Hamm Bug Stamp-Out List for July 5
Welcome to the new Hamm Bugs Stamp-Out List.
Major changes:
- non-i386 archicture fixes for: vold
- New release-critical bugs: 24217(bigloo), 24236(emacs20), 24205(imgstar),
24252(kernel-image-2.0.34), 24221(menu), termcap-compat(24200),
23924(xbase)
- Closed/downgraded release-critical bugs: 20539(cwnn), 24124(fakeroot),
24180(passwd, was a duplicate), 24119(qpopper), 24120(slang0.99.38),
22470(ssh)
There are 6 bugreports marked FIX, leaving us 46 to work on.
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Sun, 5 Jul 1998 15:43:36 GMT: 52 release-critical bugs in hamm.
Package: bigloo (i386 non-free)
Maintainer: Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de>
24217 bigloo: huge binary not stripped.
Package: boot-floppies
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <sr1-boot-floppies@debian.org>
23842 install.html missing from boot-floppies
[FIX] 2.0.8 has been installed, which fixes these bugs.
24073 cannot install laptop from CD
Package: bugs.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Ian Jackson <owner@bugs.debian.org>
24184 The bug system has become crazy (?)
[FIX] This is not a bug: a bunch of bugreports which were lost in a
crash have been respooled. This created a lot of duplicate
reports.
Package: cvs-pcl
Maintainer: Tom Lees <tom@lpsg.demon.co.uk>
22577 compile of pcl-cvs.el fails (cannot load "cookie")
Package: dpkg
Maintainer: Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
1797 upgrade/downgrade dependency calculation problem
17381 dpkg: please add --force-overwrite-inexistant-files and def
17624 dpkg: installs regular dir when .deb contains symlink !
20401 Problems updating bo -> hamm
21182 dpkg: dpkg can go into an infinite loop with --force-config
Package: dpkg-dev
Maintainer: Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
20776 dpkg-dev: dpkg-dev does not use emacsen-commen method of in
21186 dpkg-dev: dpkg-dev has a file also provided in dpkg
Package: elib
Maintainer: Tom Lees <tom@lpsg.demon.co.uk>
23810 Emacsen add-on packages must depend on emacsen, not emacsen
[FIX] Tom Lees uploaded 1.0-8 on June 26, which fixes this.
Package: emacs20
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
24236 emacs20, postrm is broken..
Package: ftp.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>
19347 libc5-dev: no-copyright-file LI#82
[STRATEGY] libc5-dev can be removed from m68k once libc5 5.4.38-1.1 has
been compiled for it.
21488 p3nfs: still linked with libc5
[STRATEGY] Copy the version in slink to hamm, or remove the one in hamm.
(Or try to backpatch the one in hamm)
23877 please include apt and autoup in hamm/hamm/upgrade-i386/
Package: general (pseudo)
Maintainer: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
23867 Critical permissions bug on /lib and /tmp
[STRATEGY] This might be a result of someone unpacking a package using
/lib or /tmp as installation root. Being investigated.
Package: imgstar (i386 non-free)
Maintainer: Karl Sackett <krs@debian.org>
24205 imgstar depends on xlib6, not on xlib6g.
Package: infocom
Maintainer: Brian White <bcwhite@pobox.com>
23563 infocom: /usr/doc/infocom/copyright doesn't include a licen
Package: ircd
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
23951 ircd: postisnt does not check for errors
[STRATEGY] Johnie will upload a new package with the fixes already made
for slink.
Package: kdebase (i386 contrib)
Maintainer: Stephan Kulow <coolo@kde.org>
23655 kdebase includes /etc/X11/Xsession
[STRATEGY] David Engel: "Remove kdebase from hamm or move the beta4 slink
packages from slink to hamm."
Package: kernel-image-2.0.34
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
24252 2.0 installation does not work with some Adaptec cards
Package: libc6
Maintainer: Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>
23893 libc6: "env LD_PRELOAD= ls" core dump
[STRATEGY] Dale Scheetz uploaded 2.07r-5 on July 4, which fixes this. On
the downside, there is only an i386 .deb file in Incoming so
it won't be installed until he reuploads.
