Release-critical Bugreport for November 12, 1999
Bug stamp-out list for Nov 12 03:07 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 289
Number that will disappear after removing packages marked [REMOVE]: 20
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Package: abiword (main)
Maintainer: Darren Benham <gecko@debian.org>
[REMOVE] abiword and abi-fonts can be removed when abisuite is packaged
49845 abiword: abiword segfaults on launch
Package: apache (main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
49887 apache: typo in config prevents startup
Package: apache-common (main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Maintainer will have this fixed by Oct. 30.
45428 apache-common: mod_mime.so depends on /etc/apache/mime.types
Package: apache-ssl (non-US)
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
49157 apache-ssl: Can't build (SSL patch failed)
Package: apple2 (contrib)
Maintainer: Tom Lear <tom@trap.mountain-view.ca.us>
49597 apple2 breaks debconf breaks apt
Package: at (main)
Maintainer: Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>
49708 at: at simply does not run jobs anymore
49739 at: at doesn't run jobs when it should
Package: autofs (main)
Maintainer: Justin Maurer <justin@debian.org>
46638 autofs: /etc/init.d/autofs syntax error
[FIX] Fixed in version 3.1.3-2.1 in Incoming
Package: base-passwd (main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
36007 update-passwd did many stupid things
Package: bash (main)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
48911 bash: please remove sparc from libc5 compat list
Package: battleball (main)
Maintainer: Chris Waters <xtifr@debian.org>
49411 segfaults immediately on Alpha
Package: bbdb (main)
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
48318 Incompatible bbdb formats ?
Package: bbmail (main)
Maintainer: Brent A. Fulgham <bfulgham@debian.org>
49468 bbmail: Misleading short description
Package: bigloo (main)
Maintainer: Craig Brozefsky <craig@red-bean.com>
46040 [PATCH] compilation on sparc, cleanup, etc
[STRATEGY] It appears that a new .diff.gz was uploaded, but it was never
recompiled on the original arch.
46586 depends on libgc4-dev, which is not installable
Package: binutils-multiarch (main)
Maintainer: Christopher C. Chimelis <chris@classnet.med.miami.edu>
49308 binutils-multiarch: no gas
Package: boot-floppies (main)
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
43057 bootdisk: rawrite uses 8.3 names
43058 bootdisk: root.bin gzipped on CDs.
Package: cecilia (non-free)
Maintainer: Marco Budde <Budde@tu-harburg.de>
[REMOVE] No source available, so we can't fix this. Also hasn't been updated
upstream in over a year it seems.
44747 cecilia: `Error: couldn't execute "/usr/lib/cecilia/files/csound_linux2.0.x"'
Package: cern-httpd (main)
Maintainer: Steve Greenland <stevegr@debian.org>
49383 netstd is now a dummy package, please replace depends with a depends on the parts you need
Package: clisp (main)
Maintainer: Kevin Dalley <kevind@rahul.net>
46059 package fails to build on sparc
Package: cmucl (main)
Maintainer: Peter Van Eynde <pvaneynd@debian.org>
46675 Problem with newer glibc's and CMUCL
[STRATEGY] Fix is in bugreport, but maintainer hasn't uploaded it??
Package: communicator (contrib)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
45873 communicator: Bus error when getting mail
Package: communicator-dmotif-408 (non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <adam.heath@usa.net>
48163 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
Package: communicator-smotif-461 (non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
42259 [TBF] If you open a menu and a cookie pops up, the browser hangs
43849 communicator-smotif: Floating point exception error
45154 communicator-smotif-461: dead keys no longer work with libc5 version
Package: communicator-smotif-47 (non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
47658 communicator-smotif-47: we need libc6 version
Package: console-apt (main)
Maintainer: Patrick Cole <z@amused.net>
49442 console-apt: console-apt exits with signal 11
Package: console-data (main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
49429 errors in the install/remove scripts
Package: console-tools (main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
49158 console-tools; error while upgrading
Package: cxref (main)
Maintainer: Camm Maguire <camm@enhanced.com>
49375 cxref: Can't build from source
Package: darxite (main)
Maintainer: Ben C. Hendrickson <bhendrickson@usa.net>
48846 Downloading multiple files via html causes data corruption
Package: ddd-smotif (contrib)
Maintainer: Alexander Yukhimets <alexy@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package is no longer needed and can be removed.
