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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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