Release-critical Bugreport for December 24, 1999
Bug stamp-out list for Dec 24 03:05 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 249
Number that will disappear after removing packages marked [REMOVE]: 68
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Package: abacus (debian/main)
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
53364 abacus: recompile for libstdc++2.10
Package: acroread (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Klee Dienes <klee@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Adam Heath (netscape maintainer) plans to take this package.
51593 acroread: netscape crashes hard when acroread activated
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: apache (debian/main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
50423 browsing the whole / directory
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: apache-common (debian/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
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: autofs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Justin Maurer <justin@debian.org>
52132 autofs: Race condition when expiring autofs submounts leaves daemon crippled
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: bash (debian/main)
Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
34717 bash: contains /bin/sh link
45656 bash: need better way to handle /bin/sh symlink
Package: bigloo (debian/main)
Maintainer: Craig Brozefsky <craig@red-bean.com>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
[HELP] Maintainer would not mind an NMU to fix these bugs.
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
51583 bigloo: build failure on sparc
Package: bug (debian/main)
Maintainer: Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
53076 bug: severity request results in huge user-interaction bug
53255 quits after receiving brief description on powerpc
Package: buici-clock (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marc Singer <elf@debian.org>
53362 buici-clock: recompile for libstdc++2.10
Package: calc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
50142 emacs20: wont install correctly.....
[HELP] Maintainer cannot reproduce it.
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Package: cecilia (debian/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"'
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: clanbomber (debian/main)
Maintainer: Fredrik Hallenberg <hallon@debian.org>
53169 clanbomber: crashes on the loading pic; previous versions did not
Package: clisp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Kevin Dalley <kevind@rahul.net>
46059 package fails to build on sparc
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: cln (debian/main)
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
51524 new upstream version available for a long time
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
51564 current old version causes loop on well-defined input
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: communicator (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2)
45873 communicator: Bus error when getting mail
52541 Communicator won't collect pop mail
52554 Communicator won't download newsgroups
Package: communicator-dmotif-408 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <adam.heath@usa.net>
[STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2)
48163 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
Package: communicator-smotif-461 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2)
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 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2)
47658 communicator-smotif-47: we need libc6 version
50068 communicator-smotif-47: 8-bit characters cannot be entered when using Xkb.
Package: console-data (debian/main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
52200 Bug in console-data : cannot find a keymap
Package: cthugha (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Debian QA Group <debian-qa@lists.debian.org>
53365 cthugha: recompile for libstdc++2.10
Package: cvs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Tom Lees <tom@debian.org>
53233 cvs: sysopen commands require "use Fcntl"
Package: cyrus-imapd (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Michael-John Turner <mj@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
52857 cyrus-imapd uses imap2 instead of imap which is not recognized by inetd
Package: ddd-smotif (debian/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
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: debconf (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
53316 debconf: Needs lib.pm, which is provided by perl-5.005; not in depends line
Package: debhelper (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
53281 debhelper: causes lots of confusion in packages
Package: diald (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
52981 diald: Does not bring link up second time.
Package: dpkg-perl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Klee Dienes <klee@debian.org>
53178 Don't depend on "perl-base"
Package: dwww (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
49664 dwww unable to access docs in /usr/share/doc
[STRATEGY] (Dec 12) Maintainer expects to have fixes uploaded
"in the next week or so".
51206 dwww: update-menus doesn't work correctly with dwww
[STRATEGY] (Dec 12) Maintainer expects to have fixes uploaded
"in the next week or so"
53355 dwww doesn't render any manpages (dwww-convert returns an error)
Package: dx (debian/main)
Maintainer: Konstantinos Margaritis <markos@debian.org>
53135 dx-package still broken on powerpc
Package: eeyes (debian/main)
Maintainer: Dan Nguyen <dnn@debian.org>
53338 eeyes_1:0.3.11-2.1(unstable): strange version number problem
Package: emacs20 (debian/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.