24066 libc6: rsh segfaults as a result of new libc 2.0.7r2
Package: libreadline2
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
22941 libreadline2 depends on libc6
Package: libreadlineg2
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
23035 bash: Not 8-bit clean.
[STRATEGY] Guy proposed a simple set-statement for a .bashrc to fix this.
Santiago Vila observer it might actually be a problem with
certain locales not supporting 8-bit chars and changing
/etc/inputrc is not needed.
Package: libssl08 (i386 non-us)
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
24022 libssl: Upstream security fix available
Package: libtool
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
23884 libtool: Insecure use of /tmp (?)
Package: mailx
Maintainer: Loic Prylli <lprylli@graville.fdn.fr>
23880 [alvaro@lander.es: [linux-security] security hole in mailx]
[FIX] Roberto Lumbreras uploaded a fixed package on June 28.
Package: menu
Maintainer: joost witteveen <joostje@debian.org>
24221 Su-to-root can loop forever
Package: nas
Maintainer: Steve McIntyre <stevem@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
23841 nas: init.d script fails to start au because of missing pat
[FIX] Steve McIntyre uploaded a fixed package on July 2.
Package: netbase
Maintainer: Peter Tobias <tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de>
24187 netbase: wrong radius entry in /etc /services breaks radius
[STRATEGY] Miquel observed the entry is actually correct but Livingston
uses the wrong number. We might use the old (wrong) number
in hamm and switch to the correct number and update the radius
packges in slink.
Package: nonus.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de>
This is being maintained by Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>.
18572 nonus.debian.org: remove des-solnet_1.03-5.deb
18785 nonus.debian.org: incoming backlog
20773 nonus.debian.org: please remove gnupg from frozen
21423 Dpkg-ftp can't handle alternative distributions
[HELP] Yann Dirson: "This used to work until some date I don't know
exactly. I guess that non-us has changed the paths they use
in the Packages file." (more info, and workaround, in the bug
entry itself)
(Bug has been reassigned from dpkg-ftp to nonus.debian.org)
22287 nonus.debian.org with incorrect layout
23642 Packages
Package: passwd
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
21275 passwd: useradd violates base-passwd's rules
Package: pcmcia-modules-2.0.3
Maintainer: Brian Mays <brian@debian.org>
24157 pcmcia-modules-2.0.34: pcmcia_core.o: unresolved symbol
[STRATEGY] Brian Mays will upload a new package which is compiled with the
new 2.0.34 kernel image.
Package: proftpd
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
24115 proftpd: does not support NIS
[STRATEGY] Wichert Akkerman submitted a patch which is in the BTS.
Package: screen
Maintainer: Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org>
24126 screen aborts with signal 11 in X
Package: smail
Maintainer: Soenke Lange <soenke@escher.north.de>
23717 smail: smtp entry in inetd.conf gone after smail upgrade
Package: sox
Maintainer: Geiger Guenter <geiger@iem.mhsg.ac.at>
23913 SOX doesn't work at all
Package: termcap-compat
Maintainer: Christian Hudon <chrish@debian.org>
24200 termcap: vulnerability
Package: wu-ftpd-academ
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
17401 netstd overwrites ftpd.8.gz
20355 wu-ftpd: contains ftpd.8.gz which is also present in netstd
Package: xadmin
Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org>
23053 xadmin does not set perms correctly for /etc/shadow
[STRATEGY] Turbo Fredriksson: "I recomend we remove xadmin from Hamm, since I
don't have the time to fix the bugs..."
[FIX] This is fixed in xadmin 1.0.15-2, which has been installed in hamm.
Package: xbase
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
22877 xbase: xdm port, and X applications
[HELP] "These have been forwarded upstream but I haven't heard anything
from XFree86 about them to date. Fixing them is beyond my knowledge."
23924 XF86Setup can't find some file
[STRATEGY] Branden Robison: "I'm adding stuff to the xbase preinst and
postinst to handle this, and it will appear in 3.3.2.2-2
24058 xbase: home/end xterm translation inversed
[STRATEGY] Branden Robinson fixed this is his source. The next release will
contain this fix (3.3.2.2-2)
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