Release-critical Bugreport for January 14, 2000
Bug stamp-out list for Jan 14 03:06 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 267
Number that will disappear after removing packages marked [REMOVE]: 68
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Package: alsaplayer (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org>
55055 MOD library missing
Package: altgcc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Galen Hazelwood <galenh@micron.net>
53401 altgcc does not build anymore from source.
Package: aolserver (debian/main)
Maintainer: Brent A. Fulgham <bfulgham@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
53880 aolserver: fails to build
Package: apt (debian/main)
Maintainer: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>
54756 apt: segmentation fault while accessing package lists
Package: aptitude (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
54971 aptitude_0.0.4a-1(unstable): error in build dependencies
Package: autofs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Justin Maurer <justin@debian.org>
52132 autofs: Race condition when expiring autofs submounts leaves daemon crippled
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
55030 autofs: mangles _ in maps
55066 autofs: mangles _ in maps
Package: base-config (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
54972 base-config_0.04(unstable): Errors in debian/rules targets
Package: bash (debian/main)
Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
54876 bash: [hurd] preinst.c doesn't compile
Package: bigloo (debian/main)
Maintainer: Craig Brozefsky <craig@red-bean.com>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
[HELP] Maintainer would not mind an NMU to fix these bugs.
46586 depends on libgc4-dev, which is not installable
51583 bigloo: build failure on sparc
Package: boa (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jonathon D Nelson <jnelson@boa.org>
54057 [PATCH] Boa computes SCRIPT_ARGS incorrectly
Package: boot-floppies (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
53671 configured keyboard layout is not stored on the target system
53807 lilo can not parse compact
Package: buici-clock (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marc Singer <elf@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
53362 buici-clock: recompile for libstdc++2.10
Package: calc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
50142 emacs20: wont install correctly.....
[HELP] Maintainer cannot reproduce it.
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Package: cbb (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
53846 cbb: y2k date problem.
[STRATEGY] (Jan 7) Philip will upload a new cbb this weekend.
Package: cdrecord (debian/main)
Maintainer: Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org>
55046 cdrecord is trying to use a /dev/pg* device for drive access, which doesn't exist
Package: cecilia (debian/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"'
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: clanlib0-common (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vaidhyanathan G Mayilrangam <vaidhy@debian.org>
53169 clanbomber: crashes on the loading pic; previous versions did not
Package: clisp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Kevin Dalley <kevind@rahul.net>
46059 package fails to build on sparc
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: cln (debian/main)
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
51524 new upstream version available for a long time
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
51564 current old version causes loop on well-defined input
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
53528 cln: does not generate cl_intparam.h, intparam.c does not compile
Package: communicator (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2)
45873 communicator: Bus error when getting mail
52541 Communicator won't collect pop mail
52554 Communicator won't download newsgroups
Package: communicator-dmotif-408 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <adam.heath@usa.net>
[STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2)
48163 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
Package: communicator-smotif-461 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2)
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 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2)
47658 communicator-smotif-47: we need libc6 version
50068 communicator-smotif-47: 8-bit characters cannot be entered when using Xkb.
Package: console-data (debian/main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
52200 Bug in console-data : cannot find a keymap
55031 console-data: does not contain important (for Russian) translation tables
Package: curves (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marc Singer <elf@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
53367 curves: uses old stdc++ library
Package: ddd-smotif (debian/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
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: debconf (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
55020 debconf: debconf should depend on perl-5.005
Package: dhcpcd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Dennis Kelly <dpk@debian.org>
53501 /etc/init.d/dhcpcd will not create pidfile correctly
Package: dhis (debian/main)
Maintainer: Remi Lefebvre <remi@debian.org>
54677 dhis: dhis cannot be used -- no providers
Package: diald (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
52981 diald: Does not bring link up second time.
Package: dwww (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
49664 dwww unable to access docs in /usr/share/doc
[STRATEGY] (Dec 12) Maintainer expects to have fixes uploaded
"in the next week or so".
51206 dwww: update-menus doesn't work correctly with dwww
[STRATEGY] (Dec 12) Maintainer expects to have fixes uploaded
"in the next week or so"
53355 dwww doesn't render any manpages (dwww-convert returns an error)
54220 dwww reports incorrect content-type to http server for man pages
Package: elvis-tiny (debian/main)
Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
54607 elvis-tiny_1.4-7.1(unstable): doesn't remove debian/files
Package: emacs20 (debian/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.