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
43249 Y2K problem in timezone.el
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
48997 emacs20_20.4-1(unstable): hardcoded i386 in debian/rules
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
51112 emacs20: emacs20 cannot compile on powerpc
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: exim (debian/main)
Maintainer: Mark Baker <mbaker@iee.org>
53229 Exim Problem (Can't Send Email Locally)
53325 exim: exim-config does not work
53326 exim: eximconfig doesn't work II
Package: festival (debian/main)
Maintainer: David Huggins-Daines <dhd@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
51614 festival_1.4.0-3(unstable): no config for m68k
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: fetchmail (debian/main)
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
43139 fetchmail flushed after failed delivery
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
48159 I had to downgrade to fetchmail_4.6.4-1.1 because I couldn't get my mail from the server! Fetchmail was able to query the IP of the server, but told me something about "file not found". After downgrading fetchmail it worked without problems. I haven't touched any fetchmail relevant scripts!
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
50990 fetchmail: mail was fetched and deleted from server but never sent to local MTA
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: fetchmailconf (debian/main)
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
51899 Syntax error in script prevents running at all.
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: fileutils (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org>
53240 touch -d no longer parses date/times like "Tue, 21 Dec 1999 04:17:00 GMT"
Package: fml (debian/main)
Maintainer: Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.or.jp>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
52108 fml contains non-free code
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: ftp.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>
50048 libg++2.8.2-dev: empty package on sparc
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
53232 please remove optimizer from potato
53353 ftp: please remove funnelweb-doc from main
Package: g++ (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
48530 g++ [alpha]: internal compiler error building open-amulet
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: gcc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
48338 [known problem with gcc-2.95.x on alpha] lapack (complex) does not build
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
52033 __linux is not defined on powerpc
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: gccchecker (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu>
53239 gccchecker: Infinite loop in the garbage detector
Package: gconv-modules (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
48120 gconv-modules would not be loaded properly when setgid
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: gdm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
51846 Locale setting C-locale missing
[INFO] Package was given to Ryan Murray, who is waiting for a new
upstream version.
Package: gensig (debian/main)
Maintainer: Andrew Feinberg <agf@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
48071 gensig: binary name conflict
Package: ghc4 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Aaron Van Couwenberghe <aaronv@debian.org>
52794 ghc4_4.04.19990916-3(unstable): configure doesn't know m68k
Package: ghostview (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jens Ritter <grimaldi@debian.org>
52860 ghostview: Missing linefeed in /var/lib/dpkg/info/ghostview.prerm.
Package: gnomba (debian/main)
Maintainer: Timshel Knoll <timshel@pobox.com>
50399 XFree eat all the memory when i launch gnomba
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: gnotes (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
50088 Looses text
[STRATEGY] Maintainer is working on it; "should be fixed soon".
Package: gnu-smalltalk (debian/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
51854 hardcoded dependance on tcl8.0 in blox/Makefile.body
Package: gpasman (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
43061 gpasman segfaults when opening database
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
51270 gpasman: scrambles database when a bad password used
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: gpm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Zephaniah E. Hull <warp@whitestar.soark.net>
51322 gpm upgrade from slink to potato breaks X's mouse
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: grip (debian/main)
Maintainer: Dima Barsky <dima@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
52480 grip: default command lines for grip are broken
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: gsnes9x (debian/main)
Maintainer: Robert Edmonds <stu@novare.net>
53128 This isn't built correcty
Package: gtkbrowser (debian/main)
Maintainer: Robert S. Edmonds <stu@novare.net>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
53045 gtkbrowser: package severely broken/incomplete
Package: guile1.3 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Craig Brozefsky <craig@red-bean.com>
51363 gnucash: ERROR: Unbound variable: gnc:*config-dir*
[STRATEGY] Craig Brozefsky is working with the gnucash maintainer
to get this fixed.
