Release-critical Bugreport for January 22, 1999
Bug stamp-out list for Jan 22 00:03 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 40
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Package: apache (main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
32204 user directories allow symlinks to other files
Package: boot-floppies (main)
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
31099 the 'load modules' screen hangs
[FIX] Fixed in 2.1.5, which is in Incoming
Package: dpkg (main)
Maintainer: Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
17624 dpkg: installs regular dir when .deb contains symlink !
1797 upgrade/downgrade dependency calculation problem
21182 dpkg: dpkg can go into an infinite loop with --force-configure-any
28519 dpkg: dpkg creates circular symlinks
28817 dpkg takes no care over libdpkg
30090 weirdass dpkg coredumps and xbase upgrade insanity
30891 dpkg: Patch for update-alternatives to fix jdk problems
[FIX] Fixed in NMU 1.4.0.32, which is in Incoming
Package: dpkg-dev (main)
Maintainer: Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
31508 parsechangelog broken?
[FIX] Fixed in NMU 1.4.0.33, which is in Incoming
Package: emacs20 (main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
28177 dpkg --print-architecture requires gcc
Package: fetchmail (main)
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
32239 fetchmail: antispam filter should be off by default, and is too stupid anyway
Package: ftp.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>
14898 courtney has problematic license
31828 cgiwrap is old and unmaintained
32110 remove grail from slink
Package: gettext (main)
Maintainer: Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>
28850 gettext: security problem when used in setuid programs
Package: gmp3 (contrib)
Maintainer: Florian Hinzmann <fh@debian.org>
30680 gmp3: libjpeg version errors
Package: kernel-package (main)
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
31972 kernel-package: GUESS_ARCH breaks kernel-image package
Package: licq (contrib)
Maintainer: Zed Pobre <zed@debian.org>
31614 licq: licq reads from the console when started from the menus!
[FIX] A new version (0.44-2) without menu entry is in Incoming
Package: lprng (main)
Maintainer: Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de>
23682 lprng: The default configuration permits _anyone_ to use a printer
31889 lprng: error in postinst
Package: ncftp (main)
Maintainer: Martin Mitchell <martin@debian.org>
32112 DFSG violation: libncftp
Package: nonus.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@datom.de>
23780 nonus.debian.org: libssl-dev is obsolete
26443 nonus.debian.org: apache-common_1.3.0+1.19 is obsolete
29246 nonus.debian.org: remove fortify-unix-ppc_1.2.8-1.deb
31326 Broken symlinks on nonus.debian.org
32171 umet dependency for mutt-i
Package: pcmcia-modules-2.0.36 (main)
Maintainer: unknown
32223 pcmcia recommends a non-existant package
Package: perl-suid (main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
31904 [B.A.McCauley@BHAM.AC.UK: Secuity hole with perl (suidperl) and nosuid mounts on Linux]
Package: qtscape (contrib)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
31565 qtscape depends on obsolete version of qt
Package: smb2www (main)
Maintainer: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
32131 smb2www: smb2www in slink incompatible with samba in slink
Package: snd (main)
Maintainer: Geiger Guenter <geiger@iem.mhsg.ac.at>
30941 snd does not work with slink version of lesstif
Package: sysutils (main)
Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@debian.org>
29392 oldversion procinfo in sysutils is broken
Package: tcsh (main)
Maintainer: Luis Francisco Gonzalez <luisgh@debian.org>
28959 meta keys in tcsh don't work anymore!
[FIX] A new version (6.08.01-3) is in Incoming
Package: wmaker (main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
31419 wmaker: Diversion of asclock isn't removed on uninstall
Package: xbase (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
30852 X packages do not upgrade automatically due to name change.
[STRATEGY] Fixed in release-candidate, test it at http://master.debian.org/~branden/xfree86/
Package: xdm (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
29360 xdm: Stopped X without warning/asking
[STRATEGY] Fixed in release-candidate, test it at http://master.debian.org/~branden/xfree86/
Package: xlib6 (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
31610 xlib6: requires gcc but declares no dependency (dpkg --print-gnu-build-architecture?)
Package: xserver-common (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
29166 xserver-common: should depend or at least recommend properly ver'd xlib6g
[STRATEGY] Fixed in release-candidate, test it at http://master.debian.org/~branden/xfree86/
Package: xxgdb (main)
Maintainer: Helmut Geyer <Helmut.Geyer@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de>
32206 xxgdb: Can't rebuild xxgdb from source
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