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
43249 Y2K problem in timezone.el
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
51112 emacs20: emacs20 cannot compile on powerpc
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: explorer (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Paul J Thompson <thomppj@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
29053 package explorer depends on obsolete library libstdc++2.8
29686 explorer: the HELP->HelpTopic menu generate a segmentation fault
Package: festival (debian/main)
Maintainer: David Huggins-Daines <dhd@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
51614 festival_1.4.0-3(unstable): no config for m68k
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: fetchmail (debian/main)
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
43139 fetchmail flushed after failed delivery
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
48159 I had to downgrade to fetchmail_4.6.4-1.1 because I couldn't get my mail from the server! Fetchmail was able to query the IP of the server, but told me something about "file not found". After downgrading fetchmail it worked without problems. I haven't touched any fetchmail relevant scripts!
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
50990 fetchmail: mail was fetched and deleted from server but never sent to local MTA
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: filerunner (debian/main)
Maintainer: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
54274 filerunner: FileRunner 2.5 is not Y2K compliant
Package: flwm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Tommi Virtanen <tv@debian.org>
54934 Depends on libgl, but libgl is not available
Package: fortune-mod (debian/main)
Maintainer: Brian Bassett <brianb@debian.org>
54619 Wrong behaviour, epigrams not found
Package: ftp.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>
54881 Remove *msql*
54937 gnu-pop3d needs to not be included in release
Package: ftpd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
54223 ftpd: ftp causes repeated Oopses on 2.2.14 potato system
Package: g++ (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
48530 g++ [alpha]: internal compiler error building open-amulet
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: gaby (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
53834 gaby: 1.9.6 is _really_old, NMU proposed
Package: gbatnav (debian/main)
Maintainer: Radovan Garabik <garabik@melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk>
55009 Error parsing in `read'
Package: gcc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
48338 [known problem with gcc-2.95.x on alpha] lapack (complex) does not build
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: gdm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ryan Murray <rmurray@cyberhqz.com>
53988 gdm should not force a vt.
Package: gemdropx (debian/main)
Maintainer: Christian T. Steigies <cts@debian.org>
54637 opening joystick: No such file or directory
Package: gfontview (debian/main)
Maintainer: Steve Haslam <araqnid@debian.org>
54856 unmet dependency: Depends: t1lib0(>=0.9.1-0) but 0.7.1-5 is to be installed.
Package: gglyph (debian/main)
Maintainer: David Huggins-Daines <dhd@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
54072 gglyph: recompile for t1lib1
Package: ghc4 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Aaron Van Couwenberghe <aaronv@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
52794 ghc4_4.04.19990916-3(unstable): configure doesn't know m68k
Package: giram (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jerome Marant <jerome_marant@hotmail.com>
54560 giram coredumps on color change
Package: giram-gnome (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jerome Marant <jerome_marant@hotmail.com>
54430 problems when removing
Package: giram-gnome-mesa (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jerome Marant <jerome_marant@hotmail.com>
54561 cannot remove giram-gnome-mesa
Package: gnatsweb (debian/main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
54658 dependency problem: needs cgi.pm version 2.56 from libcgi-pm-perl
Package: gnomba (debian/main)
Maintainer: Timshel Knoll <timshel@pobox.com>
50399 XFree eat all the memory when i launch gnomba
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: gnome-gturing (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
54216 gnome-gturing: segfault at startup
Package: gnotepad+ (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
53976 gnotepad+: Toolbar buttons may cause SIGABRT.
Package: gnu-pop3d (debian/main)
Maintainer: Sean E. Perry <shaleh@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
54211 gnu-po3d sudden failure
Package: gnu-smalltalk (debian/main)
Maintainer: Alexander Shinn <foof@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
45180 gnu-smalltalk: entry blox in window manager menu does not work
51854 hardcoded dependance on tcl8.0 in blox/Makefile.body
Package: gpasman (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Jules Bean <jules@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
43061 gpasman segfaults when opening database
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
51270 gpasman: scrambles database when a bad password used
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: gpm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Zephaniah E. Hull <warp@whitestar.soark.net>
51322 gpm upgrade from slink to potato breaks X's mouse
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: gsnes9x (debian/main)
Maintainer: Robert Edmonds <stu@novare.net>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
53128 This isn't built correcty
Package: gtkbrowser (debian/main)
Maintainer: Robert S. Edmonds <stu@novare.net>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
53045 gtkbrowser: package severely broken/incomplete
Package: guile1.3 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Craig Brozefsky <craig@red-bean.com>
51363 gnucash: ERROR: Unbound variable: gnc:*config-dir*
[STRATEGY] Craig Brozefsky is working with the gnucash maintainer
to get this fixed.
