Revised Release Critical Bugreport for October 29
As some if you noticed the last post was somewhat bogus since I forgot to
update the pointers to the last posting status. To prevent this from happening
again I've automated that part of the process. Here is the correct report:
Bug stamp-out list for Oct 29 00:08 (CST)
Changes since Oct 23 08:16 (CST)
18 release-critical bugs were closed and 16 were opened.
Closed/downgraded release-critical bugs:
balsa: 27726, 27894
binutils-multiarch: 28409
fakeroot: 27794
ftp.debian.org: 28397
gcc: 26100
gnome-gxsnmp: 25866
groff: 27790
lg-issue15: 28025
libapache-mod-put: 28135
lpr: 28009
makedev: 28029, 28143
mutt-i: 28334
netstd: 28256
perl: 28250
procps: 28178
rt: 23583
Opened/upgraded release-critical bugs:
boot-floppies: 28472
dpkg: 28519
ethiop: 24573
g++: 28626
gnome-core: 28678
makedev: 27720, 28644
prcs: 28667
sgml-data: 28615
ssltelnet: 28448
util-linux: 28652
xbase: 28437
xbase-clients: 28504
xserver-common: 28436, 28552
xserver-svga: 28574
Total number of release-critical bugs: 87
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Package: amaya
Maintainer: Steve Dunham <dunham@debian.org>
28390 Pages not displayed
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
27061 boot-floppies' .bash_profile for root prompt for pkgsel is confusing
27970 newt dependencies
28201 boot floppies for 2.0 do not make system bootable
28472 boot-floppies: needs package in contrib to build
Package: bsdmainutils
Maintainer: Austin Donnelly <and1000@debian.org>
27321 wordlists moving to /usr/share/dict
Package: cron
Maintainer: Steve Greenland <stevegr@master.debian.org>
26705 RedHat (possible) buffer overflow fixes
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: 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
20401 Problems updating bo -> hamm
21182 dpkg: dpkg can go into an infinite loop with --force-configure-any
28519 dpkg: dpkg creates circular symlinks
Package: ethiop
Maintainer: Paul Seelig <pseelig@goofy.zdv.uni-mainz.de>
24573 ethiop is in main but is not DFSG-free
Package: ftp.debian.org
Maintainer: Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>
26920 ftp.debian.org: package installation procedure problem
27381 libg++272-dev and libstdc++2.8-dev conflict, being both standard!!
27642 exim needs to be made standard, smail needs to be made optional
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: isapnptools
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
28136 compiled for dev kernel
Package: junkbuster
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
25258 junkbuster: junkbuster has security holes
Package: kbackup
Maintainer: Jens Ritter <grimaldi@debian.org>
26903 kbackup: kbackup splits exclude dir/files on vfat partitions with spaces at the space
Package: libc6
Maintainer: Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>
26147 dlopen() corrupts heap, dlclose() reads free()'d memory
27314 libc6: wrong shlibs file
27334 libc6: breaks sendmail, probably problem in resolver
27403 libc6: fsck error occure after ldconfig
28251 libc should cause programs which leave stuff in stdio to fail
Package: libjpeg6b
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: libpgjava
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
27753 libpgjava: depends on jdk1.1-runtime, which is now included in jdk1.1
Package: libsrp-dev
Maintainer: Ian Lynagh <ian@lynagh.demon.co.uk>
28082 libsrp-dev is not DFSG free software
Package: lists-archives
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
26384 lists-archives: Missing conffiles
Package: login.app
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
28069 Login.app breaks *all* Motif/lesstif apps upon restart
Package: lyx
Maintainer: Stuart Lamble <lamble@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au>
28222 LyX doesn't work on a fresh install
Package: makedev
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
27720 makedev: doesn't know how to make most devices
28644 makedev: ISDN device /dev/isdnctrl not included
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: netscape4
Maintainer: Brian White <bcwhite@pobox.com>
28129 netscape4: Inappropriately requires glibc in filename
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
20773 nonus.debian.org: please remove gnupg from frozen
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-modules-2.0.34
Maintainer: Brian Mays <brian@debian.org>
27395 pcmcia-modules are totally broken out of the box
Package: prcs
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
28667 Bug in MD5 checksum computation
Package: python-tk
Maintainer: Gregor Hoffleit <flight@debian.org>
28048 python-tk depends on tkstep8.0
Package: qftp
Maintainer: Robert S. Edmonds <edmonds@freewwweb.com>
27791 qftp depends on missing libary.
Package: secure-su
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
26827 secure-su breaks findutils (And who knows what else)
Package: sed
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
28248 sed doesn't check write errors
Package: sgml-data
Maintainer: Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org>
28615 sgml-data: will not purge due to nonexistent `install-sgmlcatalog'
Package: shellutils
Maintainer: Galen Hazelwood <galenh@micron.net>
28245 shellutils printf doesn't check write errors
Package: ssh
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
27415 ssh suddenly requires controlling tty
Package: ssltelnet
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
28448 ssltelnet can append to any file
Package: tkstep8.0
Maintainer: Federico Di Gregorio <fog@debian.org>
19255 Tkstep8.0 doesn't mention dependencies on tiff, jpeg and Xpm.
Package: umich-ldapd
Maintainer: Dermot Bradley <bradley@debian.org>
28144 umich-ldapd: Root password cleartext world-readable!
Package: util-linux
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
28652 util-linux: new upstream release available
Package: vrwave
Maintainer: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a <jfs@computer.org>
23436 vrwave should maybe go in contrib?
Package: wn
Maintainer: Jean Pierre LeJacq <jplejacq@quoininc.com>
27966 wn doesn't start
Package: xbase
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
28254 xbase: getreal problem in preinst
28329 Still cannot install xbase
28344 xbase upgrade still a horror (getinode this time)
28361 xbase_3.3.2.3a-4 missing executables
28437 xbase: xbase cleared my /etc/X11/window-managers
Package: xbase-clients
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
28504 xbase-clients: Lots of problems
Package: xdm
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
27967 xbase: xdm can (frequently does) render machine unusable
28345 xdm: doesn't check if in X
Package: xfonts-75dpi
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
28388 Should Provide xfnt75
Package: xfs
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
28398 xfs: xfs writes to /usr/..../fs-errors
Package: xlib6
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
28242 xlib6: getreal problem in preinst
Package: xserver-common
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
26880 dpkg: Creating XF86Config during install freezes VT
28295 xserver-common: XF86Config(5)
28436 Errors installing xserver-common
28552 xserver-common: parse-xf86config to restrictve
Package: xserver-svga
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
28574 X broken
Package: xswallow
Maintainer: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a <jfs@computer.org>
25932 Xswallow should be in contrib
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