Release-critical Bugreport for November 5, 1999
Bug stamp-out list for Nov 5 03:06 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 258
Number that will disappear after removing packages marked [REMOVE]: 21
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Package: apache-common (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
Package: apache-ssl (non-US)
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
49157 apache-ssl: Can't build (SSL patch failed)
Package: apt (main)
Maintainer: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>
46096 apt: pb upgrading libgtk-1.2.5
[FIX] Fixed in cvs.
46537 apt-get update with apt-cdrom broken
[FIX] Fixed in cvs.
46857 apt: If source URI contains password, the password is printed on the screen during fetches
[FIX] Fixed in cvs.
47557 apt: internal error
[FIX] Fixed in cvs.
48392 apt-get install libc6- libc6 will remove 160 package without questioning
Package: asis (main)
Maintainer: Samuel Tardieu <sam@debian.org>
49180 Missing files
Package: autofs (main)
Maintainer: Justin Maurer <justin@debian.org>
46638 autofs: /etc/init.d/autofs syntax error
[FIX] Fixed in version 3.1.3-2.1 in Incoming
Package: base-passwd (main)
Maintainer: Galen Hazelwood <galenh@micron.net>
36007 update-passwd did many stupid things
Package: bash (main)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
48911 bash: please remove sparc from libc5 compat list
Package: bbdb (main)
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
48318 Incompatible bbdb formats ?
Package: bigloo (main)
Maintainer: Craig Brozefsky <craig@red-bean.com>
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.
Package: boot-floppies (main)
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
43057 bootdisk: rawrite uses 8.3 names
43058 bootdisk: root.bin gzipped on CDs.
Package: cecilia (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"'
Package: cmucl (main)
Maintainer: Peter Van Eynde <pvaneynd@debian.org>
46675 Problem with newer glibc's and CMUCL
[STRATEGY] Fix is in bugreport, but maintainer hasn't uploaded it??
Package: comerr-dev (main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
48908 comerr-dev: package broken on sparc
Package: communicator (contrib)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
45873 communicator: Bus error when getting mail
Package: communicator-dmotif-408 (non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <adam.heath@usa.net>
48163 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
Package: communicator-smotif-461 (non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
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 (non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
47658 communicator-smotif-47: we need libc6 version
Package: console-data (main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
48940 console-data: apt-get upgrade dies
48998 console-data: install error
Package: console-tools (main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
48963 console-tools debconf stuff buggy (maybe bug in debconf)
49158 console-tools; error while upgrading
Package: darxite (main)
Maintainer: Ben C. Hendrickson <bhendrickson@usa.net>
48846 Downloading multiple files via html causes data corruption
Package: ddd-smotif (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
Package: debconf (main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>
48979 Console-data cannot be installed due to problem in debconf or perl or...
Package: debian-keyring (contrib)
Maintainer: James Troup <keyring-maint@debian.org>
43536 debian-keyring: Non self-signed keys
Package: debian-policy (main)
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
43529 debian-policy: mail locking in Debian is _not_ NFS safe
45561 [PROPOSAL] tech-ctte: /usr/share/doc
Package: debiandoc-sgml (main)
Maintainer: Ardo van Rangelrooij <ardo@debian.org>
49136 debiandoc-sgml should depend on libi18n-langtags-perl, but doesn't
Package: deliver (main)
Maintainer: Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>
49200 deliver: cannot log error messages
Package: dhcp (main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
41974 dhcp: dhcp requires kernel 2.2??