Package: happy (debian/main)
Maintainer: Aaron Van Couwenberghe <aaronv@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
52793 happy_1.6-8(unstable): configure doesn't like non-i386
Package: http-analyze (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Hanno Wagner <wagner@linux.de>
54029 Y2K bug in http-analyze
Package: hylafax-server (debian/main)
Maintainer: Christophe Le Bars <clebars@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
50523 hylafax-server: faxq now doesn't complain, but doesn't work, either
Package: iceconf (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jules Bean <jules@debian.org>
[REMOVE] Superseded by icepref?
39251 iceconf: iceconf uses old workspace commands
[HELP] Could be fixed now...?
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Package: imagemagick (debian/main)
Maintainer: Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>
54872 display linked with libbz2.so.0.1, and won't start. Should be linked with libbz.so.0 only
Package: imp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ivan E. Moore II <rkrusty@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
52241 imp: Error message when saving drafts...
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: infview (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ivan Baldo <lubaldo@adinet.com.uy>
54656 infview: wrong changelog
Package: inn (debian/main)
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
54609 inn_1.7.2-11.1(unstable): doesn't remove debian/files
54759 Overwritten inn.conf and newsfeeds
Package: iraf (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Zed Pobre <zed@debian.org>
54896 Y2K compliance problem (String_File errors)
Package: isapnptools (debian/main)
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
54898 isapnp probes serial ports before setup by setserial which causes modem problems
Package: jdk1.1 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package must be removed if its license is not fixed.
51490 jdk1.1 requires a dependancy on xbase-clients
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: jwhois (debian/main)
Maintainer: Per Lundberg <plundis@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
51644 jwhois_2.2-1(unstable): build error (gai_strerror)
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: kbd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
53213 kbd: fails to configure on sparc
Package: kdrill (debian/main)
Maintainer: Fabien Ninoles <fab@tzone.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
53588 kdrill: fails to build on sparc
Package: kerberos4kth (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
40025 kerberos4kth: won't compile on glibc2.1
[STRATEGY] Maintainer is preparing a new release.
Package: kernel-package (debian/main)
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
54510 kernel-package: Symlinks in / are not updated when new kernel image is installed
Package: kernel-source-2.2.13 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
55071 kernel-source-2.2.13: Still requires bzip2 but doesn't depend on it
Package: libapache-mod-perl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
47273 Debian/Sparc libapache-mod-perl Package Problems...
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: libapache-mod-python (debian/main)
Maintainer: Gregor Hoffleit <flight@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
[HELP] Gregor is looking for a new maintainer. Assistance in fixing
these bugs,or an NMU to fix them, would also be appreciated.
48804 mod-python crashes apache
50418 libapache-mod-python explodes now and then
Package: libc6 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
21810 libc6: rexec call dumps core with user="string" and password=NULL
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
36584 nss' compat does not work with shadow nis
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
50167 libc6: Include ldd nad ldd man page, which are part of ldso.
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
50913 sysvinit should have /etc/init.d/devpts.sh [PATCH]
53448 db2 symbol conflict
53842 devpts.sh missing in latest release
Package: libc6-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
50083 libc6-dev: broken headers for sparc
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: libc6.1 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
47584 libc6.1: localtime() hangs on alpha
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
48455 libc6.1: libc6 fails to install and leaves installation broken
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: libcgi-perl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
49189 cannot purge libcgi-perl
[STRATEGY] New version will do away with the root cause of this bug.
Package: libdb2.6-util (debian/main)
Maintainer: Fabrizio Polacco <fpolacco@debian.org>
50647 libdb2.6-util: trying to overwrite db_archive from libc6
[INFO] This seems to be the result of an upstream conflict.
Package: libg++272 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
47212 [m68k] libg++272_2.7.2.8-1 build failure
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: libgtkmm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marcus Brinkmann <brinkmd@debian.org>
51313 /usr/bin/gensig is also in gensig
[STRATEGY] This should be fixed in the gensig package.
Package: libguile6 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Craig Brozefsky <craig@red-bean.com>
52415 /usr/lib/libguile.so.6.0.0 is mode 777
[STRATEGY] (Dec 12) Maintainer is working on a fix and expects
to have one in a day or so.
Package: libguile6-slib (debian/main)
Maintainer: Craig Brozefsky <craig@red-bean.com>
52465 libguile6-slib: Error during setup "ERROR: Could not find slib/require.scm in ("/usr/share/guile/site" "/usr/share/guile/1.3.4" "/usr/share/guile" ".")
