kernel panic/filesystem corruption if swapping started while software RAID resyncing
[FIX] Patch included (MS, Apr 9)
Package: taper (debian/main)
Maintainer: Piotr Roszatycki <dexter@debian.org>
63911 taper: Needs to depend on debconf!!
Package: task-objc-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
64603 task-objc-devel is broken for apt
Package: task-parallel-computing-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if blacs is removed. (RB)
63464 [FIX: scalapack will return to potato] task-parallel-computing-dev is not installable in potato
Package: task-parallel-computing-node (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if blacs is removed. (RB)
63465 [FIX: scalapack will return to potato] task-parallel-computing-node is not installable in potato
Package: tetex-bin (debian/main)
Maintainer: teTeX maintainers <debian-tetex-maint@lists.debian.org>
64470 pdflatex: I can't find the format file `pdflatex.fmt'!
Package: tetex-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: teTeX maintainers <debian-tetex-maint@lists.debian.org>
64524 c-std.h contains declarations which conflict with stdio.h
Package: util-linux (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
60734 util-linux: hwclock starts too late
62688 hwclock sets the time incorrectly if RTC is in local time
64079 util-linux: mkswap's -v[01] option is broken
Package: xdm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
61260 Undefined symbol: _XdmcpWrapperToOddParity
[STRATEGY] Fixed in 3.3.6-7
Package: xfree86-1 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
63069 xfree86-1: xsun* servers need to try /dev/sunmouse first
[STRATEGY] Fixed in 3.3.6-7
Package: xfree86-common (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
62851 xfree86-common: SECURITY: Xsession has /tmp bug. please use tempfile.
[STRATEGY] Fixed in 3.3.6-7
Package: xfstt (debian/main)
Maintainer: Stephen J. Carpenter <sjc@debian.org>
63550 xserver-svga: 100% CPU loop with netscape + java + xfstt
Package: xlib6g (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
62418 xlib6g: Please (re-)apply patches for locale.dir and zh_TW.Big5/XLC_LOCALE
[STRATEGY] Fixed in 3.3.6-7
Package: xserver-common (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
61021 [typo] xserver-configure doesn't call XF86Setup
[STRATEGY] Fixed in 3.3.6-7.
Package: xserver-xsun (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
64671 xsun fails when gpm is running
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