Release-Critical Bug Report for November 22
Bug stamp-out list for Nov 22 12:05 (CST)
Changes since Nov 7 12:05 (CST)
40 release-critical bugs were closed and 34 were opened.
Total number of release-critical bugs: 79
Please remember the online report at http://master.debian.org/~wakkerma/ .
There is also a list of all unmet dependencies there now. Both are
automaticfally generated twice a day.
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Package: apache-common
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
25990 apache-common: apache expects passwd.db but not dbmmanage
Package: base-passwd
Maintainer: Galen Hazelwood <galenh@micron.net>
25882 various system users inherited my personal gid (100) !
Package: boot-floppies
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <sr1-boot-floppies@debian.org>
26584 lomem install doesn't activate swap
28201 boot floppies for 2.0 do not make system bootable
Package: bootdisk
Maintainer: Maintainer Group <sr1-boot-floppies@debian.org>
29771 Unwritable resc1743 files
Package: cron
Maintainer: Steve Greenland <stevegr@debian.org>
29683 cron: crontab not setuid when built from source with recent debhelpers
Package: cvs-pcl
Maintainer: Tom Lees <tom@lpsg.demon.co.uk>
20625 cvs-pcl: Compilation of elc files fails
Package: dbf2mysql
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
28892 dbf2mysql: wrong dependencies, program won't run
Package: deliver
Maintainer: Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>
29781 deliver: uses wrong locking scheme
Package: dhcp-client-beta
Maintainer: Rich Sahlender <rsahlen@debian.org>
18322 dhclient-script problem with "EXPIRE"
19767 dhcp-client-beta has no /usr/doc directory
Package: dhcpcd
Maintainer: Steve Dunham <dunham@debian.org>
29434 dhcpcd and Token Ring adapters
Package: dpkg
Maintainer: Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
17624 dpkg: installs regular dir when .deb contains symlink !
1797 upgrade/downgrade dependency calculation problem
20401 Problems updating bo -> hamm
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
29312 error in upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/include/linux/kerneld.h'
Package: eeyes
Maintainer: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
29301 eeyes: Needs recompile
Package: ethiop
Maintainer: Paul Seelig <pseelig@goofy.zdv.uni-mainz.de>
24573 ethiop is in main but is not DFSG-free
Package: fbset2
Maintainer: Hartmut Koptein <koptein@et-inf.fho-emden.de>
29276 fbset2: should conflict with and replace fbset
Package: fsp
Maintainer: Robert Stone <talby@debian.org>
29745 FSP's adduser ftp introduces massive security holes
Package: ftp.debian.org
Maintainer: Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>
27381 libg++272-dev and libstdc++2.8-dev conflict, being both standard!!
29562 libgtop1 needs to be installed to frozen and libgtop0 removed or old version installed
Package: g++
Maintainer: Galen Hazelwood <galenh-egcs@debian.org>
28626 Slink g++ ver 2.91 has a possable memory leak
Package: gnome-core
Maintainer: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
28678 gnome-core: gnome-help-browser crashes
Package: guile1.2
Maintainer: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
29320 installation aborts
Package: guile1.3
Maintainer: David N. Welton <davidw@efn.org>
29479 installing guile1.3 fails
Package: isapnptools
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
29633 /etc/init.d/isapnp uses /usr/bin/awk
Package: jadetex
Maintainer: Marcus Brinkmann <brinkmd@debian.org>
28224 jadetex: depends on non-free package
Package: junkbuster
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
29732 junkbuster: regexp matching completely disabled
Package: kbackup
Maintainer: Jens Ritter <grimaldi@debian.org>
26903 kbackup: kbackup splits exclude dir/files on vfat partitions with spaces at the space
Package: kbd
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
29792 Wrong placing of ..bin/dirname
Package: kernel-source-2.0.35
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
29480 aic7xxx 5.1.0 breaks AIC-7880 support...
