Release-critical Bugreport for October 29, 1999
Bug stamp-out list for Oct 29 03:07 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 288
Number that will disappear after removing packages marked [REMOVE]: 18
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Package: adduser (main)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
45249 adduser breaks going from slink -> potato
Package: alsa-source (main)
Maintainer: Masato Taruishi <taru@debian.org>
46515 missing files for alsa-source
Package: apache-common (main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Maintainer will have this fixed by Oct. 30.
45428 apache-common: mod_mime.so depends on /etc/apache/mime.types
Package: apt (main)
Maintainer: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>
46096 apt: pb upgrading libgtk-1.2.5
[STRATEGY] Fixed in cvs.
46537 apt-get update with apt-cdrom broken
[STRATEGY] Fixed in cvs.
46857 apt: If source URI contains password, the password is printed on the screen during fetches
[STRATEGY] Fixed in cvs.
47557 apt: internal error
[STRATEGY] Fixed in cvs.
48392 apt-get install libc6- libc6 will remove 160 package without questioning
Package: autofs (main)
Maintainer: Justin Maurer <justin@debian.org>
46638 autofs: /etc/init.d/autofs syntax error
Package: base-passwd (main)
Maintainer: Galen Hazelwood <galenh@micron.net>
36007 update-passwd did many stupid things
47264 base-passwd: Default home directory of postgres should be /var/lib/postgres
Package: bash (main)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
45161 bug: Test
45656 bash: /bin/sh link removed during `apt-get upgrade`
47824 bug: doesn't report bugs
Package: bbdb (main)
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
48318 Incompatible bbdb formats ?
Package: bigloo (main)
Maintainer: Craig Brozefsky <craig@red-bean.com>
46040 [PATCH] compilation on sparc, cleanup, etc
[STRATEGY] It appears that a new .diff.gz was uploaded, but it was never
recompiled on the original arch.
Package: boot-floppies (main)
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
35729 rootdisk: Installation from 5.25" floppies seems to require resc1440.bin
[STRATEGY] 5.25" floppy support will probably be dropped in potato.
36947 [fixed in Incoming] base.tgz not found - no error message
[HELP] There is not enough sanity checking during the phase where base.tgz
is unpacked. Should be fixed for slink, too.
41866 [fixed in Incoming] please recompile against libpopt0
43057 bootdisk: rawrite uses 8.3 names
44800 [fixed in Incoming] boot-floppies: apt can't install the boot-floppies package
47490 base: mke2fs makes unmountable filesystems; mount doesn't honor -o nocheck
Package: bsdmainutils (main)
Maintainer: Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org>
43413 gettext: While installing, got error on configure phase: "sh: tsort: command not found"
Package: calc (main)
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
48117 emacs20: Won't install
Package: cecilia (non-free)
Maintainer: Marco Budde <Budde@tu-harburg.de>
44747 cecilia: `Error: couldn't execute "/usr/lib/cecilia/files/csound_linux2.0.x"'
Package: clanlib0-display-fbdev-dev (main)
Maintainer: Daniel Patterson <danpat@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
46704 clanlib0-display-fbdev-dev: Depends: libgl1 but it is not installable
Package: clanlib0-display-ggi-dev (main)
Maintainer: Daniel Patterson <danpat@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
46702 clanlib0-display-ggi-dev depends on libgl1 but it is not installable
Package: clanlib0-display-glx (main)
Maintainer: Daniel Patterson <danpat@debian.org>
46412 clanlib0-display-glx: depends on unavailable package
Package: clanlib0-display-glx-dev (main)
Maintainer: Daniel Patterson <danpat@debian.org>
47090 clanlib0-display-glx-dev: depends on libgl1 which is unavailable
Package: clanlib0-display-svgalib-dev (main)
Maintainer: Daniel Patterson <danpat@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
46703 clanlib0-display-svgalib-dev: Depends: libgl1 but it is not installable
Package: clanlib0-display-x11-dev (main)
Maintainer: Daniel Patterson <danpat@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
46701 clanlib0-display-x11-dev depends on libgl1 but it is not installable
Package: clisp (main)
Maintainer: Kevin Dalley <kevind@rahul.net>
48607 clisp: clisp fails to run
Package: cmucl (main)
Maintainer: Peter Van Eynde <pvaneynd@debian.org>
46675 Problem with newer glibc's and CMUCL
Package: cmucl-clm (main)
Maintainer: Peter Van Eynde <pvaneynd@debian.org>
48162 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
Package: cnews (main)
Maintainer: Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org>
48551 cnews: newsspool binary not SUID!
