Release-critical Bugreport for January 19, 1999
Bug stamp-out list for Jan 19 00:02 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 50
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Package: boot-floppies (main)
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
31099 the 'load modules' screen hangs
31618 Frozen boot floppies don't work on Tosh laptop.
Package: cracklib-runtime (main)
Maintainer: Jean Pierre LeJacq <jplejacq@quoininc.com>
27511 crack_packer outputs numbers to stdout
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
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: dpkg-multicd (main)
Maintainer: Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>
32068 multicd can't reinstall removed package
Package: ftp.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>
14898 courtney has problematic license
31578 cfengine needs to be in frozen
31828 cgiwrap is old and unmaintained
Package: ftpwatch (main)
Maintainer: Hakan Ardo <hakan@debian.org>
31627 ftpwatch: trivial root exploit
Package: gettext (main)
Maintainer: Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>
28850 gettext: security problem when used in setuid programs
Package: grail (non-free)
Maintainer: Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>
31905 grail never starts (lengthy mail)
Package: ivtools (main)
Maintainer: Guenter Geiger <geiger@debian.org>
31966 Post Inst error
Package: kernel-image-2.0.36 (main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
31516 kernel-image-2.0.36: please add these ISDN fixes
[FIX] A new version (2.0.36-2) is in Incoming
Package: kernel-package (main)
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
31972 kernel-package: GUESS_ARCH breaks kernel-image package
Package: libapache-mod-put (main)
Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@debian.org>
32043 Typo prevents package removal
Package: libc6 (main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <glibc-maint@debian.org>
31734 severe bug in frozen base
32035 ldso: dpkg warning overwriting file in libc6
Package: libgd1g (main)
Maintainer: Dermot Bradley <bradley@debian.org>
31586 libgd1g: broken shlibs and wrong section in control file
Package: licq (contrib)
Maintainer: Zed Pobre <zed@debian.org>
31614 licq: licq reads from the console when started from the menus!
[FIX] A new version (0.44-2) without menu entry is in Incoming
Package: lprng (main)
Maintainer: Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de>
23682 lprng: The default configuration permits _anyone_ to use a printer
31889 lprng: error in postinst
Package: mime-support (main)
Maintainer: Brian White <bcwhite@pobox.com>
30822 wrong utility named for viewing MIME types
Package: netbase (main)
Maintainer: Anthony Towns <ajt@debian.org>
32092 Undeclared depend: suidmanager
32093 (no subject)
Package: newscache (main)
Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@debian.org>
26057 newscache: Access control not compiled in
Package: nonus.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@datom.de>
31326 Broken symlinks on nonus.debian.org
31964 dselect tries to install old package
Package: perl-suid (main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
31904 [B.A.McCauley@BHAM.AC.UK: Secuity hole with perl (suidperl) and nosuid mounts on Linux]
Package: pgp5i (non-US)
Maintainer: Tommi Virtanen <tv@debian.org>
31577 pgp5i: pgps encrypts if text has 8bit characters
Package: pilot-link (main)
Maintainer: Dermot Bradley <bradley@debian.org>
31806 pilot-link: Can't build from source
Package: postgresql (main)
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
32081 postgresql fuxored
Package: qtscape (contrib)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
31565 qtscape depends on obsolete version of qt
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: tcsh (main)
Maintainer: Luis Francisco Gonzalez <luisgh@debian.org>
28959 meta keys in tcsh don't work anymore!
[FIX] A new version (6.08.01-3) is in Incoming
Package: telnet98 (non-US)
Maintainer: Ian Lynagh <ian@lynagh.demon.co.uk>
30926 telnet98: Telnet98 overwrites telnet and telnetd packages without conflicting
30927 telnet98: Telnet98 segfaults
Package: wu-ftpd-academ (main)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
30931 wu-ftpd-academ: Can't build from source!
Package: xbase (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
30852 X packages do not upgrade automatically due to name change.
Package: xdm (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
29360 xdm: Stopped X without warning/asking
Package: xlib6 (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
31610 xlib6: requires gcc but declares no dependency (dpkg --print-gnu-build-architecture?)
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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