Package: libc6
Maintainer: Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>
27334 libc6: breaks sendmail, probably problem in resolver
29450 binaries compiled on slink don't run anywhere else
Package: libgtk1.1
Maintainer: Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>
29143 libgtk1.1: SNAFU
Package: libgtop0
Maintainer: Ian Lynagh <igloo@debian.org>
28910 libgtop0: soname
[STRATEGY] Recompile with current libgtop packages, or wait for
Bug# 29562 to be fixed.
Package: libguile3
Maintainer: David N. Welton <davidw@efn.org>
28943 libguile3: soname gratuitously changed
Package: libjpeg62
Maintainer: Mark Mickan <mmickan@debian.org>
28341 libjpeg6b: Doesn't use upstream soname (and other bits)
Package: libmagick4-dev
Maintainer: Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>
19332 libmagick: ldconfig-symlink-before-shlib-in-deb LI#67
Package: libncurses4
Maintainer: Galen Hazelwood <galenh@debian.org>
29014 libncurses4: colours messed up
29679 libncurses4: cross-topleveldir symlink
Package: libtricks
Maintainer: joost witteveen <joostje@debian.org>
29454 libtricks does not support lchown+alpha fix
Package: lockfile-progs
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
28773 lockfile-progs: mail-lock will lock any user's mailbox
Package: login.app
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
28069 Login.app breaks *all* Motif/lesstif apps upon restart
Package: mawk
Maintainer: James Troup <awkmaint@nocrew.org>
28249 mawk doesn't check write errors
Package: mozilla
Maintainer: Debian QA group <debian-qa@lists.debian.org>
26712 mozilla: crashes on startup
Package: nasm
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@waw.com>
21945 nasm: please update copyright file
Package: netstd
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
29813 /etc/ftpusers misses several system users
Package: nonus.debian.org
Maintainer: Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de>
18572 nonus.debian.org: remove des-solnet_1.03-5.deb
18785 nonus.debian.org: incoming backlog
18887 des-solnet: package description
21423 Dpkg-ftp can't handle alternative distributions
22287 nonus.debian.org with incorrect layout
23642 Packages
25198 nonus.debian.org: Packages don't exist
Package: nvi
Maintainer: Steve Greenland <stevegr@debian.org>
29825 nvi: Exploitable buffer overrun in nvi-1.79 [PATCH]
Package: pcmcia-cs
Maintainer: Brian Mays <brian@debian.org>
29614 postinst syntax error - command Echo
Package: pcmcia-source
Maintainer: Brian Mays <brian@debian.org>
29519 pcmcia-source: problem with kernel-package
Package: plplot
Maintainer: Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@icp.inpg.fr>
29704 plplot depends on tkstep8.0
Package: prcs
Maintainer: Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@icp.inpg.fr>
29828 prcs: emacs problems are not fixed
Package: sed
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
28248 sed doesn't check write errors
Package: shellutils
Maintainer: Galen Hazelwood <galenh@micron.net>
28245 shellutils printf doesn't check write errors
Package: skk
Maintainer: Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.or.jp>
29264 skk 10.39-6 does not work with emacs20.3
Package: ssh
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
27415 ssh suddenly requires controlling tty
Package: tetex-base
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
29485 tetex-base (in main) includes non-free hyphenation patterns
Package: tetex-bin
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
29331 texmf.cnf allows users' fonts into main tree
Package: tkstep8.0
Maintainer: Federico Di Gregorio <fog@debian.org>
19255 Tkstep8.0 doesn't mention dependencies on tiff, jpeg and Xpm.
Package: wmaker
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
28841 Problems upgradring from wmaker-superfluous to wmaker
Package: wn
Maintainer: Jean Pierre LeJacq <jplejacq@quoininc.com>
27966 wn doesn't start
Package: word2x
Maintainer: David N. Welton <davidw@efn.org>
29468 word2x: no changelog!
Package: xdm
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
27967 xbase: xdm can (frequently does) render machine unusable
29360 xdm: Stopped X without warning/asking
Package: xfstt
Maintainer: Stephen J. Carpenter <sjc@debian.org>
29821 "/etc/init.d/xfstt" has major syntax errors
Package: xserver-common
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
29166 xserver-common: should depend or at least recommend properly ver'd xlib6g
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