Package: dhcp-client (main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
45537 significant error in dhclient man pages
Package: dhcpcd (main)
Maintainer: Dennis Kelly <dpk@debian.org>
48235 dhcpcd: delete dhcpcd-<interface>.exe
Package: dpkg (main)
Maintainer: Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
28519 dpkg: creates circular symlinks [POSSIBLE WORKAROUND]
28817 dpkg takes no care over libdpkg
48986 dpkg: Sorry, I don't speak Czech
Package: dump (main)
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
49192 dump: uses /etc/dumpdates instead of /var/lib/dumpdates
Package: dwww (main)
Maintainer: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
49072 dwww_1.4.3.5-1.1(unstable): doesn't delete debian/files
Package: dx (main)
Maintainer: Konstantinos Margaritis <markos@debian.org>
48164 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
[STRATEGY] Problems with source during nmu attempt(see bug report)
Package: elks-libc (main)
Maintainer: Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org>
48706 elks-libc: upgrade error overwrite /usr/lib/bcc/i86/rules.186
Package: emacs19 (main)
Maintainer: Mark W. Eichin <eichin@thok.org>
49065 emacs19: info page still resides in /usr/info - emacs19.postinst fails
Package: emacs20 (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.
48997 emacs20_20.4-1(unstable): hardcoded i386 in debian/rules
Package: emacsen-common (main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
48681 gettext: can not install gettext on a new potato system
Package: enlightenment (main)
Maintainer: Laurence J. Lane <ljlane@debian.org>
48413 enlightenment: should predepend on dpkg 1.4.1.17
Package: fetchmail (main)
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
43139 fetchmail flushed after failed delivery
49203 fetchmail: endless loop on SIGPIPE
Package: flick-dev (main)
Maintainer: Raphael Bossek <bossekr@debian.org>
49079 flick-dev: apt-get can't install flick-dev
Package: freeciv-xaw (main)
Maintainer: Lalo Martins <lalo@webcom.com>
48214 freeciv-xaw: bad symlink
Package: ftp.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>
38599 packages which should be moved to the base section
41274 Please remove the old netcdf packages
43889 An experimental version of gnus was uploaded by mistake into main
46388 NO 2.1r3 M68K CDs: trn depends
47708 Please move cgi-scripts to project/orphaned
49068 'poc' should be removed from the archive. New package 'objc-poc' replaces 'poc'.
49090 ftp.debian.org: please remove aumix-alsa
Package: g++ (main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
48530 g++ [alpha]: internal compiler error building open-amulet
Package: gaim (main)
Maintainer: Robert S. Edmonds <stu@novare.net>
46487 Subject: /usr/include/gnome.h doesn't find gnomesupport.h
Package: gcc (main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
48338 [known problem with gcc-2.95.x on alpha] lapack (complex) does not build
48527 gcc [alpha]: error compiling fweb
Package: gconv-modules (main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
48120 gconv-modules would not be loaded properly when setgid
Package: geomview (main)
Maintainer: Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
49016 geomview_1.6.1.9-10(unstable): doesn't delete debian/files
Package: ghostview (main)
Maintainer: Jens Ritter <grimaldi@debian.org>
[SQUASH] Taken
49071 ghostview: mailcap entries aren't removed
Package: giram-gnome-mesa (main)
Maintainer: Carlos Barros <cbf@debian.org>
48292 giram-gnome-mesa: Missing Tutorial.gz
Package: glademm (main)
Maintainer: Marcus Brinkmann <brinkmd@debian.org>
48799 glademm: glade-- segmentation fail.
Package: gnome-apt (main)
Maintainer: Apt Packaging Team <apt@packages.debian.org>
44427 gnome-apt: Broken Package
Package: gnome-help (main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
48723 help-browser crashes on first startup
Package: gnu-smalltalk (main)
Maintainer: Alexander Shinn <foof@debian.org>
45180 gnu-smalltalk: entry blox in window manager menu does not work
Package: gnus (main)
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
49162 gnus: Refuses to start up
Package: gpart (main)
Maintainer: David L. Coe <david.coe@someotherplace.org>
46101 gpart_0.1d-1(unstable): unnecessary arch switch; arch specific?