34802 ddd-smotif: Generate core-dumps after start
Package: debian-keyring (contrib)
Maintainer: James Troup <keyring-maint@debian.org>
43536 debian-keyring: Non self-signed keys
Package: debian-policy (main)
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
43529 debian-policy: mail locking in Debian is _not_ NFS safe
Package: debmake (main)
Maintainer: Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>
49880 debmake: /usr/share/doc code in postinst breaks perl scripts
Package: deliver (main)
Maintainer: Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>
49200 deliver: cannot log error messages
Package: dhcp (main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
41974 dhcp: dhcp requires kernel 2.2??
Package: dhcp-client (main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
45537 significant error in dhclient man pages
Package: dhcpcd (main)
Maintainer: Dennis Kelly <dpk@debian.org>
46761 dhcpcd: dhcpcd will not start with 2.3.* kernels
48235 dhcpcd: delete dhcpcd-<interface>.exe
Package: dhelp (main)
Maintainer: Marco Budde <budde@debian.org>
49793 dhelp erase files during install and removal
Package: diald (main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
[SQUASH] taken (calc)
49324 diald depends on netstd which now is a fake package
Package: dmalloc (main)
Maintainer: Luis Francisco Gonzalez <luisgh@debian.org>
49376 dmalloc: Can't build from source
Package: doc-base (main)
Maintainer: Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
48908 comerr-dev: package broken on sparc
Package: docbk-xml2x (main)
Maintainer: Ardo van Rangelrooij <ardo@debian.org>
49307 docbk-xml2x: docbook2texi should output @setfilename
Package: dpkg (main)
Maintainer: Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
28519 dpkg: creates circular symlinks [POSSIBLE WORKAROUND]
28817 dpkg takes no care over libdpkg
48986 dpkg: Sorry, I don't speak Czech
Package: dwww (main)
Maintainer: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
49664 dwww unable to access docs in /usr/share/doc
Package: dx (main)
Maintainer: Konstantinos Margaritis <markos@debian.org>
48164 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
[STRATEGY] Problems with source during nmu attempt(see bug report)
Package: elks-libc (main)
Maintainer: Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org>
48706 elks-libc: upgrade error overwrite /usr/lib/bcc/i86/rules.186
Package: emacs20 (main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
33237 /etc/alternatives/emacs not managed properly - /usr/bin/emacs doesn't run emacs20
[STRATEGY] Maintainer promised to fix this.
48997 emacs20_20.4-1(unstable): hardcoded i386 in debian/rules
49679 emacs20: version control is flaky
Package: emacsen-common (main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
48681 gettext: can not install gettext on a new potato system
Package: enlightenment (main)
Maintainer: Laurence J. Lane <ljlane@debian.org>
48413 enlightenment: should predepend on dpkg 1.4.1.17
Package: express (main)
Maintainer: Frederic Peters <fpeters@debian.org>
49378 express: Can't build from source
Package: fetchmail (main)
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
43139 fetchmail flushed after failed delivery
49203 fetchmail: endless loop on SIGPIPE
Package: fileutils (main)
Maintainer: Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org>
49522 touch shouldn't depend on open(..., O_WRONLY)
Package: freeciv-gtk (main)
Maintainer: Lalo Martins <lalo@webcom.com>
49667 needs to depend on freeciv > 1.9
Package: freeciv-xaw (main)
Maintainer: Lalo Martins <lalo@webcom.com>
48214 freeciv-xaw: bad symlink
Package: ftp.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>
38599 packages which should be moved to the base section
41274 Please remove the old netcdf packages
43889 An experimental version of gnus was uploaded by mistake into main
49658 Please remove files
49919 depends on rdist package which does not exist
Package: g++ (main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
48530 g++ [alpha]: internal compiler error building open-amulet
Package: gaim (main)
Maintainer: Robert S. Edmonds <stu@novare.net>
46487 Subject: /usr/include/gnome.h doesn't find gnomesupport.h
Package: gcc (main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
48338 [known problem with gcc-2.95.x on alpha] lapack (complex) does not build
48527 gcc [alpha]: error compiling fweb