Package: happy (debian/main)
Maintainer: Aaron Van Couwenberghe <aaronv@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
52793 happy_1.6-8(unstable): configure doesn't like non-i386
Package: hns2 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Takuo KITAME <kitame@northeye.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
52109 hns2 uses non-free software
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: horde (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ivan E. Moore II <rkrusty@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
51309 horde: postinst error
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: iceconf (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jules Bean <jules@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
39251 iceconf: iceconf uses old workspace commands
[HELP] Could be fixed now...?
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
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Package: imp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ivan E. Moore II <rkrusty@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
50057 Upon logging into a mailbox: Warning: Unable to find stream pointer in /usr/share/horde/imp/status.php3 on line 57
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
52241 imp: Error message when saving drafts...
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: jdk1.1 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package must be removed if its license is not fixed.
51490 jdk1.1 requires a dependancy on xbase-clients
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: jgroff (debian/main)
Maintainer: Yoshiaki Yanagihara <yochi@debian.or.jp>
53340 jgroff: dependency problem
53341 jgroff: dependency problem
Package: jwhois (debian/main)
Maintainer: Per Lundberg <plundis@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
51644 jwhois_2.2-1(unstable): build error (gai_strerror)
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: kbd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
53213 kbd: fails to configure on sparc
Package: kerberos4kth (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>
40025 kerberos4kth: won't compile on glibc2.1
[STRATEGY] Maintainer is preparing a new release.
Package: lapack (debian/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
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: lavaps (debian/main)
Maintainer: Tommi Virtanen <tv@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
[STRATEGY] Maintainer is asking for help, nmu's welcome.
49787 lavaps: missing part of copyright, probably non-free :-(
49828 lavaps: memory leak
Package: libapache-mod-perl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
45753 libapache-mod-perl: Doesn't build on Alpha
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
46906 ePerl SEGV's Apache
47273 Debian/Sparc libapache-mod-perl Package Problems...
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: libapache-mod-python (debian/main)
Maintainer: Gregor Hoffleit <flight@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
[HELP] Gregor is looking for a new maintainer. Assistance in fixing
these bugs,or an NMU to fix them, would also be appreciated.
48804 mod-python crashes apache
50418 libapache-mod-python explodes now and then
Package: libc6 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
21810 libc6: rexec call dumps core with user="string" and password=NULL
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
36584 nss' compat does not work with shadow nis
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
50167 libc6: Include ldd nad ldd man page, which are part of ldso.
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
50311 libc6: libc6 ships binary programs: please split.
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
52195 getaddrinfo() with PF_UNSPEC hints returns EAI_NODATA
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: libc6-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
50083 libc6-dev: broken headers for sparc
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: libc6.1 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
47584 libc6.1: localtime() hangs on alpha
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
48455 libc6.1: libc6 fails to install and leaves installation broken
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: libcgi-perl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
49189 cannot purge libcgi-perl
[STRATEGY] New version will do away with the root cause of this bug.
Package: libdb2.6-util (debian/main)
Maintainer: Fabrizio Polacco <fpolacco@debian.org>
50647 libdb2.6-util: trying to overwrite db_archive from libc6
[INFO] This seems to be the result of an upstream conflict.
Package: libg++272 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
47212 [m68k] libg++272_2.7.2.8-1 build failure
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: libgc5 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Mike Goldman <whig@by.net>
53112 STILL did not build on powerpc
Package: libgtk-perl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Paolo Molaro <lupus@debian.org>
51844 dumps core on Alpha
[STRATEGY] Bugreport has a patch
Package: libgtkmm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marcus Brinkmann <brinkmd@debian.org>
51313 /usr/bin/gensig is also in gensig
[STRATEGY] This should be fixed in the gensig package.
Package: libguile6 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Craig Brozefsky <craig@red-bean.com>
52415 /usr/lib/libguile.so.6.0.0 is mode 777
[STRATEGY] (Dec 12) Maintainer is working on a fix and expects
to have one in a day or so.