Package: gpasman (non-US)
Maintainer: Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>
43061 gpasman segfaults when opening database
Package: gs (main)
Maintainer: Marco Pistore <pistore@di.unipi.it>
41570 Can not handle kanji font PS
[STRATEGY] There is a patch in the report
Package: gsl (main)
Maintainer: Michael J. Booth <booth@debian.org>
42116 gsl-histogram double counts last input
[STRATEGY] Upstream fixed in on August 5, but a new package was never made
Package: gstalker (main)
Maintainer: Davide Barbieri <paci@prosa.it>
48970 gstalker: package doesn't include binary
49174 gstalker_1.2-6(unstable): build error: non-executable file
Package: hostname (main)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
48850 hostname 2.05 conflict with nis over /bin/domainname
49009 hostname: conflict with nis package
Package: html2ps (main)
Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
[REMOVE] Drop this package, htmldoc is a much better alternative
46275 html2ps; html2ps does not work with new perl
Package: htp (main)
Maintainer: Jonathon D. Nelson <nels0988@tc.umn.edu>
48633 htp: No up to date sources for htp
Package: iceconf (main)
Maintainer: Jules Bean <jules@debian.org>
39251 iceconf: iceconf uses old workspace commands
[HELP] Could be fixed now...?
Package: jikes (main)
Maintainer: Mike Goldman <whig@by.net>
48996 jikes_1.06-3(unstable): depends on non-free jikepg for building
Package: kerberos4kth (non-US)
Maintainer: Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>
40025 kerberos4kth: won't compile on glibc2.1
Package: kernellab (main)
Maintainer: Tommi Virtanen <tv@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
49182 kernellab: Incorrect pathnames for zcat/bzcat programs
Package: lapack (main)
Maintainer: James A. Treacy <treacy@debian.org>
48661 lapack: doesn't build from source
Package: ldso (main)
Maintainer: David Engel <david@debian.org>
48539 ldso_1.9.11-5_alpha.deb fails to install
48818 ldconfig dies with Illegal instruction
Package: leafnode (main)
Maintainer: Mark Brown <broonie@debian.org>
48679 Core dumps on initial run
Package: lha (non-free)
Maintainer: Steve McIntyre <stevem@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
48748 lha has no license
Package: libapache-mod-perl (main)
Maintainer: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
45753 libapache-mod-perl: Doesn't build on Alpha
47273 Debian/Sparc libapache-mod-perl Package Problems...
Package: libapache-mod-python (main)
Maintainer: Gregor Hoffleit <flight@debian.org>
48804 mod-python crashes apache
Package: libc6 (main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
21810 libc6: rexec call dumps core with user="string" and password=NULL
36584 nss' compat does not work with shadow nis
Package: libc6-dev (main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
44444 netkit-telnet_0.14-3(unstable): doesn't compile with gcc 2.95.1
Package: libc6.1 (main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
47584 libc6.1: localtime() hangs on alpha
48455 libc6.1: libc6 fails to install and leaves installation broken
Package: libcgi-perl (main)
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
49189 cannot purge libcgi-perl
Package: libesd0 (main)
Maintainer: Andrew Feinberg <agf@debian.org>
49086 Platform detection wrong on powerpc
Package: libg++272 (main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
47212 [m68k] libg++272_2.7.2.8-1 build failure
Package: libgcj0 (main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
46062 [sparc] build fails in all-target-boehm-gc
Package: libgcj0-dev (main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
48741 depends on a non-free package
Package: libgd-perl (non-free)
Maintainer: Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>
49108 libgd-perl: please build new version (uses PNG) so it can go in main
Package: libggi2 (main)
Maintainer: Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org>
49219 FW: Stale source -- Needs update
Package: libgimp-perl (main)
Maintainer: Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>
45124 libgimp-perl: perlcc eats all the memory
47257 libgimp-perl: libgimp-perl is impossible to build
Package: libmagick4g-lzw (non-free)
Maintainer: Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>
38649 libmagick4g-lzw: is version 4.0.4-3, while libmagick4g 4.2.2-0.0
48090 libmagick4g-lzw: libmagick4g-lzw depends on non-existed library libjpegg6a
Package: libnss-ldap (main)
Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