Package: gconv-modules (main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
48120 gconv-modules would not be loaded properly when setgid
Package: general (pseudo)
Maintainer: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
46388 NO 2.1r3 M68K CDs: trn depends
Package: geomview (main)
Maintainer: Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
49016 geomview_1.6.1.9-10(unstable): doesn't delete debian/files
Package: gnome-help (main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
49734 gnome-help-browser displays html forms incorrectly, crashes
Package: gnomehack (main)
Maintainer: Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org>
49269 gnomehack: segmentation fault
Package: gnu-smalltalk (main)
Maintainer: Alexander Shinn <foof@debian.org>
45180 gnu-smalltalk: entry blox in window manager menu does not work
Package: gnucash (main)
Maintainer: Tyson Dowd <trd@cs.mu.oz.au>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
49485 gnucash: can't build from source
Package: gnuplot (main)
Maintainer: Thimo Neubauer <thimo@debian.org>
49653 gnuplot needs libvga.so but doesn't depend on any package that provides it
Package: gnus (main)
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
49162 gnus: Refuses to start up
Package: gpasman (non-US)
Maintainer: Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>
43061 gpasman segfaults when opening database
Package: gs (main)
Maintainer: Marco Pistore <pistore@di.unipi.it>
49867 gs does not render valid postscript files
Package: gsl (main)
Maintainer: Michael J. Booth <booth@debian.org>
42116 gsl-histogram double counts last input
[STRATEGY] Upstream fixed in on August 5, but a new package was never made
Package: hostname (main)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
48850 hostname 2.05 conflict with nis over /bin/domainname
49953 /bin/domainname conflicts with NIS /bin/domainname
49954 /bin/domainname conflicts with /bin/domainname from NIS
Package: htp (main)
Maintainer: Jonathon D. Nelson <nels0988@tc.umn.edu>
48633 htp: No up to date sources for htp
Package: iceconf (main)
Maintainer: Jules Bean <jules@debian.org>
39251 iceconf: iceconf uses old workspace commands
[HELP] Could be fixed now...?
Package: imagemagick (main)
Maintainer: Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>
49786 convert has bad references
Package: intlfonts-arabic (main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
49772 intlfonts-arabic: postrm bug
Package: intlfonts-asian (main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
49773 intlfonts-asian: postrm bug
Package: intlfonts-chinese (main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
49774 intlfonts-chinese: postrm bug
Package: intlfonts-chinese-big (main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
49775 intlfonts-chinese-big: postrm bug
Package: intlfonts-european (main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
49776 intlfonts-european: postrm bug
Package: intlfonts-japanese (main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
49777 intlfonts-japanese: postrm bug
Package: intlfonts-japanese-big (main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
49778 intlfonts-japanese-big: postrm bug
Package: intlfonts-phonetic (main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
49779 intlfonts-phonetic: postrm bug
Package: ispell (main)
Maintainer: David L. Coe <david.coe@someotherplace.org>
49487 ispell: can't build from source
Package: kerberos4kth (non-US)
Maintainer: Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>
40025 kerberos4kth: won't compile on glibc2.1
Package: kernel (pseudo)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
49723 kernel: devpts module not installed by default
Package: kernellab (main)
Maintainer: Tommi Virtanen <tv@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
49182 kernellab: Incorrect pathnames for zcat/bzcat programs
Package: lapack (main)
Maintainer: James A. Treacy <treacy@debian.org>
48661 lapack: doesn't build from source
Package: ldso (main)
Maintainer: David Engel <david@debian.org>
48539 ldso_1.9.11-5_alpha.deb fails to install
48818 ldconfig dies with Illegal instruction
49279 ldd/ldconfig/ldso: patches for sparc
Package: lha (non-free)
Maintainer: Steve McIntyre <stevem@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
48748 lha has no license
Package: libapache-mod-perl (main)