Package: communicator (contrib)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
45873 communicator: Bus error when getting mail
Package: communicator-dmotif-408 (non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <adam.heath@usa.net>
48163 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
Package: communicator-smotif-461 (non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
42259 [TBF] If you open a menu and a cookie pops up, the browser hangs
43849 communicator-smotif: Floating point exception error
45154 communicator-smotif-461: dead keys no longer work with libc5 version
Package: communicator-smotif-47 (non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
47658 communicator-smotif-47: we need libc6 version
Package: ddd-smotif (contrib)
Maintainer: Alexander Yukhimets <alexy@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package is no longer needed and can be removed.
34802 ddd-smotif: Generate core-dumps after start
Package: debian-keyring (contrib)
Maintainer: James Troup <keyring-maint@debian.org>
43536 debian-keyring: Non self-signed keys
Package: debian-policy (main)
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
43529 debian-policy: mail locking in Debian is _not_ NFS safe
Package: debroster (main)
Maintainer: Matthew Vernon <matthew@debian.org>
47858 debroster: tries to use /var/state/apt/lists/*Packages
[FIX] nmu is waiting at http://master.debian.org/~doogie/nmu/
Package: dhcp (main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
41974 dhcp: dhcp requires kernel 2.2??
Package: dhcpcd (main)
Maintainer: Dennis Kelly <dpk@debian.org>
48235 dhcpcd: delete dhcpcd-<interface>.exe
Package: diald (main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
32592 diald: Problems with dynamic addressing and 2.2.1 kernel
[STRATEGY] There is a new upstream version that fixes this.
46399 diald will not work with 2.2.10 + potato
Package: dnswalk (main)
Maintainer: Florian Hinzmann <fh@debian.org>
48007 dnswalk script missing in 2.0.2-1 deb
[STRATEGY] Fix uploaded to incoming.
Package: docbook (main)
Maintainer: Mark Eichin <eichin@kitten.gen.ma.us>
47375 docbook: docbook should check if install-sgmlcatalog is present before calling it.
Package: dpkg (main)
Maintainer: Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
28519 dpkg: creates circular symlinks [POSSIBLE WORKAROUND]
28817 dpkg takes no care over libdpkg
Package: dwww (main)
Maintainer: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
38821 dwww: dwww-txt2html output is always empty
43094 dwww config chowns entire system to 'www-data'
45092 publib-dev: main_filter crashes dwww-txt2html
Package: dx (main)
Maintainer: Konstantinos Margaritis <markos@debian.org>
48164 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
[STRATEGY] Problems with source during nmu attempt(see bug report)
Package: emacs19 (main)
Maintainer: Mark W. Eichin <eichin@thok.org>
43707 recompile emacs19 with liblockfile1
[FIX] nmu is waiting at http://master.debian.org/~doogie/nmu/
Package: emacs20 (main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
33237 /etc/alternatives/emacs not managed properly - /usr/bin/emacs doesn't run emacs20
[STRATEGY] Maintainer promised to fix this.