48953 libnss-ldap: Doesn't search for groups correctly
Package: libpgjava (contrib)
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
45549 libpgjava: doesn't work at all
Package: libpgsql2 (main)
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
46690 pgl seg faults
Package: libreadlineg2 (main)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
39907 lftp dumps core
Package: lilypond (main)
Maintainer: Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>
48761 Depends on libguile6, which, well, doesn't exist
Package: linuxconf (main)
Maintainer: Stefan Gybas <sgybas@debian.org>
48674 linuxconf: Doesn't build from source
Package: lpr (main)
Maintainer: Adam Klein <aklein@debian.org>
48642 lpr; lpr does not print on a remote printer
[HELP] Should be fixed by now, someone should doublecheck
49092 lpr cron job runs when removed
Package: lprng (main)
Maintainer: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
42914 [3.5.2-1.3] lprng doesn't work with networked printer
45857 lprng: Fails to configure
Package: lynx (main)
Maintainer: Christian Hudon <chrish@debian.org>
46021 lynx on alpha exits immediately with interrupt 15, is useless
Package: manpages-de (main)
Maintainer: Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>
48561 translations of manpages and manpages-xx packages
Package: manpages-dev (main)
Maintainer: Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org>
46792 setreuid(2) contains invalid security information
Package: mercury (main)
Maintainer: Tyson Dowd <trd@cs.mu.oz.au>
48664 mercury: can't build from source
49160 Patch for Sparc compilation
Package: mesag-dev (main)
Maintainer: James A. Treacy <treacy@debian.org>
44489 mesag-dev: GLU_* constants incompatible with GLenum type
Package: mgetty-fax (main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
47439 pre-removal script fails
Package: mico-2.2.7 (main)
Maintainer: Stephan Kulow <coolo@kde.org>
44446 [m68k] mico compile fails because exception support appears broken
Package: mpsql (non-free)
Maintainer: Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>
48169 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
Package: mrtg (main)
Maintainer: Dermot Bradley <bradley@debian.org>
49089 mrtg depends on libsnmp-session-perl (>= 0.74)
Package: mutt (main)
Maintainer: Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it>
48851 mutt: recompile against newer slang
49215 mutt: Depends: slang1 (< 1.3) but 1.3.9-1 is installed
49231 mutt: Broken Dependancies
Package: navigator-smotif-461 (non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
43976 netscape 4.6 says 'bus error'
44094 Dynamically linked plugins don't load
Package: ndtpd (main)
Maintainer: Susumu OSAWA <susumu-o@debian.or.jp>
48339 ndtpd: Doesn't build on Alpha
Package: netbase (main)
Maintainer: Anthony Towns <ajt@debian.org>
46642 [jim@jimpick.com: netbase (ping6) and kernel bitops]
Package: netscape (contrib)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
47610 general: Netscape updates without correcting /etc/alternatives/netscape
Package: ntop (main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>
48202 ntop: no images, display local index.html, no mapage
Package: oskit (main)
Maintainer: Ed Boraas <ed@debian.org>
43872 oskit: i586-oskit-gcc forks endlessly
Package: pan (main)
Maintainer: Erick Kinnee <cerb@debian.org>
48632 pan: Pan sources aren't up to date, and are otherwise strange
Package: perl (main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
44033 Perl exits with "Illegal instruction" when executing
Package: perl-5.005-base (main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
41436 New Perl should get rid of old Perl if the corresponding package isn't installed
48544 libc6: search path for shared libraries includes current directory
Package: php3-pgsql (main)
Maintainer: Gergely Madarasz <gorgo@sztaki.hu>
49141 PHP3 postgres causes apache segfault
Package: phplib (main)
Maintainer: Raphael Bossek <bossekr@debian.org>
48732 phplib: phplib 7.2 has problems with session.inc and breaks horde/imp and other things
Package: picon-usenix (contrib)
Maintainer: Hakan Ardo <hakan@debian.org>
47757 please update override file to put picon-misc in non-free
Package: pingus (main)
Maintainer: Daniel Patterson <danpat@debian.org>
41768 ClanLib related pingus problem
Package: pkglist (main)
Maintainer: Atsushi KAMOSHIDA <kamop@debian.org>
43201 pkglist: correct_packages.pl does not care pre-depends packages.