Maintainer: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
45753 libapache-mod-perl: Doesn't build on Alpha
47273 Debian/Sparc libapache-mod-perl Package Problems...
Package: libapache-mod-python (main)
Maintainer: Gregor Hoffleit <flight@debian.org>
48804 mod-python crashes apache
Package: libc6 (main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
21810 libc6: rexec call dumps core with user="string" and password=NULL
36584 nss' compat does not work with shadow nis
Package: libc6-dev (main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
44444 netkit-telnet_0.14-3(unstable): doesn't compile with gcc 2.95.1
Package: libc6.1 (main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
47584 libc6.1: localtime() hangs on alpha
48455 libc6.1: libc6 fails to install and leaves installation broken
Package: libcgi-perl (main)
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
49189 cannot purge libcgi-perl
Package: libg++272 (main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
47212 [m68k] libg++272_2.7.2.8-1 build failure
Package: libgcj0 (main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
46062 [sparc] build fails in all-target-boehm-gc
Package: libgcj0-dev (main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
48741 depends on a non-free package
Package: libgd-perl (non-free)
Maintainer: Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>
49108 libgd-perl: please build new version (uses PNG) so it can go in main
Package: libggi2 (main)
Maintainer: Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org>
49219 FW: Stale source -- Needs update
Package: libgimp-perl (main)
Maintainer: Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>
45124 libgimp-perl: perlcc eats all the memory
47257 libgimp-perl: libgimp-perl is impossible to build
Package: liblockfile1 (main)
Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
43491 liblockfile1: lockfile_create is _not_ NFS safe (fcntl() missing)
Package: libmagick4g-lzw (non-free)
Maintainer: Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>
38649 libmagick4g-lzw: is version 4.0.4-3, while libmagick4g 4.2.2-0.0
48090 libmagick4g-lzw: libmagick4g-lzw depends on non-existed library libjpegg6a
Package: libnss-ldap (main)
Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
48953 libnss-ldap: Doesn't search for groups correctly
Package: libpgsql2 (main)
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
46690 pgl seg faults
49141 PHP3 postgres causes apache segfault
Package: libpth-dev (main)
Maintainer: Raphael Bossek <bossekr@debian.org>
49865 libpth-dev: fails install
Package: libreadlineg2 (main)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
39907 lftp dumps core
Package: lilo (main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
49948 liloconfig makes bad lilo.conf when from scratch
Package: lilypond (main)
Maintainer: Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>
48761 Depends on libguile6, which, well, doesn't exist
49314 lilypond: Can't build from source
Package: linuxconf (main)
Maintainer: Stefan Gybas <sgybas@debian.org>
48674 linuxconf: Doesn't build from source
Package: listarchives (pseudo)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
49888 listarchives: Links of glimpse search results not found (even older ones)
Package: lletters (main)
Maintainer: Lalo Martins <lalo@webcom.com>
37660 lletters need to be recompiled with new libglib/libgtk
Package: lpr (main)
Maintainer: Adam Klein <aklein@debian.org>
48642 lpr; lpr does not print on a remote printer
[HELP] Should be fixed by now, someone should doublecheck
49092 lpr cron job runs when removed
Package: lprng (main)
Maintainer: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
42914 [3.5.2-1.3] lprng doesn't work with networked printer
45857 lprng: Fails to configure
Package: lynx (main)
Maintainer: Christian Hudon <chrish@debian.org>
46021 lynx on alpha exits immediately with interrupt 15, is useless
Package: makedev (main)
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
49934 generic-alpha doesn't exist
Package: manpages-dev (main)
Maintainer: Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org>
46792 setreuid(2) contains invalid security information
Package: mercury (main)
Maintainer: Tyson Dowd <trd@cs.mu.oz.au>
48664 mercury: can't build from source
49160 Patch for Sparc compilation
Package: mesag-dev (main)
Maintainer: James A. Treacy <treacy@debian.org>
44489 mesag-dev: GLU_* constants incompatible with GLenum type
