Release-critical Bugreport for January 13, 1999
Bug stamp-out list for Jan 13 00:03 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 56
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Package: apt (main)
Maintainer: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>
31747 apt: libc6 version number problem
Package: aview (main)
Maintainer: Michael Bramer <grisu@debian.org>
30812 aview: needs recompile with slang1
[FIX] A NMU (version 1.2-3.1) is in Incoming.
Package: base-files (main)
Maintainer: Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>
31792 base-files: /var/tmp permissions need to be 1777
Package: boot-floppies (main)
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
31099 the 'load modules' screen hangs
31618 Frozen boot floppies don't work on Tosh laptop.
Package: devscripts (main)
Maintainer: Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>
31754 dch/debchange broke in frozen
Package: dictd (main)
Maintainer: Bob Hilliard <hilliard@debian.org>
31624 dictd runs as root and shouldn't
[FIX] A new version (1.4.8-6) is in Incoming
Package: dpkg (main)
Maintainer: Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
17624 dpkg: installs regular dir when .deb contains symlink !
1797 upgrade/downgrade dependency calculation problem
21182 dpkg: dpkg can go into an infinite loop with --force-configure-any
28519 dpkg: dpkg creates circular symlinks
28817 dpkg takes no care over libdpkg
30090 weirdass dpkg coredumps and xbase upgrade insanity
30891 dpkg: Patch for update-alternatives to fix jdk problems
Package: dpkg-dev (main)
Maintainer: Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
31508 parsechangelog broken?
Package: ftp.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>
31578 cfengine needs to be in frozen
Package: ftpwatch (main)
Maintainer: Hakan Ardo <hakan@debian.org>
31627 ftpwatch: trivial root exploit
Package: general (pseudo)
Maintainer: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
30852 X packages do not upgrade automatically due to name change.
Package: gettext (main)
Maintainer: Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>
28850 gettext: security problem when used in setuid programs
Package: groff (main)
Maintainer: Fabrizio Polacco <fpolacco@debian.org>
31739 groff: claims DSC-3.0, but isn't
Package: kernel-image-2.0.36 (main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
31516 kernel-image-2.0.36: please add these ISDN fixes
Package: ldso (main)
Maintainer: David Engel <david@debian.org>
30859 (no subject)
[STRATEGY] Wichert Akkerman made a patch for this, which is in bugreport 30865.
Packages are at http://www.wi.leidenuniv.nl/~wichert/debian/party/
Package: libc6 (main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <glibc-maint@debian.org>
31687 libc6 recommends timezone
Package: libgd1g (main)
Maintainer: Dermot Bradley <bradley@debian.org>
31586 libgd1g: broken shlibs and wrong section in control file
Package: licq (contrib)
Maintainer: Zed Pobre <zed@debian.org>
31614 licq: licq reads from the console when started from the menus!
Package: lprng (main)
Maintainer: Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de>
31672 lprng: Allows printing from any remote by default!
Package: lynx (main)
Maintainer: Christian Hudon <chrish@debian.org>
31200 lynx: Lynx should depend on net/mime-support (/etc/mailcap).
Package: mailtools (main)
Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@debian.org>
31786 perl regexp code hangs
Package: makepasswd (main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
31059 makepasswd: --clear=PASS can be seen with ps
Package: netscape-base-407 (non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <adam.heath@usa.net>
30878 netscape-base-407: Security vulnerabilities in 4.07
Package: netscape3 (contrib)
Maintainer: Brian White <bcwhite@pobox.com>
31518 netscape3: needs to conflict with plugger
Package: nonus.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@datom.de>
31326 Broken symlinks on nonus.debian.org
Package: pgp5i (non-US)
Maintainer: Tommi Virtanen <tv@debian.org>
31577 pgp5i: pgps encrypts if text has 8bit characters
Package: qtscape (contrib)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
31565 qtscape depends on obsolete version of qt
Package: scwm (main)
Maintainer: Francesco Tapparo <f.tapparo@vi.nettuno.it>
31555 libguile4: hoses scwm (yet again)
Package: snd (main)
Maintainer: Geiger Guenter <geiger@iem.mhsg.ac.at>
30941 snd does not work with slink version of lesstif
Package: ssh (non-US)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
27415 ssh suddenly requires controlling tty
Package: tcsh (main)
Maintainer: Luis Francisco Gonzalez <luisgh@debian.org>
28959 meta keys in tcsh don't work anymore!
Package: telnet98 (non-US)
Maintainer: Ian Lynagh <ian@lynagh.demon.co.uk>
30926 telnet98: Telnet98 overwrites telnet and telnetd packages without conflicting
30927 telnet98: Telnet98 segfaults
Package: wn (main)
Maintainer: Jean Pierre LeJacq <jplejacq@quoininc.com>
31042 wn: cannot build from source
[STRATEGY] Maintainer promised to fix this this week.
Package: wu-ftpd-academ (main)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
30931 wu-ftpd-academ: Can't build from source!
31334 anon ftp requires /lib/libnss_files.so.1
Package: xcircuit (main)
Maintainer: Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>
31741 xcircuit: error in loading shared libraries
Package: xdm (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
29360 xdm: Stopped X without warning/asking
Package: xserver-common (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
29166 xserver-common: should depend or at least recommend properly ver'd xlib6g
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