Package: plplot (main)
Maintainer: Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@icp.inpg.fr>
49120 plplot: all examples don't work
Package: plugger (contrib)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
47397 plugger: Plugger don't work
Package: pose (main)
Maintainer: Ben Darnell <bgdarnel@unity.ncsu.edu>
[REMOVE] Current source doesn't build on alpha and m68k, and there are only
sources in the archive
41288 pose_2.1d29-1(unstable): build error on m68k (union semun redefined)
[STRATEGY] New upstream version fixes it. If not, can revert to old one.
47805 pose: Doesn't build on alpha
Package: postfix (main)
Maintainer: LaMont Jones <lamont@debian.org>
48855 installation
Package: postgresql (main)
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
48340 postgresql: Doesn't build on Alpha
Package: powertweak (main)
Maintainer: Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <thaths@netscape.com>
43243 my SCSI system locks up whenever I run powertweak
49183 powertweak: pci duplicate id checking doesn't work
Package: ppp (main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
43885 ppp: Dial-out now fails
Package: premail (contrib)
Maintainer: Brent Fulgham <bfulgham@pacbell.net>
44518 premail doesn't work on potato
Package: procps (main)
Maintainer: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
48686 ps broke with kernel 2.2.13
Package: proftpd (main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Maintainer will have this fixed by Oct. 30.
46695 proftpd: Still configured anonymous access when I answered "no" to the debconf dialog.
49170 proftpd_1.2.0pre9-1(unstable): compile error with have_sendfile
Package: python-tk (main)
Maintainer: Gregor Hoffleit <flight@debian.org>
48847 python-tk: Tk version mismatch
Package: qmail-src (non-free)
Maintainer: Jon Marler <jmarler@debian.org>
48720 qmail-src: Generated qmail package's preinst script deletes aliases
Package: quake2 (non-free)
Maintainer: Michael Beattie <mike@omnic.dhis.org>
45985 quake2: After correcting mouse and mouse unconfig in vga.config, I get segfault loading ref_soft.so
Package: quota (main)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
41753 quota: repquota and quotacheck segfault
47222 quota: edquota - confusing
47718 edquota will not allow soft or hard limits above 4194303 blocks
Package: qvwm (main)
Maintainer: Shuichi OONO <jr5pdx@debian.or.jp>
49145 segfaults like crazy (even when everything else is fixed)
Package: radiusd-cistron (main)
Maintainer: Norbert Veber <nveber@debian.org>
48089 radiusd-cistron: new upstream version available
Package: raidtools2 (main)
Maintainer: Pekka Aleksi Knuutila <pa@debian.org>
48707 raidtools2: raidtools2 doesn't use update-modules
Package: rbootd (main)
Maintainer: Alan Bain <afrb2@cam.ac.uk>
47618 rbootd using /usr/local/lib <--- must die
Package: revtex (non-free)
Maintainer: Michael A. Miller <mmiller@debian.org>
48691 revtex: /usr/share/texmf/doc in revtex conflicts with tetex-base_1.0-5_all
Package: rosegarden (main)
Maintainer: Will Lowe <lowe@debian.org>
48631 rosegarden: Source for rosegarden 2.1-4 not in archive?
