Release-critical Bugreport for November 19, 1999
Bug stamp-out list for Nov 19 03:07 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 319
Number that will disappear after removing packages marked [REMOVE]: 71
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Package: amaya (main)
Maintainer: Steve Dunham <dunham@debian.org>
50601 dialogs don't work...
Package: apache (main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
49887 apache: typo in config prevents startup
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: apache-ssl (non-US)
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
49157 apache-ssl: Can't build (SSL patch failed)
50423 browsing the whole / directory
Package: apple2 (contrib)
Maintainer: Tom Lear <tom@trap.mountain-view.ca.us>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
49597 apple2 breaks debconf breaks apt
Package: apt (main)
Maintainer: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>
50238 apt: `apt-get -s clean' erase all the packages stored in the cache.
Package: at (main)
Maintainer: Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>
49708 at: at simply does not run jobs anymore
[STRATEGY] This is caused by a patch for a wishlist bug; the patch can
be reversed.
Package: auctex (main)
Maintainer: Davide G. M. Salvetti <salve@debian.org>
50368 auctex: Cannot remove package while upgrading
Package: autofs (main)
Maintainer: Justin Maurer <justin@debian.org>
46638 autofs: /etc/init.d/autofs syntax error
Package: base-passwd (main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
36007 update-passwd did many stupid things
Package: bash (main)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
48911 bash: please remove sparc from libc5 compat list
Package: bigloo (main)
Maintainer: Craig Brozefsky <craig@red-bean.com>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
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.
46586 depends on libgc4-dev, which is not installable
50092 bigloo: does not compile
Package: boot-floppies (main)
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
43057 bootdisk: rawrite uses 8.3 names
43058 bootdisk: root.bin gzipped on CDs.
Package: calctool (non-free)
Maintainer: Peter Crystal <darke@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
50033 calctool: does not build from source on sparc
Package: cecilia (non-free)
Maintainer: Marco Budde <Budde@tu-harburg.de>
[REMOVE] No source available, so we can't fix this. Also hasn't been updated
upstream in over a year it seems.
44747 cecilia: `Error: couldn't execute "/usr/lib/cecilia/files/csound_linux2.0.x"'
Package: cern-httpd (main)
Maintainer: Steve Greenland <stevegr@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
49383 netstd is now a dummy package, please replace depends with a depends on the parts you need
Package: chimera2 (main)
Maintainer: Mark Baker <mbaker@iee.org>
50558 chimera2: sig sevs; libpng problems
Package: clc-intercal (main)
Maintainer: Mark Brown <broonie@debian.org>
50455 clc-intercal: spaces in manpage names breaks man-db
Package: clisp (main)
Maintainer: Kevin Dalley <kevind@rahul.net>
46059 package fails to build on sparc
Package: cmucl (main)
Maintainer: Peter Van Eynde <pvaneynd@debian.org>
46675 Problem with newer glibc's and CMUCL
[STRATEGY] Fix is in bugreport, but maintainer hasn't uploaded it??
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
50068 communicator-smotif-47: 8-bit characters cannot be entered when using Xkb.
Package: console-data (main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
49429 errors in the install/remove scripts
Package: console-tools (main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
49158 console-tools; error while upgrading
50175 console-tools: Keyboard layout is overwrited during package configuration.
Package: cron (main)
Maintainer: Steve Greenland <stevegr@debian.org>
50240 cron_3.0pl1-54 (dist=unstable)]: compile errors with strn*
Package: cruft (main)
Maintainer: Anthony Towns <ajt@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
50180 cruft parameter parsing broken
Package: cvsweb (main)