Package: libguile6-slib (debian/main)
Maintainer: Craig Brozefsky <craig@red-bean.com>
52465 libguile6-slib: Error during setup "ERROR: Could not find slib/require.scm in ("/usr/share/guile/site" "/usr/share/guile/1.3.4" "/usr/share/guile" ".")
[STRATEGY] (Dec 12) Maintainer is working on a fix and expects to
have one in a day or so.
Package: liblockfile1 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
43491 liblockfile1: lockfile_create is _not_ NFS safe (fcntl() missing)
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: libnss-ldap (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
48953 libnss-ldap: Doesn't search for groups correctly
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: libpam-ldap (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
52567 libpam-ldap: module segfaults
Package: libpam-modules (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
51619 pam_pwdb.so segfaults on wrong password
[HELP] Maintainer says NMU would be appreciated.
</FONT> 53049 vlock spins
Package: libsdl0.11 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Fredrik Hallenberg <hallon@debian.org>
51174 smpeg_0.3.0-1(unstable): configuration of sdl fails
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: libwrap0 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Anthony Towns <ajt@debian.org>
52534 ugidd: ugidd started via rcS.d before /usr/lib is nfs mounted...
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: licq-plugin-qt2 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Zed Pobre <zed@debian.org>
53243 licq-plugin-qt2: licq_qt-gui.so: undefined symbol: setEnabled__11QScrollViewb
Package: lilypond (debian/main)
Maintainer: Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>
49314 lilypond: Can't build from source
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: lletters (debian/main)
Maintainer: Lalo Martins <lalo@webcom.com>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
37660 lletters need to be recompiled with new libglib/libgtk
[HELP] NMU would be appreciated. If not, maintainer can do it one week
before the freeze.
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Package: logcheck (debian/main)
Maintainer: Rene Mayrhofer <rmayr@vianova.at>
50994 logcheck: "["s in /etc/logcheck/logcheck.violations.ignore kill logcheck.
51342 logcheck: Completly borken after upgrade.
[STRATEGY] Fixed with logcheck 1.1.1-4; expect upload soon.
Package: login (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
52917 No non-pam version
Package: login.app (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
52612 login.app: should use xauth not xhost
Package: lpr (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Klein <aklein@debian.org>
48642 lpr; lpr does not print on a remote printer
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
[HELP] Should be fixed by now, someone should doublecheck
Package: lprng (debian/main)
Maintainer: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
52509 lprng: lprng destroy my old printcaap and doesn't print
Package: makepasswd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
50885 no longer allows specification of cleartext from command line
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: mbr (debian/main)
Maintainer: Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>
53210 mbr: keeps loading itself
Package: mc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Bramer & Martin Bialasinski <mc-debian@internet-treff.uni-koeln.de>
50891 destruction of file system integrity
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: midentd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
49570 Postrm should not fail when config file and log file do not exist
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
49574 pidentd: dependencies not in sync with midentd
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: mixer.app (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
53363 mixer.app: recompile for libstdc++2.10
Package: modconf (debian/main)
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <ezanard@debian.org>
51015 package is absurdly out of date for 2.2
[HELP] This is hard to fix. modconf gets its information from the
Kernel-Modules HOWTO, which is no longer maintained. Does anyone
know a list of parameters and descriptions of the new modules?
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Package: mp3blaster (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
52798 mp3blaster_2-0b12-1(unstable): syntax errors in big endian code
[STRATEGY] Bugreport contains a patch
Package: navigator-smotif-461 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2)
43976 netscape 4.6 says 'bus error'
44094 Dynamically linked plugins don't load
Package: navigator-smotif-47 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2)
50887 navigator-smotif-47: Navigator dies (bus error)
51534 navigator-smotif-47: Distributed binary is different from the original
Package: netatalk (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <espy@debian.org>
53223 netatalk: can't access linux directory from mac
Package: newscache (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
52583 newscache: Newscache corrupts its own database
Package: nighthawk (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adrian Bridgett <bridgett@debian.org>
53217 nighthawk: nighthawk depends on libstdc++2.9
Package: nis (debian/main)
Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
49923 yp tries to start before portmapper is ready
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: nowebm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Federico Di Gregorio <fog@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
51874 syntax error in src/Makefile
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: ntp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
53375 ntp: Loads in uninitialized fasion. Needs to define a server in the package.