Package: emwin (main)
Maintainer: A. Maitland Bottoms <bottoms@debian.org>
48332 emwin: doesn't build on alpha
[FIX] nmu is waiting at http://master.debian.org/~doogie/nmu/
Package: enlightenment (main)
Maintainer: Laurence J. Lane <ljlane@debian.org>
47964 enlightenment: Segmentation Fault
48413 enlightenment: should predepend on dpkg 1.4.1.17
Package: express (main)
Maintainer: Frederic Peters <fpeters@debian.org>
48366 express: Segmentation fault
Package: fbset (main)
Maintainer: Hartmut Koptein <koptein@debian.org>
48471 fbset: prerm script fails
Package: fetchmail (main)
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
43139 fetchmail flushed after failed delivery
Package: freeciv-xaw (main)
Maintainer: Lalo Martins <lalo@webcom.com>
48214 freeciv-xaw: bad symlink
Package: ftp.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>
38599 packages which should be moved to the base section
41274 Please remove the old netcdf packages
43889 An experimental version of gnus was uploaded by mistake into main
46388 NO 2.1r3 M68K CDs: trn depends
Package: g++ (main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
48530 g++ [alpha]: internal compiler error building open-amulet
Package: gcc (main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
48338 lapack: Doesn't build on Alpha
48527 gcc [alpha]: error compiling fweb
Package: gconv-modules (main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
48120 gconv-modules would not be loaded properly when setgid
Package: genesis (main)
Maintainer: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@csh.rit.edu>
48333 genesis: Doens't build on alpha
[FIX] nmu is waiting at http://master.debian.org/~doogie/nmu/
Package: geomview (main)
Maintainer: Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
48557 geomview_1.6.1.9-9(unstable): build error (source.unpack)
Package: gimp (main)
Maintainer: Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>
46942 gimp[1.0.4-2] & slang1[1.3.8-1] (version conflict)
47071 gimp: potato/unstable gimp depends on slang1<1.3, but 1.3.8-2 is installed
Package: giram (main)
Maintainer: Carlos Barros <cbf@debian.org>
48285 giram_0.1.2-2(unstable): build error (from automake)
48335 giram: Doesn't build on alpha
Package: giram-gnome-mesa (main)
Maintainer: Carlos Barros <cbf@debian.org>
48292 giram-gnome-mesa: Missing Tutorial.gz
Package: gnome-apt (main)
Maintainer: Apt Packaging Team <apt@packages.debian.org>
44427 gnome-apt: Broken Package
Package: gnome-same-gnome (main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
46930 gnome-same-gnome: Stones are never removed
Package: gnu-smalltalk (main)
Maintainer: Alexander Shinn <foof@debian.org>
45180 gnu-smalltalk: entry blox in window manager menu does not work
Package: gnupg (non-US)
Maintainer: James Troup <james@nocrew.org>
44698 gnupg does not build on Sparc/Linux
Package: gpart (main)
Maintainer: David L. Coe <david.coe@someotherplace.org>
46101 gpart_0.1d-1(unstable): unnecessary arch switch; arch specific?
Package: gpasman (non-US)
Maintainer: Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>
43061 gpasman segfaults when opening database
Package: grace (main)
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <ezanard@debian.org>
41146 grace_5.0.1-1.1(unstable): doesn't build with newer t1lib
42115 grace: grace should conflict with xmgr
48166 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
Package: grep (main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
47920 on UltraSparc, fails 99% of the time with "Bad Address" message
Package: grub (main)
Maintainer: Gordon Matzigkeit <gord@debian.org>
42705 grub: should install-info
47946 Grub: doesn't build correctly on potato
Package: gs (main)
Maintainer: Marco Pistore <pistore@di.unipi.it>
41570 Can not handle kanji font PS
[STRATEGY] There is a patch in the report
Package: gsl (main)
Maintainer: Michael J. Booth <booth@debian.org>
42116 gsl-histogram double counts last input
[STRATEGY] There is a patch in the report
Package: guile1.3 (main)
Maintainer: Craig Brozefsky <craig@red-bean.com>
47959 gnucash: not working - scheme permissions error
Package: hostname (main)
Maintainer: Peter Tobias <tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de>
44415 hostname: patch for hostnames/domainnames of arbitrary length
[FIX] There is a patch in the report. http://master.debian.org/~doogie/nmu/
2nd email sent to maintainer. Waiting on reply.
Package: html2ps (main)
Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
46275 html2ps; html2ps does not work with new perl
Package: iceconf (main)
Maintainer: Jules Bean <jules@debian.org>
39251 iceconf: iceconf uses old workspace commands
[HELP] Could be fixed now...?
Package: imap (main)
Maintainer: Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar@debian.org>
46940 imap unusable on sparc
Package: jdk1.1 (non-free)
Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package must be removed if its license is not fixed.