Maintainer: Karl M. Hegbloom <karlheg@debian.org>
50022 New cvsweb upload doesn't fix perl -> perl5 problem.
Package: darxite (main)
Maintainer: Ben C. Hendrickson <bhendrickson@usa.net>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
48846 Downloading multiple files via html causes data corruption
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: debconf (main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>
50315 debconf: error while trying to purge apps using debconf
50411 dpkg-preconfig should do basic dependancy check
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: debmake (main)
Maintainer: Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>
49880 debmake: /usr/share/doc code in postinst breaks perl scripts
Package: deliver (main)
Maintainer: Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>
49200 deliver: cannot log error messages
Package: devscripts (main)
Maintainer: Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>
50549 devscripts: uscan: wrong option for test command [PATCH]
Package: dhcp-client (main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
50592 dhcp-client: default dhclient.conf is a killer
Package: dhelp (main)
Maintainer: Marco Budde <budde@debian.org>
49793 dhelp erase files during install and removal
Package: diald (main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
[SQUASH] taken (calc)
49324 diald depends on netstd which now is a fake package
Package: dmalloc (main)
Maintainer: Luis Francisco Gonzalez <luisgh@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
49376 dmalloc: Can't build from source
Package: doc-base (main)
Maintainer: Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
48908 comerr-dev: package broken on sparc
Package: docbk-xml2x (main)
Maintainer: Ardo van Rangelrooij <ardo@debian.org>
49307 docbk-xml2x: docbook2texi should output @setfilename
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
48986 dpkg: Sorry, I don't speak Czech
50223 dselect removes diald when it shouldn't
Package: dwww (main)
Maintainer: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
49664 dwww unable to access docs in /usr/share/doc
Package: dx (main)
Maintainer: Konstantinos Margaritis <markos@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
48164 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
[HELP] Problems with source during nmu attempt(see bug report)
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.
48997 emacs20_20.4-1(unstable): hardcoded i386 in debian/rules
50142 emacs20: wont install correctly.....
Package: emacsen-common (main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
48681 gettext: can not install gettext on a new potato system
Package: enlightenment (main)
Maintainer: Laurence J. Lane <ljlane@debian.org>
48413 enlightenment: should predepend on dpkg 1.4.1.17
Package: exim (main)
Maintainer: Mark Baker <mbaker@iee.org>
50250 Exim bounces all email after upgrade
50435 exim_3.03-4(unstable): build problem with HAVE_IPV6 under glibc2.0
Package: express (main)
Maintainer: Frederic Peters <fpeters@debian.org>
49378 express: Can't build from source
Package: festival (main)
Maintainer: David Huggins-Daines <dhd@debian.org>
50327 festival_1.4.0-2(unstable): source.unpack fails
50472 festival: note on sparc compilation
50602 Festival can't load shared library
Package: fetchmail (main)
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
43139 fetchmail flushed after failed delivery
49203 fetchmail: endless loop on SIGPIPE
50548 fetchmail: should depend on python-tk
Package: fileutils (main)
Maintainer: Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org>
49522 touch shouldn't depend on open(..., O_WRONLY)
Package: freeciv-gtk (main)
Maintainer: Lalo Martins <lalo@webcom.com>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
49667 needs to depend on freeciv > 1.9
Package: freeciv-xaw (main)
Maintainer: Lalo Martins <lalo@webcom.com>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
48214 freeciv-xaw: bad symlink
Package: fte-xwindow (main)
Maintainer: Zdenek Kabelac <kabi@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
