Release-critical Bugreport for January 7, 1999
Bug stamp-out list for Jan 7 00:05 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 44
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Package: autofs (main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
31422 Security-Hole in autofs
Package: bash (main)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
30803 bsh bug causing segfault
Package: boot-floppies (main)
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
30759 [fixed in 2.1.4] No support for FAT32 in boot floppies
31099 the 'load modules' screen hangs
31558 resc1440 won't add active swap to fstab
Package: dpkg (main)
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
28817 dpkg takes no care over libdpkg
30090 weirdass dpkg coredumps and xbase upgrade insanity
30891 dpkg: Patch for update-alternatives to fix jdk problems
Package: dpkg-dev (main)
Maintainer: Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
31508 parsechangelog broken?
Package: g++ (main)
Maintainer: Galen Hazelwood <galenh-egcs@debian.org>
28626 Slink g++ ver 2.91 has a possable memory leak
Package: general (pseudo)
Maintainer: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
30852 X packages do not upgrade automatically due to name change.
Package: gmp2-dev (main)
Maintainer: Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>
31309 gmp2-dev: Nonstandard includes location, library name.
Package: jdk1.1 (non-free)
Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
24062 jdk1.1-runtime: jreman bad link
27330 jdk1.1: Files should be conffiles
Package: kernel-image-2.0.36 (main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
31516 kernel-image-2.0.36: please add these ISDN fixes
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: libpng2 (main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
28412 libpng2: libpng 1.0.2 broken for some files
Package: lynx (main)
Maintainer: Christian Hudon <chrish@debian.org>
31200 lynx: Lynx should depend on net/mime-support (/etc/mailcap).
Package: makepasswd (main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
31059 makepasswd: --clear=PASS can be seen with ps
Package: netscape-base-407 (non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <adam.heath@usa.net>
30878 netscape-base-407: Security vulnerabilities in 4.07
Package: netscape3 (contrib)
Maintainer: Brian White <bcwhite@pobox.com>
31518 netscape3: needs to conflict with plugger
Package: nonus.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de>
31326 Broken symlinks on nonus.debian.org
Package: php3-pgsql (main)
Maintainer: Gergely Madarasz <gorgo@caesar.elte.hu>
31437 php3-pgsql: Can't specify important info
Package: scwm (main)
Maintainer: Francesco Tapparo <f.tapparo@vi.nettuno.it>
31555 libguile4: hoses scwm (yet again)
Package: snd (main)
Maintainer: Geiger Guenter <geiger@iem.mhsg.ac.at>
30941 snd does not work with slink version of lesstif
Package: ssh (non-US)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
27415 ssh suddenly requires controlling tty
Package: ssltelnet (non-US)
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
31490 ssltelnet: linked against obsolete library
Package: tcsh (main)
Maintainer: Luis Francisco Gonzalez <luisgh@debian.org>
28959 meta keys in tcsh don't work anymore!
Package: wn (main)
Maintainer: Jean Pierre LeJacq <jplejacq@quoininc.com>
31042 wn: cannot build from source
Package: wu-ftpd-academ (main)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
30931 wu-ftpd-academ: Can't build from source!
31334 anon ftp requires /lib/libnss_files.so.1
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
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