Package: roxen (main)
Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org>
46063 roxen is not stopped correctly by /etc/cron.weekly/roxen
Package: rscheme (main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>
47774 rscheme_0.7.2-2(unstable): Syntax error in m68k specific code
48341 rscheme: Doesn't build on Alpha
Package: ruari-diff (main)
Maintainer: James Troup <jjtroup@comp.brad.ac.uk>
30399 ruari-diff: Fix for glibc2.1
Package: sdr (main)
Maintainer: Chu-yeon Park <kokids@debian.org>
43755 sdr wont compile, still requires files not present on a Debian system
Package: sgml-base (main)
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
28704 sgml-base: sgml entity handling should conform to Cees de Groot's proposed std
[HELP] Maintainer is away; NMU's shall be appreciated.
Package: sgml-tools (main)
Maintainer: Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de>
44514 sgml-tools: can not convert Japanese characters with sgml2txt
44743 sgml-tools: unable to purge configuation files
Package: slang1 (main)
Maintainer: Jim Mintha <jmintha@debian.org>
48814 slang1: [hurd] update host detection and linker option
Package: slashem (main)
Maintainer: Peter Makholm <peter@makholm.net>
48941 slashem upgrade fails if /var/games/slashem does not exists
Package: slrn (main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>
43477 slrn: Removes all subscribed groups when slrn thinks they're gone
Package: smail (main)
Maintainer: Soenke Lange <soenke@escher.north.de>
48614 smail: postinst leaves MTA broken if xinetd is in use
Package: smbfs (main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
44131 smbfs: no longer possible to set file and directory-modes
46992 smbmount-2.2.x manpage wrong
Package: smbwrapper (main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
42566 smbsh segfaults after asking username and password
43122 smbwrapper: `ls' in an smb mounted directory leads to the error message: "error in loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/samba/smbwrapper.so: undefined symbol: real_readdir64"
Package: stunnel (non-US)
Maintainer: Paolo Molaro <lupus@debian.org>
49238 stunnel: can not be installed
Package: swish++ (main)
Maintainer: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
38173 swish++ segfaults with libc6 2.1
43417 swish++: Does not compile and is not up to date.
Package: sxid (main)
Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
48193 crashes when it is running from root
Package: tao (non-free)
Maintainer: Ossama Othman <ossama@debian.org>
35805 tao_idl fails to load shared libraries
[STRATEGY] The upgrade to forthcoming TAO 1.0 will correct the problem.
Package: taper (main)
Maintainer: Piotr Roszatycki <dexter@debian.org>
49216 taper: seg faults on "Recreate info file"
Package: tela (main)
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
[REMOVE] Doesn't compile with current g++, can't be rebuild on anything but
i386
48079 unusable because of shared library problems
Package: telnetd-ssl (non-US)
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
43196 SSL telnet sessions pause unexpectedly
Package: termcap-compat (main)
Maintainer: Christian Hudon <chrish@debian.org>
48747 termcap-compat: doesn't build from source
Package: tin (non-free)
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
46570 tin: rtin crashes
48196 tin: tin claims .uk is an invalid top-level-domain
49012 tin: tin: Error: Bad address in From: header.
Package: tix41 (main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
47825 tix41: Doesn't work with Tcl/Tk 8.2
Package: tkfont (main)
Maintainer: Adrian Bridgett <bridgett@debian.org>
45971 tkfont: uses files in /tmp insecurely
[FIX] Fixed in 1.1-6 in Incoming
Package: tkseti (contrib)
Maintainer: Gopal Narayanan <gopal@debian.org>
48676 app hangs and brings down or logs out xdm when destroyed
49124 setiathome obeys envar HTTP_PROXY but fails; won't connect without proxy either
Package: tkstep4.2 (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.
Package: transcriber (main)
Maintainer: David A. van Leeuwen <david@tm.tno.nl>
47810 transcriber: doesn't build on alpha
Package: typist (main)
Maintainer: Ben Armstrong <synrg@sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca>
49167 typist_2.2b-1(unstable): writes to /usr/bin during build
Package: ultra (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
Package: user-ja (main)
Maintainer: Tomohiro KUBOTA <kubota@debian.or.jp>
48556 user-ja: lack of support for SKK
Package: util-linux (main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
37657 util-linux: hwclock --systohc dangerous
41263 hwclock --adjust doesn't work (temporary fix included)
42556 util-linux: hwclock: Continually messes up my clock
Package: vrwave (non-free)
Maintainer: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a <jfs@computer.org>
49095 vrwave: It doesn't even start. Java gives fatal error and exits!
