Release-critical Bugreport for December 7, 1998
Bug stamp-out list for Dec 7 00:05 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 72
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Package: base
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <sr1-boot-floppies@debian.org>
30080 base: permissions for worldwriteable directories are wrong
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
[FIX] New boot-floppies have been uploaded and are waiting in Incoming.
Package: cvs-pcl
Maintainer: Tom Lees <tom@lpsg.demon.co.uk>
20625 cvs-pcl: Compilation of elc files fails
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: 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: dsc
Maintainer: Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org>
30385 dsc: path dependency unmet and falls down hard
[FIX] Maintainer uploaded a fix (version 1.0-5), which is waiting in Incoming.
Package: dupload
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
30202 dupload: logs completion even if upload fails
Package: ethiop
Maintainer: Paul Seelig <pseelig@goofy.zdv.uni-mainz.de>
24573 ethiop is in main but is not DFSG-free
Package: expect5.24
Maintainer: David Engel <david@debian.org>
30085 expect5.24 fails under cron - Debian 2.0 stable
Package: fakeroot
Maintainer: joost witteveen <joostje@debian.org>
30317 fakeroot and dpkg-shlibdeps
Package: fbset2
Maintainer: Hartmut Koptein <koptein@et-inf.fho-emden.de>
29276 fbset2: should conflict with and replace fbset
[STRATEGY] James Troup will do a NMU to fix this in the near future.
Package: fetchmail
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
29101 fetchmail: segfault when retrieving mail
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
29873 packages that depend on packages of lower priorities
29874 optional packages that should be extra
30019 installation order of libstdc++2.9
30066 libstdc++2.9 undefined symbol
[FIX] A fix is installed, and the bug will be closed when it has propagated
to all mirrors.
Package: g++
Maintainer: Galen Hazelwood <galenh-egcs@debian.org>
28626 Slink g++ ver 2.91 has a possable memory leak
Package: gdb
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@waw.com>
30315 gdb: can't complete build on Alpha (faure.debian.org)
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
30336 guile1.3 (1.3-7.1) cannot be installed
Package: jadetex
Maintainer: Marcus Brinkmann <brinkmd@debian.org>
28224 jadetex: depends on non-free package
Package: libc6
Maintainer: Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>
27334 libc6: breaks sendmail, probably problem in resolver
29662 sleep(2) doesn't sleep well
30425 xf86setup does not set the X server properly.
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>
30102 missing shared library
30107 just another package bitten by __register_frame_info
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: lists-archives
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
30369 Archive doesn't grok some mime types
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: mutt
Maintainer: Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it>
30433 mutt: Mutt doesn't create the user's mail file as dictated by policy manual
Package: nasm
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@waw.com>
21945 nasm: please update copyright file
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: pcmcia-source
Maintainer: Brian Mays <brian@debian.org>
29519 pcmcia-source: problem with kernel-package
Package: squid
Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
30330 squid: Squid crashes with Segment Violation
[HELP] Maintainer cannot reproduce this, help is appreciated.
Package: ssh
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
27415 ssh suddenly requires controlling tty
Package: tcsh
Maintainer: Luis Francisco Gonzalez <luisgh@debian.org>
28959 meta keys in tcsh don't work anymore!
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: xbase
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
30090 xbase installation segfaults / Netscape bus error
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: xinetd
Maintainer: Norbert Veber <nveber@debian.org>
29774 xinetd and rc-files
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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