50082 fte-xwindow: 8-bit symbols cannot be entered
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
50422 Please remove following absolate packages...
Package: g++ (main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
48530 g++ [alpha]: internal compiler error building open-amulet
Package: gaim (main)
Maintainer: Robert S. Edmonds <stu@novare.net>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
46487 Subject: /usr/include/gnome.h doesn't find gnomesupport.h
Package: gcc (main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
48338 [known problem with gcc-2.95.x on alpha] lapack (complex) does not build
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: geda-gschem (main)
Maintainer: Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org>
50396 geda-gschem: recompile for libguile6
Package: gensig (main)
Maintainer: Andrew Feinberg <agf@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
48071 gensig: binary name conflict
Package: geomview (main)
Maintainer: Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
49016 geomview_1.6.1.9-10(unstable): doesn't delete debian/files
Package: glade (main)
Maintainer: Marcus Brinkmann <brinkmd@debian.org>
50050 glade: does not build on sparc
Package: gnomba (main)
Maintainer: Timshel Knoll <timshel@pobox.com>
50399 XFree eat all the memory when i launch gnomba
Package: gnome-help (main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
49734 gnome-help-browser displays html forms incorrectly, crashes
Package: gnomehack (main)
Maintainer: Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
49269 gnomehack: segmentation fault
Package: gnotes (main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
50088 Looses text
Package: gnu-smalltalk (main)
Maintainer: Alexander Shinn <foof@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
45180 gnu-smalltalk: entry blox in window manager menu does not work
Package: gnucash (main)
Maintainer: Tyson Dowd <trd@cs.mu.oz.au>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
49485 gnucash: can't build from source
Package: gnus (main)
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
49162 gnus: Refuses to start up
Package: gobo (main)
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
50591 gobo: errors compiling, and needed PATH addition
Package: gpasman (non-US)
Maintainer: Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
43061 gpasman segfaults when opening database
Package: grafix (main)
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
50097 grafix: does not compile from source
Package: gsl (main)
Maintainer: Michael J. Booth <booth@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
42116 gsl-histogram double counts last input
[STRATEGY] Upstream fixed in on August 5, but a new package was never made
Package: gstalker (main)
Maintainer: Davide Barbieri <paci@prosa.it>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
49963 gstalker_1.2-7(unstable): build still fails in po/
Package: hanterm (main)
Maintainer: Chu-yeon Park <kokids@debian.org>
50316 hanterm_1:3.3.1p17-5(unstable): targets in debian/rules have wrong names
Package: hatman (main)
Maintainer: Josip Rodin <jrodin@jagor.srce.hr>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
50098 hatman: does not build from source
Package: hostname (main)
Maintainer: Peter Tobias <tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de>
49953 /bin/domainname conflicts with NIS /bin/domainname
Package: htp (main)
Maintainer: Jonathon D. Nelson <nels0988@tc.umn.edu>
48633 htp: No up to date sources for htp
Package: iceconf (main)
Maintainer: Jules Bean <jules@debian.org>
39251 iceconf: iceconf uses old workspace commands
[HELP] Could be fixed now...?
Package: imagemagick (main)
Maintainer: Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>
49786 convert has bad references
Package: imp (main)
Maintainer: Ivan E. Moore II <rkrusty@debian.org>
50057 Upon logging into a mailbox: Warning: Unable to find stream pointer in /usr/share/horde/imp/status.php3 on line 57
50058 Unpon logging into a mailbox in IMP: Warning: Using uninitialized variable $emy in session.inc on line 316
50524 imp: phplib breaks again imp
Package: intlfonts-arabic (main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
49772 intlfonts-arabic: postrm bug
Package: intlfonts-asian (main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
49773 intlfonts-asian: postrm bug
Package: intlfonts-chinese (main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
49774 intlfonts-chinese: postrm bug
Package: intlfonts-chinese-big (main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
49775 intlfonts-chinese-big: postrm bug
Package: intlfonts-european (main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
49776 intlfonts-european: postrm bug
Package: intlfonts-japanese (main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
49777 intlfonts-japanese: postrm bug
Package: intlfonts-japanese-big (main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
49778 intlfonts-japanese-big: postrm bug
Package: intlfonts-phonetic (main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
49779 intlfonts-phonetic: postrm bug
Package: isapnptools (main)
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
50202 isapnptools: IRQ2/9 mess still highly confusing
Package: ispell (main)
Maintainer: David L. Coe <david.coe@someotherplace.org>
49487 ispell: can't build from source
Package: jdk1.1 (non-free)
Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package must be removed if its license is not fixed.
50282 jdk1.1: correct FHS problems in update-alternatives invocation
Package: kbd (main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
50431 kbd: Bug in /sbin/kbdconfig?