Package: vrweb (main)
Maintainer: Paul Harris <harri-pc@ee.uwa.edu.au>
[REMOVE] Can be removed
47808 vrweb: Doesn't build on Alpha
Package: w3-el-e20 (main)
Maintainer: Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu>
48401 w3-el-e20: w3-el-e20 does not include the default.css which causes the package to abort
48873 w3-el-e20 depends on emacs20 (<= 20.3-100)
Package: watchdog (main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Maintainer will have this fixed by Oct. 30.
46082 watchdog: watchdog - unexpected shutdowns
Package: wdg-html-reference (non-free)
Maintainer: Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar@debian.org>
46517 wdg-html-reference: Many links should be internalised.
Package: wmaker (main)
Maintainer: Chris McKillop <cdm@debian.org>
41434 Window Maker 0.60.0 "assertion failed"
[HELP] Any help is welcome, preferably patches.
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.
45936 wmaker assertion failed in RCreateImageFromXImage
Package: wmmail (main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
44569 wmmail: wmmail: defaults domain HC!@HC!@card/GNUstep/Defaults/WMMail corrupted
Package: wn (main)
Maintainer: Jean Pierre LeJacq <jplejacq@quoininc.com>
42143 wn: cron.daily/wn recurses infinitely and gives a segment violation
[STRATEGY] Maintainer promised to fix this.
Package: xbase-clients (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
48199 xauth can't handle IP changes
Package: xemacs20-support (main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
47476 new gnus tries to read .newrc-new.eld
Package: xfmail (non-free)
Maintainer: Sean E. Perry <shaleh@debian.org>
[REMOVE] Compiles, but just doesn't work with current xforms.
Maintainer doesn't want to fix it, as it is non-free.
48313 xfmail: Crash after editing a mail (libforms problem?)
Package: xfmix (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.
Package: xinvaders (non-free)
Maintainer: Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org>
49018 xinvaders: Error during installation: No such file or directory
49020 xinvaders: xinvaders dies with a Segmentation fault
Package: xkbsel (main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
47750 xkbsel: xkbseldb -R dumps core during installation
Package: xmbdfed (main)
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
48635 xmbdfed: crashes working with open menu
Package: xmcpustate (main)
Maintainer: Thimo Neubauer <thimo@debian.org>
48995 xmcpustate_3-5(unstable): build problem: -m486
Package: xmysql (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
[STRATEGY] Maintainer is talking to upstream authors about the
license addition.
Package: xserver-fbdev (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
43574 xscreensaver, xscreensaver-gl don't appear to work (but do)
Package: xserver-svga (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
44990 xserver-svga: fonts corrupted with ViRGE/DX card
44995 xserver-svga: XF86_SVGA Hungs in Apm_Sync()
45744 xserver-svga: Crashes console system with trio3d
47741 xserver-svga: gmc root icons in wmaker crash the X server
Package: xserver-xsun (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
45654 Xsun crashing
Package: xt (main)
Maintainer: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@debian.org>
49164 segmentation fault
49190 segmentation fault
Package: xv (non-free)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
48945 xv: xv is not correctly identified as "non-free"
Package: xwave (main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
48569 xwave: broken event handling
Package: xxgdb (main)
Maintainer: Helmut Geyer <Helmut.Geyer@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de>
47452 xxgdb: does not work (Cannot perform malloc)
Package: yagirc (main)
Maintainer: Ole J. Tetlie <olet@debian.org>
48093 yagirc depends on non-existed library libjpegg6a
Package: zsh (main)
Maintainer: Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>
48483 zsh: TRAPEXIT causes seg fault
[FIX] Fixed in version 2.99.51.52pre3-1
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