37599 jdk1.1: no permission to distribute
Package: jpilot (main)
Maintainer: Pablo Averbuj <pablo@debian.org>
48609 jpilot: segfaults immediately
Package: kerberos4kth (non-US)
Maintainer: Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>
40025 kerberos4kth: won't compile on glibc2.1
Package: ldso (main)
Maintainer: David Engel <david@debian.org>
48539 ldso_1.9.11-5_alpha.deb fails to install
Package: lesstifg-dev (main)
Maintainer: Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>
48514 lesstifg-dev: Broken dependency
Package: libapache-mod-perl (main)
Maintainer: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
45753 libapache-mod-perl: Doesn't build on Alpha
47273 Debian/Sparc libapache-mod-perl Package Problems...
Package: libc6 (main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
21810 libc6: rexec call dumps core with user="string" and password=NULL
36584 nss' compat does not work with shadow nis
45912 `ping', and name resolution in general, hangs
Package: libc6-dev (main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
44444 netkit-telnet_0.14-3(unstable): doesn't compile with gcc 2.95.1
Package: libc6.1 (main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
47584 libc6.1: localtime() hangs on alpha
48455 libc6.1: libc6 fails to install and leaves installation broken
Package: libcgi-perl (main)
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
47271 libcgi-perl: can not purge package to eliminate conflicts
Package: libg++272 (main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
47212 [m68k] libg++272_2.7.2.8-1 build failure
Package: libgcj0 (main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
46062 [sparc] build fails in all-target-boehm-gc
Package: libgd1g (main)
Maintainer: Dermot Bradley <bradley@debian.org>
45794 libgd1g: libgd fails a dpkg-buildpackage on powerpc
[FIX] nmu is waiting at http://master.debian.org/~doogie/nmu/
Package: libgimp-perl (main)
Maintainer: Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>
44008 libgimp-perl: depends on nonexistent package
45124 libgimp-perl: perlcc eats all the memory
47257 libgimp-perl: libgimp-perl is impossible to build
Package: libgnome-dev (main)
Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@debian.org>
46487 Subject: /usr/include/gnome.h doesn't find gnomesupport.h
Package: libjpeg62-dev (main)
Maintainer: Mark Mickan <mmickan@debian.org>
41795 libjpeg62: Wrong JPEG library version: library is 62, caller expects 61
Package: libmagick4g-lzw (non-free)
Maintainer: Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>
38649 libmagick4g-lzw: is version 4.0.4-3, while libmagick4g 4.2.2-0.0
48090 libmagick4g-lzw: libmagick4g-lzw depends on non-existed library libjpegg6a
Package: libpgjava (contrib)
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
45549 libpgjava: doesn't work at all
Package: libpgsql2 (main)
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
46690 pgl seg faults
Package: libreadlineg2 (main)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
39907 lftp dumps core
Package: licq (contrib)
Maintainer: Zed Pobre <zed@debian.org>
47652 licq should depend on libqtX instead of old qtX
Package: linbot (main)
Maintainer: Jean Pierre LeJacq <jplejacq@quoininc.com>
41345 linbot: Remove versioned dependencies on python-net and python-misc
46526 linbot conflicting with python
Package: lpr (main)
Maintainer: Adam Klein <aklein@debian.org>
47006 lpr doesn't send files to remote printer
Package: lprng (main)
Maintainer: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
42914 [3.5.2-1.3] lprng doesn't work with networked printer
45857 lprng: Fails to configure
Package: lynx (main)
Maintainer: Christian Hudon <chrish@debian.org>
46021 lynx on alpha exits immediately with interrupt 15, is useless
Package: manpages-de (main)
Maintainer: Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>
48561 translations of manpages and manpages-xx packages
Package: manpages-dev (main)
Maintainer: Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org>
46792 setreuid(2) contains invalid security information
Package: mesag-dev (main)
Maintainer: James A. Treacy <treacy@debian.org>
44489 mesag-dev: GLU_* constants incompatible with GLenum type
Package: mgetty (main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
48141 mgetty: refuses tto be removed
Package: mgetty-fax (main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
47439 pre-removal script fails
Package: mh (main)
Maintainer: Edward Brocklesby <ejb@debian.org>
46647 Copyright of JP patch
Package: mico-2.2.7 (main)
Maintainer: Stephan Kulow <coolo@kde.org>
44446 [m68k] mico compile fails because exception support appears broken
Package: midentd (main)
Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org>
45344 midentd: needs a Conflicts: with other identd's available
[FIX] nmu is waiting at http://master.debian.org/~doogie/nmu/
Package: mime-support (main)
Maintainer: Brian White <bcwhite@pobox.com>
42022 mime-support: bzip2, whitespaced filenames
Package: moodss (main)
Maintainer: Lars Steinke <lss@debian.org>
47205 moodss_9.0-1(unstable): can't build
Package: mosaic (non-free)
