Release-critical Bugreport for January 28, 1999
Bug stamp-out list for Jan 28 00:03 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 32
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Package: apache (main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
32204 user directories allow symlinks to other files
Package: autoconf (main)
Maintainer: Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu>
32391 Autoconf patches for slink
Package: automake (main)
Maintainer: Kevin Dalley <kevind@rahul.net>
32390 Automake patches for proper Alpha detection
Package: boot-floppies (main)
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
32269 partion harddisk fails if WIN95_EXTENDED present
[STRATEGY] boot-floppies must include the util-linux_2.7.1-3.4 from frozen
Package: dpkg (main)
Maintainer: Ian Jackson and others <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
32283 xbase postinst refers to nonexistent README.Debian
Package: ftp.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>
32364 ftp.debian.org: please remove filters from stable/frozen
Package: general (pseudo)
Maintainer: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
28850 gettext: security problem when used in setuid programs
[STRATEGY] All setuid applications using the non-libc6 gettext should be
recompiled with gettext 0.10.35-6.1.
Package: libpthread0 (main)
Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@debian.org>
32484 libpthread0 should probably not exist.
Package: libtool (main)
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
32384 libtool: Correct detection of 'alphapca56' patch
Package: lyx (contrib)
Maintainer: Stuart Lamble <lamble@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au>
32299 LyX Copyright problems
Package: nonus.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@datom.de>
23780 nonus.debian.org: libssl-dev is obsolete
26443 nonus.debian.org: apache-common_1.3.0+1.19 is obsolete
29246 nonus.debian.org: remove fortify-unix-ppc_1.2.8-1.deb
31326 Broken symlinks on nonus.debian.org
32171 umet dependency for mutt-i
Package: perl-suid (main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
31904 [B.A.McCauley@BHAM.AC.UK: Secuity hole with perl (suidperl) and nosuid mounts on Linux]
Package: sendmail-wide (main)
Maintainer: Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.or.jp>
32475 sendmail-wide: different db file is used
[FIX] A fixed version (8.9.2+3.1W-3.1) is in Incoming
Package: smb2www (main)
Maintainer: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
32131 smb2www: smb2www in slink incompatible with samba in slink
Package: sysutils (main)
Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@debian.org>
29392 oldversion procinfo in sysutils is broken
[FIX] A new version (1.3.3.1) is in Incoming
Package: tcsh (main)
Maintainer: Luis Francisco Gonzalez <luisgh@debian.org>
28959 meta keys in tcsh don't work anymore!
[FIX] A new version (6.08.01-3) is in Incoming
Package: wdm (main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
32485 wdm: Doesn't let people log on when using MD5 passwords
Package: xbase (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
30852 X packages do not upgrade automatically due to name change.
[STRATEGY] Fixed in release-candidate, test it at http://master.debian.org/~branden/xfree86/
Package: xdm (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
29360 xdm: Stopped X without warning/asking
[STRATEGY] Fixed in release-candidate, test it at http://master.debian.org/~branden/xfree86/
Package: xlib6 (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
31610 xlib6: requires gcc but declares no dependency (dpkg --print-gnu-build-architecture?)
Package: xserver-common (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
29166 xserver-common: should depend or at least recommend properly ver'd xlib6g
[STRATEGY] Fixed in release-candidate, test it at http://master.debian.org/~branden/xfree86/
Package: xxgdb (main)
Maintainer: Helmut Geyer <Helmut.Geyer@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de>
32206 xxgdb: Can't rebuild xxgdb from source
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