Release-critical Bugreport for December 19, 1998
Bug stamp-out list for Dec 19 00:03 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 69
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Package: acroread (non-free)
Maintainer: Klee Dienes <klee@debian.org>
30319 Cannot start acroread as a non-root user
Package: aview (main)
Maintainer: Michael Bramer <grisu@grisu.org>
30812 aview: needs recompile with slang1
[FIX] Maintainer uploaded 1.2-4 to fix this, which is waiting in Incoming.
Package: bash (main)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
30803 bsh bug causing segfault
Package: bb (main)
Maintainer: Michael Bramer <grisu@debian.org>
29406 bb: depends on obsolete slang0.99.38
[FIX] Maintainer uploaded 1.2-4 to fix this, which is waiting in Incoming
Package: binutils-multiarch (main)
Maintainer: Christopher C. Chimelis <chris@classnet.med.miami.edu>
30507 binutils-multiarch breaks /usr/bin/as
[FIX] Ben Collins made a NMU (version 2.9.1.0.15-5) which is in Incoming.
Package: boot-floppies (main)
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
26584 lomem install doesn't activate swap
[FIX] This is fixed in the last boot-floppies upload, which is in Incoming.
30758 boot-floppies: Install of base system (2.1.2 4 Dec) loops the install procedure
[FIX] This is fixed in the last boot-floppies upload, which is in Incoming.
Package: cmucl-defsystem (non-free)
Maintainer: Peter Van Eynde <pvaneynd@debian.org>
30158 cmucl-defsystem in non-free
Package: devscripts (main)
Maintainer: Christoph Lameter <clameter@debian.org>
30838 devscripts: uupdate: fails without warning!
Package: dhcp-client-beta (main)
Maintainer: Rich Sahlender <rsahlen@debian.org>
18322 dhclient-script problem with "EXPIRE"
[PARTY] Johnie Ingram will fix this one hopefully
19767 dhcp-client-beta has no /usr/doc directory
[PARTY] Guess what.. same as 18322!
Package: dpkg (main)
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
Package: dupload (main)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
30202 dupload: logs completion even if upload fails
[FIX] Wichert Akkerman made a NMU (version 1.61.1) which is in Incoming
Package: exim (main)
Maintainer: Mark Baker <mbaker@iee.org>
30877 exim opening the SMTP port without asking
Package: file-rc (main)
Maintainer: Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>
30669 file-rc: rc is broken (starts too man start scripts)
[STRATEGY] Ben Collins prepared a NMU he would like people to check.
ftp://marcus.seva.net/pub/debian/file-rc_0.4.7_all.deb
Maintainer wants to okay this himself before uploading though.
Package: ftp.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>
25710 debian-cd should be removed from slink.
30275 ftp.debian.org: Remove libguile3
Package: g++ (main)
Maintainer: Galen Hazelwood <galenh-egcs@debian.org>
28626 Slink g++ ver 2.91 has a possable memory leak
Package: gdb (main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@waw.com>
30315 gdb: can't complete build on Alpha (faure.debian.org)
Package: geda (main)
Maintainer: Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org>
30832 geda: Geda requires guile 1.2 which no longer exists.
[STRATEGY] Package recompiles cleanly, maintainer should do that soon.
Package: gem (main)
Maintainer: Guenter Geiger <geiger@debian.org>
30813 gem: Needs recompile with new mesa
[FIX] Chris Waters made a NMU (0.77-2.1) which is waiting in Incoming
Package: general (pseudo)
Maintainer: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
30852 X packages do not upgrade automatically due to name change.
Package: guile1.3 (main)
Maintainer: David N. Welton <davidw@efn.org>
30725 guile1.3 critical bug with file loading
Package: icq-java (contrib)
Maintainer: Lalo Martins <lalo@webcom.com>
27887 icq-java: depends on none existant jdk1.1-runtime
[STRATEGY] Mercury submitted a patch to fix this to the BTS, and will
probably do a NMU if the maintainer does not react in the next
week.
30869 icq-java: Spelling errors/typos in package description.
[STRATEGY] A patch for this is in bugreport 27887
30870 icq-java: postinst blindly assumes $PAGER is set.
[STRATEGY] A patch for this is in bugreport 27887
30872 icq-java: Link to copyright file incorrect.
[STRATEGY] A patch for this is in bugreport 27887
30873 icq-java: Insecure handling of temp directory's in postinst.