Maintainer: Gene McCulley <mcculley@debian.org>
28464 Mosaic: Capitol in package name - either bug in Mosaic or bug in 'bug'.
[FIX] nmu is waiting at http://master.debian.org/~doogie/nmu/
48168 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
48300 depends on libjpegg6a prevent to install mosaic.
Package: most (main)
Maintainer: Chris Fearnley <cjf@netaxs.com>
47357 most: needs to be linked against slang1 1.3.8
[FIX] nmu is waiting at http://master.debian.org/~doogie/nmu/
Package: mpsql (non-free)
Maintainer: Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>
48169 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
Package: navigator-dmotif-408 (non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <adam.heath@usa.net>
48170 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
Package: navigator-smotif-461 (non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
43976 netscape 4.6 says 'bus error'
44094 Dynamically linked plugins don't load
Package: ndtpd (main)
Maintainer: Susumu OSAWA <susumu-o@debian.or.jp>
48339 ndtpd: Doesn't build on Alpha
Package: netatalk (main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <espy@debian.org>
47767 /etc/init.d/netatalk: 'modprobe appletalk.o' does not work
Package: netbase (main)
Maintainer: Anthony Towns <ajt@debian.org>
46642 [jim@jimpick.com: netbase (ping6) and kernel bitops]
Package: netscape (contrib)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
47610 general: Netscape updates without correcting /etc/alternatives/netscape
Package: njplot (main)
Maintainer: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@debian.org>
48172 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
[FIX] nmu is waiting at http://master.debian.org/~doogie/nmu/
Package: ntop (main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>
48202 ntop: no images, display local index.html, no mapage
Package: oskit (main)
Maintainer: Ed Boraas <ed@debian.org>
43872 oskit: i586-oskit-gcc forks endlessly
Package: pccts (main)
Maintainer: Ed Petron <epetron@leba.net>
45495 pccts_1.4 (dist=unstable): initializer not constant
[FIX] nmu is waiting at http://master.debian.org/~doogie/nmu/
Package: pcmcia-cs (main)
Maintainer: Brian Mays <brian@debian.org>
47929 Can't remove pcmcia-cs
Package: pdl (main)
Maintainer: Raul Miller <moth@debian.org>
48531 pdl: doesn't build from source
Package: perl (main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
44033 Perl exits with "Illegal instruction" when executing
Package: perl-5.005-base (main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
41436 New Perl should get rid of old Perl if the corresponding package isn't installed
48544 libc6: search path for shared libraries includes current directory
Package: peruser (main)
Maintainer: Josip Rodin <jrodin@jagor.srce.hr>
46794 peruser_4b33-3(unstable): build fails
Package: picon-misc (contrib)
Maintainer: Hakan Ardo <hakan@debian.org>
47757 picon-misc: Why is this in contrib?
Package: pingus (main)
Maintainer: Daniel Patterson <danpat@debian.org>
41768 ClanLib related pingus problem
Package: pkglist (main)
Maintainer: Atsushi KAMOSHIDA <kamop@debian.org>
43201 pkglist: correct_packages.pl does not care pre-depends packages.
Package: plugger (contrib)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
47397 plugger: Plugger don't work
Package: pose (main)
Maintainer: Ben Darnell <bgdarnel@unity.ncsu.edu>
41288 pose_2.1d29-1(unstable): build error on m68k (union semun redefined)
[STRATEGY] New upstream version fixes it. If not, can revert to old one.
