Release-critical Bugreport for May 28, 1999
Bug stamp-out list for May 28 00:03 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 105
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Package: adduser (main)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
37069 adduser: Adduser generates gids over 65535
Package: apache (main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
38328 apache: [PATCH] Fixes for glibc 2.1
Package: automake (main)
Maintainer: Kevin Dalley <kevind@rahul.net>
8828 automake can't 'make clean' with depends on generated files
Package: base (pseudo)
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <sr1-boot-floppies@debian.org>
34719 base: /dev/ptmx should not exist unless /dev/pts is properly configured
Package: base-passwd (main)
Maintainer: Galen Hazelwood <galenh@micron.net>
36007 update-passwd did many stupid things
Package: bash (main)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
34125 Latest bash breaks mandb
34138 bash: bug doesn't work anymore
34717 bash: contains /bin/sh link
35214 bash: Incorrect 'case' pattern matching when LANG=fr
Package: boot-floppies (main)
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
35729 rootdisk: Installation from 5.25" floppies seems to require resc1440.bin
36947 boot-floppies: base.tgz not found - no error message
Package: bsdutils (main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
38101 wall is broken
Package: bugs.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Ian Jackson <owner@bugs.debian.org>
37781 openssl, telnet-ssl and telnetd-ssl have no maintainer
37782 libssl09, libssl09-dev have no maintainer
Package: cfs (non-US)
Maintainer: Patrick J. Edwards <pje120@mail.usask.ca>
14321 cfs: cmkdir does not work
Package: chos (non-free)
Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
38337 chos: Using chos may cause data loss !
Package: communicator-smotif-45 (non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <adam.heath@usa.net>
34806 Communicator 4.5 (Mail) crashes suddenly
Package: cqcam (main)
Maintainer: Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>
35391 Please recompile cqcam with GTK+ 1.2
Package: crossfire-server (main)
Maintainer: Darren Benham <gecko@debian.org>
37203 Misconfigured path for map files??
Package: cvs (main)
Maintainer: Tom Lees <tom@lpsg.demon.co.uk>
38330 cvs: CVS causes currupts and deletes new files.
Package: dfm (contrib)
Maintainer: Michael Bramer <michael@debian.org>
35394 Please recompile dfm with GTK+ 1.2
Package: diald (main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
32592 diald: Problems with dynamic addressing and 2.2.1 kernel
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
21182 dpkg: dpkg can go into an infinite loop with --force-configure-any
28519 dpkg: creates circular symlinks [POSSIBLE WORKAROUND]
28817 dpkg takes no care over libdpkg
30090 weirdass dpkg coredumps and xbase upgrade insanity
33618 dpkg: most recent hamm version, but *multiple* packages insist it be upgraded!
36385 consensus on stuff left to be fixed in slink
37254 dpkg: update-alternatives madness
37592 dselect automatically deselects libc6 and essential packages
9771 install-info name conflict
Package: dpkg-dev (main)
Maintainer: Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
25405 xpm: builds libc5 package on powerpc
Package: dwww (main)
Maintainer: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
37378 dwww: menu-method out of date
Package: e2fsprogs (main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
35595 e2fsprogs 1.14 (e2fsck) Locks during Boot Process
Package: emacs20 (main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
33237 /etc/alternatives/emacs not managed properly - /usr/bin/emacs doesn't run emacs20
38236 emacs can't find its info file
Package: expect5.24 (main)
Maintainer: David Engel <david@debian.org>
34283 expect5.24: alternatives bug on upgrade to slink
Package: exuberant-ctags (main)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
34666 [PATCH] glibc 2.1 fix
Package: fetchmail (main)
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
36677 Package fetchmail_5.0.1-1.dsc not extractable
Package: file (main)
Maintainer: Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org>
35423 lintian: dies on manpages check (file-info)
38454 file reports always "not stripped" for dynamically linked (uses shared libs) ELF executable
Package: fileutils (main)
Maintainer: Galen Hazelwood <galenh@micron.net>
31717 fileutils: `mv regularfile symlink' problems [PATCH]
36770 fileutils: install has problems with permissions [PATCH]
Package: fortune-mod (main)
Maintainer: Brian Bassett <brianb@debian.org>
37091 fortune-mod: open call has hardcoded access mode
Package: freeamp (main)
Maintainer: Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>
38332 freeamp: [PATCH] glibc 2.1 fixes
Package: ftpwatch (main)
Maintainer: Hakan Ardo <hakan@debian.org>
35159 ftpwatch: depends on ncftp
Package: gdb (main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@waw.com>
36341 gdb: Gives a parse error when casting an expression
Package: gicon (main)
Maintainer: Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>
35912 gicon must be recompiled with GTK+ 1.2
Package: gnotes (main)
Maintainer: Debian QA Group <debian-qa@lists.debian.org>
37485 gnotes_1.10-1(unstable): doesn't compile with gtk1.2
Package: html2ps (main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
37614 html2ps does not start!