Package: kerberos4kth (non-US)
Maintainer: Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>
40025 kerberos4kth: won't compile on glibc2.1
Package: kernel (pseudo)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
49723 kernel: devpts module not installed by default
Package: kernel-image-2.2.13 (main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
50109 Is i386 2.2.13 kernel stuffed?
Package: lapack (main)
Maintainer: James A. Treacy <treacy@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
48661 lapack: doesn't build from source
Package: ldso (main)
Maintainer: David Engel <david@debian.org>
48539 ldso_1.9.11-5_alpha.deb fails to install
48818 ldconfig dies with Illegal instruction
49279 ldd/ldconfig/ldso: patches for sparc
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: libapache-mod-python (main)
Maintainer: Gregor Hoffleit <flight@debian.org>
48804 mod-python crashes apache
50418 libapache-mod-python explodes now and then
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
50167 libc6: Include ldd nad ldd man page, which are part of ldso.
50168 libc6: Libc6 on sparc include ldd and ldd man page, which are part of ldso.
50311 libc6: libc6 ships binary programs: please split.
50341 libc6 installs binary packages: please split.
Package: libc6-dev (main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
50083 libc6-dev: broken headers for sparc
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>
49189 cannot purge libcgi-perl
Package: libg++2.8.2-dev (main)
Maintainer: Debian EGCS maintainers <egcs@packages.debian.org>
50048 libg++2.8.2-dev: empty package on sparc
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: libgcj0-dev (main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
48741 depends on a non-free package
Package: libgd1g (main)
Maintainer: Dermot Bradley <bradley@debian.org>
50365 libgd1g: please link to libpng dynamically
Package: libgimp-perl (main)
Maintainer: Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>
45124 libgimp-perl: perlcc eats all the memory
Package: libguile6-slib (main)
Maintainer: Craig Brozefsky <craig@red-bean.com>
50367 libguile6-slib: prerm lacks "fi"
Package: liblockfile1 (main)
Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
43491 liblockfile1: lockfile_create is _not_ NFS safe (fcntl() missing)
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: libnss-ldap (main)
Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
48953 libnss-ldap: Doesn't search for groups correctly
Package: libpcre1 (main)
Maintainer: Mark Baker <mbaker@iee.org>
50046 libpcre1: does not build from source on sparc
Package: libpgsql2 (main)
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
46690 pgl seg faults
49141 PHP3 postgres causes apache segfault
Package: libreadlineg2 (main)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
39907 lftp dumps core
Package: licq (main)
Maintainer: Zed Pobre <zed@debian.org>
50461 licq: licq cannot be runned: Illegal instruction
Package: lilo (main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
49948 liloconfig makes bad lilo.conf when from scratch
Package: lilypond (main)
Maintainer: Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>
49314 lilypond: Can't build from source
Package: listarchives (pseudo)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
49888 listarchives: Links of glimpse search results not found (even older ones)
Package: lletters (main)
Maintainer: Lalo Martins <lalo@webcom.com>
37660 lletters need to be recompiled with new libglib/libgtk
Package: lp-solve (main)
Maintainer: James R. Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>
50432 lp-solve_3.0-1(unstable): build problem
Package: lpr (main)
Maintainer: Adam Klein <aklein@debian.org>
48642 lpr; lpr does not print on a remote printer
[HELP] Should be fixed by now, someone should doublecheck
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-dev (main)
Maintainer: Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org>
46792 setreuid(2) contains invalid security information
Package: maplay3 (main)
Maintainer: Brian Mays <brian@debian.org>
50322 maplay3_1.1-2(unstable): Assumes Linux -> i386
Package: mdate (main)
Maintainer: Peter Crystal <darke@debian.org>
50325 mdate_1.0.1-1(unstable): cannot build freshly unpacked source
Package: mercury (main)
Maintainer: Tyson Dowd <trd@cs.mu.oz.au>
48664 mercury: can't build from source
49160 Patch for Sparc compilation
Package: mesag-dev (main)
Maintainer: James A. Treacy <treacy@debian.org>
44489 mesag-dev: GLU_* constants incompatible with GLenum type
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>
49574 pidentd: dependencies not in sync with midentd
Package: modutils (main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
50251 modutils: depmod -a is broken
Package: mozilla (main)
Maintainer: Debian Mozilla maintainers <mozilla@packages.debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
50490 mozilla: Mozilla reports an error for every web page
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: ncftp (main)
Maintainer: Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
50305 ncftp: ncftp dumps core (due to old ncftp/bookmarks file?)