Package: ntpdate (debian/main)
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
53382 ntpdate: Running ntpdate against a known good server crashes
Package: octave-plplot (debian/main)
Maintainer: Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@icp.inpg.fr>
53198 octave-plplot: libstdc++2.9 doesn't exist
Package: parted (debian/main)
Maintainer: Timshel Knoll <timshel@pobox.com>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
52205 parted: unmet dependency
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: php4 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Gergely Madarasz <gorgo@sztaki.hu>
51623 php4_4.0b3-1(unstable): rm misses -f
[STRATEGY] Maintainer is working on this, plans to fix it "before the holidays".
Package: pingus (debian/main)
Maintainer: Daniel Patterson <danpat@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
51726 pingus: pingus fails to load
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: pkglist (debian/main)
Maintainer: Atsushi KAMOSHIDA <kamop@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
43201 pkglist: correct_packages.pl does not care pre-depends packages.
[STRATEGY] Maintainer intends to fix it this month.
Package: plotutils (debian/main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
52723 No shlibs
Package: plugger (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
[STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2)
47397 plugger: Plugger don't work
49409 plugger: plugger uses xloadimage for png
Package: postgresql (debian/main)
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
48340 postgresql: Doesn't build on Alpha
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
49580 postgresql: upgrade broken
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
53317 File conflict between versions
Package: postgresql-client (debian/main)
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
52529 postgresql-client: postgresql-client: needs "Replaces: postgresql (<< 6.5.3-2)" in its control data
Package: ppp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
43885 ppp: Dial-out now fails
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: quota (debian/main)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
[HELP] Mail to maintainer bounced.
41753 quota: repquota and quotacheck segfault
47222 quota: edquota - confusing
47718 edquota will not allow soft or hard limits above 4194303 blocks
51551 powerpc needs -fsigned-char to build
Package: revtex (debian/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
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: rrdtool (debian/main)
Maintainer: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@csh.rit.edu>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
50728 rrdtool: needs to run "perl Makefile.PL" in perl-shared and perl-pipe
[STRATEGY] Fix available, sponsor has to do an upload.
Package: rscheme (debian/main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
51728 rscheme_0.7.2-3(unstable): Syntax errors in m68k code
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: rsync (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
51705 Rsync segfaults
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: samba (debian/main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
52698 samba gets internal errors
Package: sawmill (debian/main)
Maintainer: Mikolaj J. Habryn <dichro-debian@rcpt.to>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
49654 missing sawmill sawmill-client sawmill-ui binary files (PowerPC only?)
[STRATEGY] This can be fixed by listing build dependencies explicitly,
and refusing to build empty packages when they are not met.
Package: sciplot (debian/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
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: sdr (debian/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
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
50089 sdr: does not compile from source
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: sgml-base (debian/main)
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
28704 sgml-base: sgml entity handling should conform to Cees de Groot's proposed std
Package: smail (debian/main)
Maintainer: Soenke Lange <soenke@escher.north.de>
48614 smail: postinst leaves MTA broken if xinetd is in use
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: snmptraplogd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Bernd Schumacher <Bernd_Schumacher@hp.com>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
50364 snmptraplogd: missing dependency (libsnmp3.6)
[STRATEGY] Maintainer claims this will be fixed on December 31st.