Package: mgetty-fax (main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
47439 pre-removal script fails
Package: mico-2.2.7 (main)
Maintainer: Stephan Kulow <coolo@kde.org>
44446 [m68k] mico compile fails because exception support appears broken
Package: midentd (main)
Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org>
49574 pidentd: dependencies not in sync with midentd
Package: navigator-smotif-461 (non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
43976 netscape 4.6 says 'bus error'
44094 Dynamically linked plugins don't load
Package: ndtpd (main)
Maintainer: Susumu OSAWA <susumu-o@debian.or.jp>
49657 ndtpd_2.3.4+-1(unstable): build uses non-global username
Package: netbase (main)
Maintainer: Anthony Towns <ajt@debian.org>
46642 [jim@jimpick.com: netbase (ping6) and kernel bitops]
49385 netstd is now a virtual package, recommending it causes problems
49565 netbase: core dump in post-inst
49848 /etc/services need IRCS 994 entry
Package: netscape (contrib)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
47610 general: Netscape updates without correcting /etc/alternatives/netscape
Package: nis (main)
Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
49923 yp tries to start before portmapper is ready
Package: nn (main)
Maintainer: Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>
49639 nn: nn should depend on inews
Package: ntop (main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>
48202 ntop: no images, display local index.html, no mapage
Package: oskit (main)
Maintainer: Ed Boraas <ed@debian.org>
43872 oskit: i586-oskit-gcc forks endlessly
Package: pan (main)
Maintainer: Erick Kinnee <cerb@debian.org>
48632 pan: Pan sources aren't up to date, and are otherwise strange
Package: perl (main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
44033 Perl exits with "Illegal instruction" when executing
Package: perl-5.004 (main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
49669 perl-5.004: pos($a)-information lost after { local($a) }
Package: perl-5.005 (main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
49907 In installing Horde it reports, "Use of uninitialized value at /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/IPC/Open3.pm line 188".
Package: perl-5.005-base (main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
41436 New Perl should get rid of old Perl if the corresponding package isn't installed
48544 libc6: search path for shared libraries includes current directory
Package: pgp4pine (contrib)
Maintainer: Michael Beattie <mickyb@es.co.nz>
49484 pgp4pine: the profile is not properly selected
Package: phplib (main)
Maintainer: Raphael Bossek <bossekr@debian.org>
48732 phplib: phplib 7.2 has problems with session.inc and breaks horde/imp and other things
Package: pkglist (main)
Maintainer: Atsushi KAMOSHIDA <kamop@debian.org>
43201 pkglist: correct_packages.pl does not care pre-depends packages.
Package: plib1 (main)
Maintainer: Philipp Frauenfelder <pfrauenf@debian.org>
49648 plib1: Where is -dev package?
49945 plib1: multiple symbol definition
Package: plugger (contrib)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
47397 plugger: Plugger don't work
49409 plugger: plugger uses xloadimage for png
Package: pose (main)
Maintainer: Ben Darnell <bgdarnel@unity.ncsu.edu>
[REMOVE] Current source doesn't build on alpha and m68k, and there are only
sources in the archive
41288 pose_2.1d29-1(unstable): build error on m68k (union semun redefined)
[STRATEGY] New upstream version fixes it. If not, can revert to old one.
47805 pose: Doesn't build on alpha
Package: postfix (main)
Maintainer: LaMont Jones <lamont@debian.org>
48855 installation
Package: postgresql (main)
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
48340 postgresql: Doesn't build on Alpha
49580 postgresql: upgrade broken
Package: powertweak (main)
Maintainer: Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <thaths@netscape.com>
43243 my SCSI system locks up whenever I run powertweak
Package: ppp (main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
43885 ppp: Dial-out now fails
Package: prcs (main)
Maintainer: Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@icp.inpg.fr>
49349 Does not compile with gcc 2.95.2
Package: premail (contrib)
Maintainer: Brent Fulgham <bfulgham@pacbell.net>
44518 premail doesn't work on potato
Package: proftpd (main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Maintainer will have this fixed by Oct. 30.