Package: ncftp2 (main)
Maintainer: Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
19214 ncftp: bad permission for .ncftp files (644), they could contain passwords
Package: netbase (main)
Maintainer: Anthony Towns <ajt@debian.org>
46642 [jim@jimpick.com: netbase (ping6) and kernel bitops]
50545 netbase: netbase is uninstallable - netbase.postinst hangs indefinitely.
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: nis (main)
Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
49923 yp tries to start before portmapper is ready
Package: ntp (main)
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
50433 ntp_4.0.98d-1(unstable): undefined ntptimeval
Package: oskit (main)
Maintainer: Ed Boraas <ed@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
43872 oskit: i586-oskit-gcc forks endlessly
Package: pccts (main)
Maintainer: Ed Petron <epetron@leba.net>
50049 pccts: sorcerer missing
Package: perl (main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
44033 Perl exits with "Illegal instruction" when executing
Package: perl-5.004 (main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
49669 perl-5.004: pos($a)-information lost after { local($a) }
Package: perl-5.005 (main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
49907 In installing Horde it reports, "Use of uninitialized value at /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/IPC/Open3.pm line 188".
50151 perl-5.005: suidperl doesn't check permissions on modules
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
50242 perl-5.005-base missing autosplit module
50552 perl-5.005-base: Parts of Data::Dumper are missing
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>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
47397 plugger: Plugger don't work
49409 plugger: plugger uses xloadimage for png
Package: postfix (main)
Maintainer: LaMont Jones <lamont@debian.org>
48855 installation
Package: postgresql (main)
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
48340 postgresql: Doesn't build on Alpha
49580 postgresql: upgrade broken
50388 Backend close client-server channel unexpectedly
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: premail (contrib)
Maintainer: Brent Fulgham <bfulgham@pacbell.net>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
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.
46695 proftpd: Still configured anonymous access when I answered "no" to the debconf dialog.
Package: python-tk (main)
Maintainer: Gregor Hoffleit <flight@debian.org>
48847 python-tk: Tk version mismatch
Package: qmail-src (non-free)
Maintainer: Jon Marler <jmarler@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
48720 qmail-src: Generated qmail package's preinst script deletes aliases
50445 qmail should use different uids
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: qvwm (main)
Maintainer: Shuichi OONO <jr5pdx@debian.or.jp>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
49145 segfaults like crazy (even when everything else is fixed)
Package: rbootd (main)
Maintainer: Alan Bain <afrb2@cam.ac.uk>
47618 rbootd using /usr/local/lib <--- must die
Package: revtex (non-free)
Maintainer: Michael A. Miller <mmiller@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
48691 revtex: /usr/share/texmf/doc in revtex conflicts with tetex-base_1.0-5_all
Package: rio (main)
Maintainer: Vince Mulhollon <vlm@execpc.com>
50510 Major security hole in rio
Package: roxen (main)
Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org>
46063 roxen is not stopped correctly by /etc/cron.weekly/roxen
50313 start script starts continously spawning new pikes to restart 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
Package: ruari-diff (main)
Maintainer: James Troup <jjtroup@comp.brad.ac.uk>
30399 ruari-diff: Fix for glibc2.1
Package: sabre (main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
49656 sabre_0.2.4-4(unstable): cflags script buggy
Package: saoimage (main)
Maintainer: Tinguaro Barreno Delgado <tbarreno@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
50182 saoimage prevents xfree86-common installation (xfree86-common tries to replcace /usr/bin/X11, and is not authorised to do so as /usr/bin/X11 is part of saoimage)
Package: sawmill (main)
Maintainer: Mikolaj J. Habryn <dichro-debian@rcpt.to>
49654 missing sawmill sawmill-client sawmill-ui binary files (PowerPC only?)