47805 pose: Doesn't build on alpha
Package: postgresql (main)
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
48340 postgresql: Doesn't build on Alpha
Package: powertweak (main)
Maintainer: Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <thaths@netscape.com>
43243 my SCSI system locks up whenever I run powertweak
Package: ppp (main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
43885 ppp: Dial-out now fails
Package: prc-tools (main)
Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
37923 prc-tools manpage collisions
Package: premail (contrib)
Maintainer: Brent Fulgham <bfulgham@pacbell.net>
44518 premail doesn't work on potato
Package: proftpd (main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Maintainer will have this fixed by Oct. 30.
46407 proftpd: <Limit LOGIN> refuses all connections
46695 proftpd: Still configured anonymous access when I answered "no" to the debconf dialog.
47147 proftpd: please link to mysql and postgres libraries dynamically
Package: psgml (main)
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
47730 psgml 1.1.7-1 doesn't install
Package: quake2 (non-free)
Maintainer: Michael Beattie <mike@omnic.dhis.org>
45985 quake2: After correcting mouse and mouse unconfig in vga.config, I get segfault loading ref_soft.so
Package: quota (main)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
41753 quota: repquota and quotacheck segfault
47222 quota: edquota - confusing
47718 edquota will not allow soft or hard limits above 4194303 blocks
Package: radiusd-cistron (main)
Maintainer: Norbert Veber <nveber@debian.org>
48089 radiusd-cistron: new upstream version available
Package: rbootd (main)
Maintainer: Alan Bain <afrb2@cam.ac.uk>
47618 rbootd using /usr/local/lib <--- must die
Package: roxen (main)
Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org>
46063 roxen is not stopped correctly by /etc/cron.weekly/roxen
Package: rscheme (main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>
47774 rscheme_0.7.2-2(unstable): Syntax error in m68k specific code
48341 rscheme: Doesn't build on Alpha
48342 rscheme: Doesn't build on Alpha
Package: ruari-diff (main)
Maintainer: James Troup <jjtroup@comp.brad.ac.uk>
38952 ruari-diff glibc 2.1 patch
Package: samba (main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
40645 samba: build uses setresuid which doesn't work under 2.0.34 (does apparently under 2.2.x
[HELP] Incompatibility between glibc2.1/kernel2.2 and kernel2.0 ?
45931 samba: Samba dies with SIGILL on startup.
Package: sane (main)
Maintainer: Kevin Dalley <kevind@rahul.net>
48533 sane: doesn't build from source
Package: sciplot (main)
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
48174 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
Package: screen (main)
Maintainer: Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org>
45628 screen: does not correctly free ptys
Package: sdr (main)
Maintainer: Chu-yeon Park <kokids@debian.org>
43755 sdr wont compile, still requires files not present on a Debian system
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
[HELP] Maintainer is away; NMU's shall be appreciated.
Package: sgml-tools (main)
Maintainer: Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de>
44514 sgml-tools: can not convert Japanese characters with sgml2txt
44743 sgml-tools: unable to purge configuation files
Package: shellutils (main)
Maintainer: Galen Hazelwood <galenh@debian.org>
43334 date dumps core with --file option
[FIX] nmu is waiting at http://master.debian.org/~doogie/nmu/
Package: shhopt (main)
Maintainer: Ole J. Tetlie <olet@debian.org>
47200 shhopt_1.1.4-1(unstable): doesn't remove debian/files
[STRATEGY] maintainer said he would upload a fix soon
Package: slrn (main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>
43477 slrn: Removes all subscribed groups when slrn thinks they're gone
Package: smail (main)
Maintainer: Soenke Lange <soenke@escher.north.de>
48614 smail: postinst leaves MTA broken if xinetd is in use
Package: smbfs (main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
42764 smbfs: smbmount dies
43671 bad owner for Sparc build
44130 smbfs: failed mount is still mounted
44131 smbfs: no longer possible to set file and directory-modes
45202 wrapper scripts use $* instead of "$@"
46992 smbmount-2.2.x manpage wrong
Package: smbwrapper (main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
42566 smbsh segfaults after asking username and password
43122 smbwrapper: `ls' in an smb mounted directory leads to the error message: "error in loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/samba/smbwrapper.so: undefined symbol: real_readdir64"
Package: svgalibg1 (main)
Maintainer: Andy Mortimer <andy.mortimer@zetnet.co.uk>
47512 zgv (or svgalib, or whoever) disturbs SCSI by PCI probing
Package: swish++ (main)
Maintainer: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
38173 swish++ segfaults with libc6 2.1
43417 swish++: Does not compile and is not up to date.