Package: hypermail (main)
Maintainer: Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>
38341 hypermail_2.0b3-6(unstable): source package broken (probably)
Package: ifmail (main)
Maintainer: Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it>
38362 getopt.h patch for ifmail
Package: jdk1.1 (non-free)
Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
37599 jdk1.1: no permission to distribute
Package: kernel-image-2.0.36 (main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
34348 Adaptec 294x boot hangs after "419 instructions downloaded"
37074 Slink boot floppies hang machine after initalizing the Adaptec AHA2940UW
Package: kernel-image-2.2.1 (main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
36230 Compiler failure
Package: libc6 (main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
36016 I tried a partial upgrade and hosed my system
36050 Suspect problems in libc6
36584 nss' compat does not work with shadow nis
Package: libgtk-imlib-perl (main)
Maintainer: Paolo Molaro <lupus@debian.org>
35918 libgtk-imlib-perl must be recompiled against GTK+ 1.2
Package: libgtk-perl (main)
Maintainer: Paolo Molaro <lupus@debian.org>
33704 Dependancy on libgtk1.1 is not and cannot be satisfied!
Package: libtool (main)
Maintainer: Ossama Othman <ossama@debian.org>
37286 Again big-endian trouble with libtool
Package: mailleds (main)
Maintainer: Michael Bramer <grisu@debian.org>
37742 mailleds -x doesn't blink keyboard leds
Package: mysql-base (main)
Maintainer: Scott Hanson <shanson@debian.org>
37600 "free" parts of mysql aren't.
Package: netstd (main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
34849 netstd: Version of netstd in potato is missing security fixes from slink version
Package: nfs-server (main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
36732 problem between nfs-server 2.2beta37-1 (slink) and netstd 3.07-2 (hamm)
37180 nfs-server: rpc.mountd hangs regulary
Package: nosql (main)
Maintainer: David Frey <dfrey@debian.org>
37906 nosql_2.1-1(unstable): build error: obsolete macro in configure.in
Package: omniorb (main)
Maintainer: Brent A. Fulgham <bfulgham@debian.org>
36096 CORBA_sysdep.h does not define byte order
Package: perl (main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
37667 /usr/lib/perl5/powerpc-linux/5.004/asm points wrong on powerpc
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>
32874 pilot-link_0.9.0-1(unstable): Links with shlibs from wrong path
37725 pilot-link 0.9.0-1 should require libpisock3 (>= 0.9.0-1)
Package: ppp (main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
35064 /root/.ppprc
38289 ppp: type errors for glibc-2.1
Package: proftpd (main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
38229 normal users cannot login
Package: python-base (main)
Maintainer: Gregor Hoffleit <flight@debian.org>
36687 python-base: esmtp broken in smtplib.py
Package: rexec (main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
36466 rexec: always prompts for username/passwd
Package: rsync (main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
36179 directory specification is ignored
Package: sgml-base (main)
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
28704 sgml-base: sgml entity handling should conform to Cees de Groot's proposed std
Package: silo (main)
Maintainer: Davide Barbieri <paci@debian.org>
34896 silo looks for kernel image in wrong place on sun4u
Package: slib (main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
37733 slib: slib doesn't install
38253 Cannot setup slib
Package: smail (main)
Maintainer: Soenke Lange <soenke@escher.north.de>
35092 smail crashes!
Package: snmp (main)
Maintainer: David Engel <david@debian.org>
37677 snmp: It does not work on alpha
Package: ssh (non-US)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
36478 root can access client X display
36632 ssh: Cannot connect to remote host using .shosts with RSA host authentication.
Package: stunnel (non-US)
Maintainer: Paolo Molaro <lupus@debian.org>
37790 stunnel: broken library uprade
Package: textutils (main)
Maintainer: Galen Hazelwood <galenh@micron.net>
36795 textutils: tail argument parsing is fubar [PATCH]
Package: tm (main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
37739 gnus: Doesn't start
Package: util-linux (main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
37657 util-linux: hwclock --systohc dangerous
Package: watchdog (main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
34895 type conversion problem
Package: wmifs (main)
Maintainer: Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>
37572 wmifs does noy work any more
Package: wordinspect (main)
Maintainer: Bob Hilliard <hilliard@debian.org>
38342 wordinspect_0.1a-4(unstable): Intel-specific make dependencies
Package: wu-ftpd-academ (main)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
34206 User ftp must not be created without my permission
34418 wu-ftpd-academ: this ain't a licence!
Package: xaw3dg (main)
Maintainer: joost witteveen <joostje@debian.org>
35105 xcontrib: viewres fails miserably
Package: xemacs20-mule (main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
37545 Cannot Byte-compile el file on unset LANG
Package: xlockmore (main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
35468 xlockmore-4.1[23] -mode bug segfaults
Package: xmcd (main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
35177 xmcd: bad default device and $XMCD_LIBDIR dependency
Package: xosview (main)
Maintainer: Zed Pobre <zed@debian.org>
37851 xosview_1.7.1-1(unstable): doesn't build on m68k -- sys/perm.h
Package: yorick (main)
Maintainer: David H. Munro <munro@icf.llnl.gov>
37405 yorick_1.4-12(unstable): Uses i386 assembler
Package: zsh (main)
Maintainer: Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>
38246 zsh: "read i" segfaults on Alpha because of compiler bug
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