46695 proftpd: Still configured anonymous access when I answered "no" to the debconf dialog.
Package: python-tk (main)
Maintainer: Gregor Hoffleit <flight@debian.org>
48847 python-tk: Tk version mismatch
Package: qmail-src (non-free)
Maintainer: Jon Marler <jmarler@debian.org>
48720 qmail-src: Generated qmail package's preinst script deletes aliases
Package: quota (main)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
41753 quota: repquota and quotacheck segfault
47222 quota: edquota - confusing
47718 edquota will not allow soft or hard limits above 4194303 blocks
Package: qvwm (main)
Maintainer: Shuichi OONO <jr5pdx@debian.or.jp>
49145 segfaults like crazy (even when everything else is fixed)
Package: rbootd (main)
Maintainer: Alan Bain <afrb2@cam.ac.uk>
47618 rbootd using /usr/local/lib <--- must die
Package: revtex (non-free)
Maintainer: Michael A. Miller <mmiller@debian.org>
48691 revtex: /usr/share/texmf/doc in revtex conflicts with tetex-base_1.0-5_all
Package: roxen (main)
Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org>
46063 roxen is not stopped correctly by /etc/cron.weekly/roxen
Package: rscheme (main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>
47774 rscheme_0.7.2-2(unstable): Syntax error in m68k specific code
48341 rscheme: Doesn't build on Alpha
Package: rstart (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
49401 netstd is now a dummy package, please depend on the individual packages you need
Package: rstartd (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
49388 netstd is now a dummy package, please depend on the individual packages you need
Package: ruari-diff (main)
Maintainer: James Troup <jjtroup@comp.brad.ac.uk>
30399 ruari-diff: Fix for glibc2.1
Package: sabre (main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
49656 sabre_0.2.4-4(unstable): cflags script buggy
Package: sawmill (main)
Maintainer: Mikolaj J. Habryn <dichro-debian@rcpt.to>
49654 missing sawmill sawmill-client sawmill-ui binary files (PowerPC only?)
Package: sciplot (main)
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
49490 sciplot: can't build from source
Package: sdr (main)
Maintainer: Chu-yeon Park <kokids@debian.org>
43755 sdr wont compile, still requires files not present on a Debian system
Package: sgml-base (main)
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
28704 sgml-base: sgml entity handling should conform to Cees de Groot's proposed std
[HELP] Maintainer is away; NMU's shall be appreciated.
Package: sgml-tools (main)
Maintainer: Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de>
44514 sgml-tools: can not convert Japanese characters with sgml2txt
44743 sgml-tools: unable to purge configuation files
Package: slang1 (main)
Maintainer: Jim Mintha <jmintha@debian.org>
48814 slang1: [hurd] update host detection and linker option
Package: slocate (main)
Maintainer: R Garth Wood <rgwood@itactics.com>
49727 slocate: updatedb -f switch not in man page
Package: slrn (main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>
43477 slrn: Removes all subscribed groups when slrn thinks they're gone
49856 postinst dies with sigpipe
Package: smail (main)
Maintainer: Soenke Lange <soenke@escher.north.de>
48614 smail: postinst leaves MTA broken if xinetd is in use
Package: smbfs (main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
44131 smbfs: no longer possible to set file and directory-modes
46992 smbmount-2.2.x manpage wrong
Package: smbwrapper (main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
42566 smbsh segfaults after asking username and password
43122 smbwrapper: `ls' in an smb mounted directory leads to the error message: "error in loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/samba/smbwrapper.so: undefined symbol: real_readdir64"
Package: snd (main)
Maintainer: Guenter Geiger <geiger@debian.org>
30941 snd does not work with slink version of lesstif
49906 snd: install-docs failure prevents install
Package: socks4-clients (main)
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
49262 socks4-clients: Cannot use libsocksspl.so, __bind symbol undefined
Package: stl-manual (main)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
49582 stl-manual: Upstream version 3.2, debian version 3.11
Package: stunnel (non-US)
Maintainer: Paolo Molaro <lupus@debian.org>
49238 stunnel: can not be installed
Package: swish++ (main)
Maintainer: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
38173 swish++ segfaults with libc6 2.1
43417 swish++: Does not compile and is not up to date.