Package: sxid (main)
Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
48193 crashes when it is running from root
Package: tao (non-free)
Maintainer: Ossama Othman <ossama@debian.org>
35805 tao_idl fails to load shared libraries
[STRATEGY] The upgrade to forthcoming TAO 1.0 will correct the problem.
Package: taper (main)
Maintainer: Piotr Roszatycki <dexter@debian.org>
46928 taper_6.9ra-4(unstable): typo in debian/rules
Package: tela (main)
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
48079 unusable because of shared library problems
Package: telnetd-ssl (non-US)
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
43196 SSL telnet sessions pause unexpectedly
Package: textutils (main)
Maintainer: Galen Hazelwood <galenh@debian.org>
43610 textutils: tsort behaves unexpectedly
Package: tin (non-free)
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
46570 tin: rtin crashes
48196 tin: tin claims .uk is an invalid top-level-domain
Package: tix41 (main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
47825 tix41: Doesn't work with Tcl/Tk 8.2
Package: tkchooser (main)
Maintainer: Adrian Bridgett <bridgett@debian.org>
44751 tkchooser: will not mount
Package: tkfont (main)
Maintainer: Adrian Bridgett <bridgett@debian.org>
45971 tkfont: uses files in /tmp insecurely
Package: tksmb (main)
Maintainer: Adrian Bridgett <bridgett@debian.org>
46724 TkSmb missing depencies...
46731 Segfault at start..
Package: tkstep4.2 (main)
Maintainer: Federico Di Gregorio <fog@debian.org>
45798 tkdesk no longer works; can't find ``libjpeg.so.6a''
Package: transcriber (main)
Maintainer: David A. van Leeuwen <david@tm.tno.nl>
47810 transcriber: doesn't build on alpha
Package: ultra (main)
Maintainer: Martin Soto <masoto@uniandes.edu.co>
47966 ultra: ultra should use /etc/modules.conf
Package: user-ja (main)
Maintainer: Tomohiro KUBOTA <kubota@debian.or.jp>
48556 user-ja: lack of support for SKK
Package: util-linux (main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
37657 util-linux: hwclock --systohc dangerous
41263 hwclock --adjust doesn't work (temporary fix included)
42556 util-linux: hwclock: Continually messes up my clock
43793 Support for both GMT and UTC default/rc.S setting is wrong
47219 util-linux: errors compiling on sparc
Package: vgacardgames (main)
Maintainer: Robert S. Edmonds <stu@novare.net>
48268 vgacardgames has no changelogs!
Package: vibrant6 (main)
Maintainer: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@debian.org>
48176 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
[FIX] nmu is waiting at http://master.debian.org/~doogie/nmu/
Package: vrweb (main)
Maintainer: Fabien Ninoles <fab@tzone.org>
39580 vrweb does not start at all
[HELP] If this isn't fixable, we'll have to pull it out.
47808 vrweb: Doesn't build on Alpha
Package: vtun (main)
Maintainer: Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>
47368 vtun: complains about `char-major-108'
Package: vtwm (main)
Maintainer: Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>
43474 vtwm: vtwm does not source system.vtwmrc on startup
Package: w3-el-e20 (main)
Maintainer: Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu>
48401 w3-el-e20: w3-el-e20 does not include the default.css which causes the package to abort
Package: w3m (main)
Maintainer: Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.or.jp>
48549 w3m crashes on sparc
Package: watchdog (main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Maintainer will have this fixed by Oct. 30.
46082 watchdog: watchdog - unexpected shutdowns
Package: wdg-html-reference (non-free)
Maintainer: Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar@debian.org>
46517 wdg-html-reference: Many links should be internalised.
Package: whois (main)
Maintainer: Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it>
48590 whois: -C contacts referral URL instead of whois server
Package: wmaker (main)
Maintainer: Chris McKillop <cdm@debian.org>
41434 Window Maker 0.60.0 "assertion failed"
[HELP] Any help is welcome, preferably patches.