Package: ssh (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
49902 ssh and pam conspire to deny logins
[STRATEGY] Need more information from the bug submitter
50607 openssh looks in /usr/lib/ssh for ssh-askpass, but not /usr/bin
51306 Problems with clients connecting to the OpenSSH daemon; I get several esoteric replies.
[STRATEGY] Need more information from the bug submitter
51393 Connecting to known hosts fails
51747 ssh: can't handle expired passwords
52317 ssh: mistakenly tries to hang on to ttys
52511 Latest openssh breaks ssh-add
[STRATEGY] Need more information from the bug submitter
Package: ssh-askpass (non-US/non-free)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
50967 ssh-askpass: Incorrectly hard-coded path to ssh-askpass
Package: ssh-nonfree (non-US/non-free)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
48439 root cannot scp
Package: ssh2 (non-US/non-free)
Maintainer: Edward Brocklesby <ejb@debian.org>
51767 ssh2: installation script runs through one question
Package: strace (debian/main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
51648 strace_4.1-1(unstable): Wrong condition for IPv6
[STRATEGY] Maintainer has fix ready in CVS; expect release sometime
in the week of December 13.
Package: swi-prolog (debian/main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
52161 swi-prolog: incorrect compilation on sparc
[STRATEGY] This is fixed in a new upstream version, which is still beta.
Expect resolution before Dec 25.
Package: sxid (debian/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
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: syslog-ng (debian/main)
Maintainer: SZALAY Attila <sasa@debian.org>
53170 syslog-ng: causes REMOTE machines to lock out logins even!
Package: tcpquota (debian/main)
Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org>
53348 tcpquota: postinst problem
Package: tela (debian/main)
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
48079 unusable because of shared library problems
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: telnet-ssl (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
52622 telnet-ssl: cant upgrade ok: doesnt remove diversion
Package: telnetd-ssl (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
52624 telnetd-ssl: cant upgrade ok: doesnt remove diversion
Package: termcap-compat (debian/main)
Maintainer: Christian Hudon <chrish@debian.org>
[REMOVE] It may be time to drop termcap-compat; no-one uses it anymore.
48747 termcap-compat: doesn't build from source
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: tix41 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
47825 tix41: Doesn't work with Tcl/Tk 8.2
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: tkrat (debian/main)
Maintainer: Mark Baker <mbaker@iee.org>
51900 tkrat: Hangs while quiting
[HELP] Mark no longer uses tkrat himself, he'd appreciate someone
tracking down the bug. Reproducing it would help, too.
[INFO] "The thing he mentions about the lock is expected, because he's killing
it before it has removed the lock. The lock mechanism ought to have
timeout so this isn't too much of a problem if clients only
occasionally die, but it is a problem if he has to do it every time."
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Package: tksmb (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adrian Bridgett <bridgett@debian.org>
51745 tksmb: nmblookup format changed, can't parse it correctly
[STRATEGY] Maintainer has a fix, is waiting for a nicer fix from
upstream.
53201 tksmb: package smbmout doesn't exist
Package: tkstep4.2 (debian/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.
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: typist (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Armstrong <synrg@sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
51634 typist: sparc does not define SIGCLD
Package: ultra (debian/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
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: util-linux (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
42556 util-linux: hwclock: Continually messes up my clock
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
51936 util-linux: cfdisk can't handle a new disk
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
51937 util-linux: fdisk creates invalid partitions
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: v-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
53366 v-dev: recompile for libstdc++2.10
Package: v1g (debian/main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
53360 v1g: recompile for libstdc++2.10
Package: vivid (debian/main)
Maintainer: Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org>
[REMOVE] Software is not yet functional
52992 vivid doesn't actually function
Package: vm1 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
53361 vm1: recompile for libstdc++2.10
Package: vrwave (debian/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!
[FIX] Seems to work with the latest jdk.
Package: wm2 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ted Whalen <tew@debian.org>
53358 wm2: recompile for libstdc++2.10
Package: wmaker (debian/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.
</FONT> 52556 WindowMaker doesn't let emacs see ALT key when using windows
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: wmmail (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
44569 wmmail: wmmail: defaults domain HC!@HC!@card/GNUstep/Defaults/WMMail corrupted
Package: wn (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jean Pierre LeJacq <jplejacq@quoininc.com>
[STRATEGY] Maintainer promised an upload on December 19
42143 wn: cron.daily/wn recurses infinitely and gives a segment violation
[STRATEGY] New version fixes this; upload is on the way.