[STRATEGY] A patch for this is in bugreport 27887
Package: jadetex (main)
Maintainer: Marcus Brinkmann <brinkmd@debian.org>
28224 jadetex: depends on non-free package
[FIX] Adam di Carlo uploaded 2.2-0.2 to fix this, which is in Incoming
Package: jdk1.1 (non-free)
Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
27097 jdk1.1: error in installing jdk1.1: links are in a mess
27330 jdk1.1: Files should be conffiles
Package: latex2html (main)
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
30858 latex2html: Serious problems with links
Package: ldso (main)
Maintainer: David Engel <david@debian.org>
30859 (no subject)
[STRATEGY] Wichert Akkerman made a patch for this, which is in bugreport 30865.
Packages are at http://www.wi.leidenuniv.nl/~wichert/debian/party/
Package: libapache-mod-auth-sys (main)
Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@debian.org>
30617 libapache-mod-auth-sys: conflicts with apache in slink
[PARTY] Johnie Ingram will fix this one
Package: libfltk-dev (main)
Maintainer: Gregory S. Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>
30815 libfltk-dev: depends on libstdc++2.8-dev which is not in slink
[FIX] Wichert Akkerman uploaded NMU 0.99-1.1, which is in Incoming.
Package: libguile3 (main)
Maintainer: David N. Welton <davidw@efn.org>
30606 compiled-with-bad-libc
[STRATEGY] Package should be removed once all packages that depend on it
are recompiled (currently only siag)
Package: libncurses4 (main)
Maintainer: Galen Hazelwood <galenh@debian.org>
29014 libncurses4: colours messed up
Package: loadlin (main)
Maintainer: Martin Mitchell <martin@debian.org>
30759 Loadlin Installation Files (and likley disks, too)
Package: netscape-base-407 (non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <adam.heath@usa.net>
30878 netscape-base-407: Security vulnerabilities in 4.07
Package: netstd (main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
30672 netstd: Buffer overflow in bootpd (from Bugtraq)
[STRATEGY] Already fixed for i386 hamm, rest will follow soon.
Package: nonus.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de>
18785 nonus.debian.org: incoming backlog
30527 Distributions missing on Dresden master site
Package: paul (main)
Maintainer: Andreas Tille <tille@physik.uni-halle.de>
30819 paul: depends on too high version of libgtk1
[FIX] Marcelo E. Magallon made a NMU (version 0.0.5-1.1) which is in Incoming
Package: pcmcia-cs (main)
Maintainer: Brian Mays <brian@debian.org>
30739 /usr/X11R6/bin/cardinfo depends non-free/libforms0.88
Package: php3 (main)
Maintainer: Gergely Madarasz <gorgo@caesar.elte.hu>
30709 missing space in postinst
[FIX] Tommi Virtanen made a NMU (version 3.0.5-2.1) for this, which is
waiting in Incoming
Package: qt1g (non-free)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
29031 package qt1g depends on obsolete library libstdc++2.8
Package: qt1g-dev (non-free)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
29051 package qt1g-dev depends on obsolete library libstdc++2.8
Package: snmptraplogd (main)
Maintainer: Bernd Schumacher <Bernd_Schumacher@hp.com>
30855 snmptraplogd depends on old version of libsnmp
[STRATEGY] Package recompiles cleanly, maintainer should do that soon.
Package: ssh (non-US)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
27415 ssh suddenly requires controlling tty
Package: syslinux (main)
Maintainer: Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org>
30791 syslinux_1.42-1 "mtools enhancements" don't work
[STRATEGY] Maintainer will fix this in the weekend
Package: tcsh (main)
Maintainer: Luis Francisco Gonzalez <luisgh@debian.org>
28959 meta keys in tcsh don't work anymore!
Package: vrwave (main)
Maintainer: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a <jfs@computer.org>
29311 vrwave depends on non-free package
[STRATEGY] Maintainer will either upload a fixed package tonight, or this
this package should be removed from slink and moved to non-free
for potato.
30817 vrwave needs recompile with mesag3
Package: wmaker (main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
28841 Problems upgradring from wmaker-superfluous to wmaker
Package: xbase (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
30090 xbase installation segfaults / Netscape bus error
Package: xdm (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
29360 xdm: Stopped X without warning/asking
Package: xserver-common (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
29166 xserver-common: should depend or at least recommend properly ver'd xlib6g
Package: yorick-dev (main)
Maintainer: David H. Munro <munro@icf.llnl.gov>
30816 yorick-dev: depends on a package "xdevel" which does not exist
[FIX] Wichert Akkerman made a NMU (version 1.4-10.1) which is in Incoming
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