41671 wmaker: WMaker segfaults when using gnome-pager to switch to other workspace and show (unminimize) window from other desktop
[HELP] Any help is welcome, preferably patches.
45936 wmaker assertion failed in RCreateImageFromXImage
Package: wmmail (main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
44569 wmmail: wmmail: defaults domain HC!@HC!@card/GNUstep/Defaults/WMMail corrupted
Package: wn (main)
Maintainer: Jean Pierre LeJacq <jplejacq@quoininc.com>
42143 wn: cron.daily/wn recurses infinitely and gives a segment violation
[STRATEGY] Maintainer promised to fix this.
Package: xbase-clients (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
48199 xauth can't handle IP changes
Package: xconq (main)
Maintainer: Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>
48264 /usr/games/xconq is both group writable and sgid
Package: xemacs20-support (main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
47476 new gnus tries to read .newrc-new.eld
Package: xemacs21 (main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
48343 xemacs21: Doesn't build on alpha
Package: xfmail (non-free)
Maintainer: Sean E. Perry <shaleh@debian.org>
[REMOVE] Compiles, but just doesn't work with current xforms.
Maintainer doesn't want to fix it, as it is non-free.
48313 xfmail: Crash after editing a mail (libforms problem?)
Package: xfmix (contrib)
Maintainer: Tom Lear <lear@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package must be removed if its license is not fixed.
39521 GPL is incompatible with XForms
[STRATEGY] Maintainer is trying to reach upstream authors.
Package: xkbsel (main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
47750 xkbsel: xkbseldb -R dumps core during installation
Package: xmabacus (main)
Maintainer: Darren Benham <gecko@debian.org>
48177 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
Package: xmcpustate (main)
Maintainer: Thimo Neubauer <thimo@debian.org>
48179 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
Package: xmgr (main)
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <ezanard@debian.org>
48180 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
Package: xmpi1-runtime (main)
Maintainer: Camm Maguire <camm@enhanced.com>
48181 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
Package: xmysql (contrib)
Maintainer: Martin Bialasinski <martinb@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package must be removed if its license is not fixed.
39522 GPL is incompatible with XForms
[STRATEGY] Maintainer is talking to upstream authors about the
license addition.
Package: xpm4g-dev (main)
Maintainer: Josip Rodin <jrodin@jagor.srce.hr>
48532 xpm4g-dev: Bad dependency on Alpha
Package: xserver-fbdev (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
43574 xscreensaver, xscreensaver-gl don't appear to work (but do)
Package: xserver-svga (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
44990 xserver-svga: fonts corrupted with ViRGE/DX card
44995 xserver-svga: XF86_SVGA Hungs in Apm_Sync()
45744 xserver-svga: Crashes console system with trio3d
47741 xserver-svga: gmc root icons in wmaker crash the X server
Package: xserver-xsun (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
45654 Xsun crashing
Package: xsol (main)
Maintainer: Josip Rodin <jrodin@jagor.srce.hr>
48182 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
Package: xtel (main)
Maintainer: Christophe Le Bars <clebars@debian.org>
48183 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
Package: xtux (main)
Maintainer: Samuel Hocevar <sam@via.ecp.fr>
48534 xtux: doesn't build from source
Package: xwave (main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
48569 xwave: broken event handling
Package: xxgdb (main)
Maintainer: Helmut Geyer <Helmut.Geyer@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de>
47452 xxgdb: does not work (Cannot perform malloc)
Package: yagirc (main)
Maintainer: Ole J. Tetlie <olet@debian.org>
48093 yagirc depends on non-existed library libjpegg6a
Package: yard (main)
Maintainer: Bernd Schumacher <bernd_schumacher@hp.com>
48431 purging yard.deb can delete non-yard files
[FIX] nmu is waiting at http://master.debian.org/~doogie/nmu/
Package: zicq (main)
Maintainer: Mark Ng <ng@debian.org>
47081 zicq: Doesn't build on Alpha
Package: zmailer (main)
Maintainer: Remco van de Meent <remco@debian.org>
48598 slink -> potato upgrade problems
Package: zsh (main)
Maintainer: Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>
48483 zsh: TRAPEXIT causes seg fault
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