Package: sxid (main)
Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
48193 crashes when it is running from root
Package: taper (main)
Maintainer: Piotr Roszatycki <dexter@debian.org>
49216 taper: seg faults on "Recreate info file"
Package: task-dialup (main)
Maintainer: Martin Bialasinski <martinb@debian.org>
49453 task-dialup should not depend on leafnode
Package: tcsh (main)
Maintainer: Luis Francisco Gonzalez <luisgh@debian.org>
49531 new dircolors breaks tcsh
Package: tela (main)
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
[REMOVE] Doesn't compile with current g++, can't be rebuild on anything but
i386
48079 unusable because of shared library problems
Package: telnetd-ssl (non-US)
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
43196 SSL telnet sessions pause unexpectedly
Package: termcap-compat (main)
Maintainer: Christian Hudon <chrish@debian.org>
48747 termcap-compat: doesn't build from source
Package: tetex-bin (main)
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
49834 tetex-bin: libpng2-1.0.5 breaks PNG support for pdflatex
Package: tin (non-free)
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
46570 tin: rtin crashes
48196 tin: tin claims .uk is an invalid top-level-domain
49012 tin: tin: Error: Bad address in From: header.
Package: tix41 (main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
47825 tix41: Doesn't work with Tcl/Tk 8.2
Package: tk8.0-ja (main)
Maintainer: Masato Taruishi <taru@debian.org>
49491 tk8.0-ja: Can't build from source
Package: tkfont (main)
Maintainer: Adrian Bridgett <bridgett@debian.org>
45971 tkfont: uses files in /tmp insecurely
[FIX] Fixed in 1.1-6 in Incoming
Package: tkseti (contrib)
Maintainer: Gopal Narayanan <gopal@debian.org>
48676 app hangs and brings down or logs out xdm when destroyed
Package: tkstep4.2 (main)
Maintainer: Federico Di Gregorio <fog@debian.org>
[REMOVE] Obsoleted by tkstep8.0 anyway?
45798 tkdesk no longer works; can't find ``libjpeg.so.6a''
[STRATEGY] Simple recompile against libjpeg.so.62 should fix it.
Package: transcriber (main)
Maintainer: David A. van Leeuwen <david@tm.tno.nl>
47810 transcriber: doesn't build on alpha
Package: typist (main)
Maintainer: Ben Armstrong <synrg@sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca>
49167 typist_2.2b-1(unstable): writes to /usr/bin during build
49318 typist: Can't build from source; serious errors
Package: ugidd (main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
49921 ugidd tries to start before portmapper is ready
Package: ultra (main)
Maintainer: Martin Soto <masoto@uniandes.edu.co>
[REMOVE] Doesn't support current modutils setup, doesn't work with 2.2 kernels
and last upload is over a year ago....
47966 ultra: ultra should use /etc/modules.conf
Package: user-ja (main)
Maintainer: Tomohiro KUBOTA <kubota@debian.or.jp>
48556 user-ja: lack of support for SKK
Package: util-linux (main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
37657 util-linux: hwclock --systohc dangerous
41263 hwclock --adjust doesn't work (temporary fix included)
42556 util-linux: hwclock: Continually messes up my clock
Package: vrwave (non-free)
Maintainer: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a <jfs@computer.org>
49095 vrwave: It doesn't even start. Java gives fatal error and exits!
Package: watchdog (main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Maintainer will have this fixed by Oct. 30.
46082 watchdog: watchdog - unexpected shutdowns
Package: wmaker (main)
Maintainer: Chris McKillop <cdm@debian.org>
41671 wmaker: WMaker segfaults when using gnome-pager to switch to other workspace and show (unminimize) window from other desktop
[HELP] Any help is welcome, preferably patches.