Package: sciplot (main)
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
49490 sciplot: can't build from source
Package: screen (main)
Maintainer: Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org>
50394 screen: It exits upon invocation with [screen is terminating] message.
Package: scwm (main)
Maintainer: Francesco Tapparo <cesco@debian.org>
50395 scwm: recompile for libguile6
Package: sdr (main)
Maintainer: Chu-yeon Park <kokids@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
43755 sdr wont compile, still requires files not present on a Debian system
50089 sdr: does not compile from source
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: silo (main)
Maintainer: Davide Barbieri <paci@prosa.it>
50021 silo broken with new ext2fs features.
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>
44131 smbfs: no longer possible to set file and directory-modes
46992 smbmount-2.2.x manpage wrong
Package: snmptraplogd (main)
Maintainer: Bernd Schumacher <Bernd_Schumacher@hp.com>
50364 snmptraplogd: missing dependency (libsnmp3.6)
Package: socks4-clients (main)
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
49262 socks4-clients: Cannot use libsocksspl.so, __bind symbol undefined
Package: splay (main)
Maintainer: Zed Pobre <zed@debian.org>
50332 splay_0.8.2-5(unstable): bixindex again
Package: squid (main)
Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
50292 severe cache contamination with Host: header
Package: stl-manual (main)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
49582 stl-manual: Upstream version 3.2, debian version 3.11
Package: swish++ (main)
Maintainer: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
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>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
48193 crashes when it is running from root
Package: taper (main)
Maintainer: Piotr Roszatycki <dexter@debian.org>
49216 taper: seg faults on "Recreate info file"
Package: tar (main)
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
50553 tar_1.13.14-1(unstable): build error (configure)
Package: tcsh (main)
Maintainer: Luis Francisco Gonzalez <luisgh@debian.org>
49531 new dircolors breaks tcsh
Package: tela (main)
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
[REMOVE] Doesn't compile with current g++, can't be rebuild on anything but
i386
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: termcap-compat (main)
Maintainer: Christian Hudon <chrish@debian.org>
48747 termcap-compat: doesn't build from source
Package: tetex-bin (main)
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
49834 tetex-bin: libpng2-1.0.5 breaks PNG support for pdflatex
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: tk8.0-ja (main)
Maintainer: Masato Taruishi <taru@debian.org>
49491 tk8.0-ja: Can't build from source
Package: tkfont (main)
Maintainer: Adrian Bridgett <bridgett@debian.org>
45971 tkfont: uses files in /tmp insecurely
Package: tkseti (contrib)
Maintainer: Gopal Narayanan <gopal@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
48676 app hangs and brings down or logs out xdm when destroyed
Package: tkstep4.2 (main)
Maintainer: Federico Di Gregorio <fog@debian.org>
[REMOVE] Obsoleted by tkstep8.0 anyway?
45798 tkdesk no longer works; can't find ``libjpeg.so.6a''
[STRATEGY] Simple recompile against libjpeg.so.62 should fix it.
Package: transcriber (main)
Maintainer: David A. van Leeuwen <david@tm.tno.nl>
50434 transcriber_1.4-1(unstable): build error
Package: tripwire (non-free)
Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
50038 tripwire: does not build from source on potato
Package: typist (main)
Maintainer: Ben Armstrong <synrg@sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
49167 typist_2.2b-1(unstable): writes to /usr/bin during build
49318 typist: Can't build from source; serious errors
Package: ultra (main)
Maintainer: Martin Soto <masoto@uniandes.edu.co>
[REMOVE] Doesn't support current modutils setup, doesn't work with 2.2 kernels
and last upload is over a year ago....