50086 wn: does not build from source
[STRATEGY] New version fixes this; upload is on the way.
Package: xaw95g (debian/main)
Maintainer: joost witteveen <joostje@debian.org>
51451 package ruins perms on ld.so.conf
[FIX] Fixed in version 1.1-4.5
Package: xawtv (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
52850 xawtv_3.02-7(unstable): rebuilding webcam still doesn't work
Package: xbill (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adrian Bridgett <bridgett@debian.org>
53220 xbill: xbill depends on libstdc++2.9
Package: xcircuit (debian/main)
Maintainer: Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>
50573 xcircuit: tries to install outside of build tree during compilation
[STRATEGY] Fix is known, maintainer will have time for it before the freeze
Package: xemacs21 (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
49162 gnus: Refuses to start up
[STRATEGY] Maintainer: "Know what the problem is. Working on it."
Package: xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
52167 xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn: Ignoring emacs-install's error return is Evil and Rude
[STRATEGY] Maintainer: "Should be fixed shortly."
Package: xevil (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Ben C. Hendrickson <bhendrickson@usa.net>
50409 xevil: gratuitous removal from debian
[STRATEGY] Newest license will be GPL again. New package expected
before the freeze.
Package: xfmix (debian/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.
[HELP] He found one person who might be the author, but has received
no response.
Package: xfs-xtt (debian/main)
Maintainer: ISHIKAWA Mutsumi <ishikawa@linux.or.jp>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
51084 xfs-xtt dies on reset and reload signals
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: xftp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Steve McIntyre <stevem@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
49389 netstd is now a dummy package, please depend on the individual packages you need
[FIX] fixed in version 2.2-12.1
Package: xirc (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Igor Grobman <igor@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
52446 xirc: xirc depends on absent package
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: xjig (debian/main)
Maintainer: Dave Holland <dave@zenda.demon.co.uk>
53218 xjig: xjig depends on libstdc++2.9
Package: xlib6g-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
51076 [PATCH] tmp race in imake
[STRATEGY] Branden: "This has been fixed upstream, is in the current
pre-release versions, is expected to be in XFree86 3.3.6, and I can
apply this patch to a 3.3.5 .deb release if for some reason 3.3.6
is delayed past our freeze."
Package: xmysql (debian/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
[WAITING] Upstream author agreed to change the license, but is slow in
doing so.
Package: xserver-common (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
50209 XF86Config moved and config is broken
[HELP] Branden: "This appears to be a bug in XF86Setup. I think it is
unlinking its target (/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config, which for us
is a symlink to /etc/X11/XF86Config) before writing to it. I need
a Tcl person to help analyze the code."
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Package: xserver-fbdev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
43574 xscreensaver, xscreensaver-gl don't appear to work (but do)
[HELP] Anyone brave enough to help hack on it is welcome to.
</FONT>
Package: xserver-svga (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
44995 xserver-svga: XF86_SVGA Hungs in Apm_Sync()
[STRATEGY] This may be fixed in 3.3.6.
[HELP] Please try the 3.3.6 pre-release packages (http://www.debian.org/~branden/)
45744 xserver-svga: Crashes console system with trio3d
[INFO] Branden: "I think the problem is that this person is not using
xserver-fbdev with fbcon."
47741 xserver-svga: gmc root icons in wmaker crash the X server
[HELP] An strace of this would be helpful.
</FONT> 50624 xserver-svga: Hangs when switching to graphic mode
[HELP] Branden: "I need the output from the X server on this bug."
</FONT>
Package: xwave (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
48569 xwave: broken event handling
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: zsh (debian/main)
Maintainer: Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>
52542 zsh: Job control broken since pws9 on Alpha
[HELP] Allegedly this only occurs in autobuilt packages, and manually-rebuilt
packages work fine. Thus I need help tracking this down.
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