Package: wmmail (main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
44569 wmmail: wmmail: defaults domain HC!@HC!@card/GNUstep/Defaults/WMMail corrupted
Package: wn (main)
Maintainer: Jean Pierre LeJacq <jplejacq@quoininc.com>
42143 wn: cron.daily/wn recurses infinitely and gives a segment violation
[STRATEGY] Maintainer promised to fix this.
Package: workman (main)
Maintainer: Volker Ossenkopf <ossk@zeus.ph1.uni-koeln.de>
49320 workman: Doesn't build from source
Package: xbase-clients (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
48199 xauth can't handle IP changes
Package: xdm (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
49737 xdm: /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config.dpkg-dist missing during update from slink
Package: xfmix (contrib)
Maintainer: Tom Lear <lear@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package must be removed if its license is not fixed.
39521 GPL is incompatible with XForms
[STRATEGY] Maintainer is trying to reach upstream authors.
Package: xfonts-greek-ph-100dpi (main)
Maintainer: Konstantinos Margaritis <markos@debian.org>
49767 xfonts-greek-ph-100dpi: postrm bug
Package: xfonts-greek-ph-75dpi (main)
Maintainer: Konstantinos Margaritis <markos@debian.org>
49768 xfonts-greek-ph-75dpi: postrm bug
Package: xfonts-greek-ph-misc (main)
Maintainer: Konstantinos Margaritis <markos@debian.org>
49769 xfonts-greek-ph-misc: postrm bug
Package: xfonts-greek-ph-scalable (main)
Maintainer: Konstantinos Margaritis <markos@debian.org>
49770 xfonts-greek-ph-scalable: postrm bug
Package: xfstt (main)
Maintainer: Stephen J. Carpenter <sjc@debian.org>
49526 xfstt --encoding broken!
Package: xftp (main)
Maintainer: Steve McIntyre <stevem@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
49389 netstd is now a dummy package, please depend on the individual packages you need
Package: xinetd (main)
Maintainer: Debian QA Group <debian-qa@lists.debian.org>
49438 xinetd: netstd is now a dummy package, please depend on the individual packages you need
Package: xinvaders (non-free)
Maintainer: Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org>
49018 xinvaders: Error during installation: No such file or directory
49020 xinvaders: xinvaders dies with a Segmentation fault
Package: xkbsel (main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
47750 xkbsel: xkbseldb -R dumps core during installation
Package: xmbdfed (main)
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
48635 xmbdfed: crashes working with open menu
Package: xmcpustate (main)
Maintainer: Thimo Neubauer <thimo@debian.org>
49492 xmcpustate: Doesn't build from source
Package: xmysql (contrib)
Maintainer: Martin Bialasinski <martinb@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package must be removed if its license is not fixed.
39522 GPL is incompatible with XForms
[STRATEGY] Maintainer is talking to upstream authors about the
license addition.
Package: xserver-fbdev (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
43574 xscreensaver, xscreensaver-gl don't appear to work (but do)
Package: xserver-svga (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
44990 xserver-svga: fonts corrupted with ViRGE/DX card
44995 xserver-svga: XF86_SVGA Hungs in Apm_Sync()
45744 xserver-svga: Crashes console system with trio3d
47741 xserver-svga: gmc root icons in wmaker crash the X server
Package: xserver-xsun (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
45654 Xsun crashing
Package: xv (non-free)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
48945 xv: xv is not correctly identified as "non-free"
Package: xwave (main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
48569 xwave: broken event handling
Package: xxgdb (main)
Maintainer: Helmut Geyer <Helmut.Geyer@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de>
47452 xxgdb: does not work (Cannot perform malloc)
Package: yagirc (main)
Maintainer: Ole J. Tetlie <olet@debian.org>
48093 yagirc depends on non-existed library libjpegg6a
Package: zebra (main)
Maintainer: Endre Hirling and Alexander Koch <zebra@argh.org>
49753 zebra: ripngd.conf, ospf6d.conf should be set conffiles
Package: zsh (main)
Maintainer: Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>
49374 zsh: File and command completion don't work
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