47966 ultra: ultra should use /etc/modules.conf
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
Package: varkon (main)
Maintainer: Gopal Narayanan <gopal@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
49978 varkon: config script sets wrong permissions causing partition filling
50017 varkon: cannot run xvarkon
50318 varkon_1.17A-1(unstable): doesn't recompile anything
Package: vrwave (non-free)
Maintainer: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a <jfs@computer.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
49095 vrwave: It doesn't even start. Java gives fatal error and exits!
Package: w3m (main)
Maintainer: Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.or.jp>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
50603 Latest w3m upload is too unusable due to constant segfaults.
Package: watchdog (main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Maintainer will have this fixed by Oct. 30.
46082 watchdog: watchdog - unexpected shutdowns
Package: wmaker (main)
Maintainer: Chris McKillop <cdm@debian.org>
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.
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.
50086 wn: does not build from source
Package: wxd (main)
Maintainer: Ron Luse <ron@rf.org>
50328 wxd_0.1-1(unstable): undefined user weatherd
Package: xbase-clients (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
48199 xauth can't handle IP changes
Package: xcircuit (main)
Maintainer: Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>
50573 xcircuit: tries to install outside of build tree during compilation
Package: xevil (non-free)
Maintainer: Ben C. Hendrickson <bhendrickson@usa.net>
50409 xevil: gratuitous removal from debian
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: xfonts-greek-ph-100dpi (main)
Maintainer: Konstantinos Margaritis <markos@debian.org>
49767 xfonts-greek-ph-100dpi: postrm bug
Package: xfonts-greek-ph-75dpi (main)
Maintainer: Konstantinos Margaritis <markos@debian.org>
49768 xfonts-greek-ph-75dpi: postrm bug
Package: xfonts-greek-ph-misc (main)
Maintainer: Konstantinos Margaritis <markos@debian.org>
49769 xfonts-greek-ph-misc: postrm bug
Package: xfonts-greek-ph-scalable (main)
Maintainer: Konstantinos Margaritis <markos@debian.org>
49770 xfonts-greek-ph-scalable: postrm bug
Package: xfstt (main)
Maintainer: Stephen J. Carpenter <sjc@debian.org>
49526 xfstt --encoding broken!
Package: xftp (main)
Maintainer: Steve McIntyre <stevem@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
49389 netstd is now a dummy package, please depend on the individual packages you need
Package: xinetd (main)
Maintainer: Debian QA Group <debian-qa@lists.debian.org>
50441 telnetd: telnet sessions do not remove entry in /var/run/utmp after logout
Package: xinvaders (non-free)
Maintainer: Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
49018 xinvaders: Error during installation: No such file or directory
49020 xinvaders: xinvaders dies with a Segmentation fault
Package: xmbdfed (main)
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
48635 xmbdfed: crashes working with open menu
Package: xmcpustate (main)
Maintainer: Thimo Neubauer <thimo@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
49492 xmcpustate: Doesn't build from source
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: xserver-common (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
50209 XF86Config moved and config is broken
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: xshipwars-server (main)
Maintainer: Raphael Bossek <bossekr@debian.org>
50405 xshipwars-server: Won't uninstall
Package: xvmount (main)
Maintainer: Volker Ossenkopf <ossk@zeus.ph1.uni-koeln.de>
50102 xvmount: does not 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: zebra (main)
Maintainer: Endre Hirling and Alexander Koch <zebra@argh.org>
49753 zebra: ripngd.conf, ospf6d.conf should be set conffiles
Package: zed (main)
Maintainer: Christoph Lameter <christoph@lameter.com>
50271 zed: Zedx doesn't allow to enter 8-bit chars with Xkb.
Package: zsh (main)
Maintainer: Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>
49374 zsh: completion is off by default
49966 zsh_3.1.6.pws6.tanaka19991110-1(unstable): doesn't build under glibc2.0
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