Release-critical Bugreport for January 31, 1999
Bug stamp-out list for Jan 31 00:03 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 39
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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: chameleon (main)
Maintainer: Sean E. Perry <shaleh@debian.org>
32522 chameleon in slink depends on too-new libs
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
32595 remove obsolete and confusing acquisition methods: harddisk, mounted, cdrom, nfs
32635 URGENT: dpkg Conflicts & Replaces errors
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: modutils (main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
32306 modutils: conffile not tagged as such
[FIX] A new version (2.1.121-15) is in Incoming
32539 Kernel 2.2 errors if no module support
[FIX] A fixed version (2.1.121-16) is in Incoming
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: transfig (main)
Maintainer: Edward Betts <edward@debian.org>
32520 transfig: puts files in /usr/lib/X11, should use /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 instead
Package: wdm (main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
32485 wdm: Doesn't let people log on when using MD5 passwords
32529 Typo in Xsession
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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