[STRATEGY] (Dec 12) Maintainer is working on a fix and expects to
have one in a day or so.
Package: libncurses5 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian ncurses Team <ncurses-maint@debian.org>
54140 libncurses5: breaks lincurses4-dev, but no conflicts line
Package: liborbit-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Chris Waters <xtifr@debian.org>
54534 Error upgrading from slink to potato
Package: libpam-modules (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
53049 vlock spins
Package: libqt2 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
53543 libqt2: configure scripts report: "/usr/lib/libqt.so: no symbols"
Package: libwww-perl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@debian.org>
54202 libwww-perl slink version probably not Y2K compliant.
Package: lilo (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
53517 lilo: installed lilo bootsector during an upgrade when i didn't want it to
Package: locales (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
53659 locales: Russian locale does not seem to be correct
Package: logcheck (debian/main)
Maintainer: Rene Mayrhofer <rmayr@vianova.at>
50994 logcheck: "["s in /etc/logcheck/logcheck.violations.ignore kill logcheck.
Package: login.app (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
52612 login.app: should use xauth not xhost
Package: lpr (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Klein <aklein@debian.org>
48642 lpr; lpr does not print on a remote printer
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
[HELP] Should be fixed by now, someone should doublecheck
54680 lpr security fix
Package: lvm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Tom Lees <tom@debian.org>
54789 vgcreate segfault
Package: lynx (debian/main)
Maintainer: Christian Hudon <chrish@debian.org>
55047 lynx fails install
Package: majordomo (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Remco van de Meent <remco@debian.org>
53850 majordomo-1.94.4-16: /etc/majordomo.cf destroyed after upgrade
53955 Another majordomo security bug
Package: mc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Bramer & Martin Bialasinski <mc-debian@internet-treff.uni-koeln.de>
54787 mc: MC gets floating point exception on startup.
Package: mesag3+ggi (debian/main)
Maintainer: Aaron Van Couwenberghe <vanco@sonic.net>
49218 Stale source -- Needs update
Package: midentd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
49574 pidentd: dependencies not in sync with midentd
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: mime-support (debian/main)
Maintainer: Brian White <bcwhite@pobox.com>
54893 mime-support: The postinst script nukes /etc/mimes.types ?
Package: modconf (debian/main)
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <ezanard@debian.org>
51015 package is absurdly out of date for 2.2
[HELP] This is hard to fix. modconf gets its information from the
Kernel-Modules HOWTO, which is no longer maintained. Does anyone
know a list of parameters and descriptions of the new modules?
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Package: modutils (debian/main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
53660 modutils 2.3.9-1 assumes update-modules can run
54967 depmod doesn't care about unknown kernels anymore
Package: moonlight (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
53624 moonlight_0.5.3-3.1(unstable): build dependency problems
Package: navigator-smotif-461 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2)
43976 netscape 4.6 says 'bus error'
44094 Dynamically linked plugins don't load
Package: navigator-smotif-47 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2)
50887 navigator-smotif-47: Navigator dies (bus error)
51534 navigator-smotif-47: Distributed binary is different from the original
Package: netbase (debian/main)
Maintainer: Anthony Towns <ajt@debian.org>
54487 netbase implicitly depends on debconf
55011 netbase: net-tools needs to be updated for newer dev (2.3.x) kernels
Package: newscache (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
52583 newscache: Newscache corrupts its own database
Package: nfs-server (debian/main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
54924 Rename nfs-server -> nfs-user-server; Provide nfs-server
Package: nis (debian/main)
Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
54793 domainname executable not in package
Package: nntp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org>
54273 nntp NEWGROUPS is not Y2K compliant
Package: ntpdate (debian/main)
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
53805 ntpdate _BREAKS_ with Y2K
Package: nvi-m17n (debian/main)
Maintainer: Susumu OSAWA <susumu-o@debian.or.jp>
54800 nvi-m17n: nvi-m17n has insecure error as nvi
Package: nvi-m17n-canna (debian/main)
Maintainer: Susumu OSAWA <susumu-o@debian.or.jp>
54801 nvi-m17n-canna: nvi-m17n-canna has insecure error as nvi
Package: openc++ (debian/main)
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
53453 package depends on glibc-2.0 based libstdc++
Package: pan (debian/main)
Maintainer: Erick Kinnee <cerb@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
54209 pan: startup error
Package: pentium-builder (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
54992 pentium-builder: Typo in builder-c++ makes g++ useless
Package: perl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
54802 [Y2K] Pod2man date format is DD/MM/100
Package: perl-5.004 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
53895 doc-base: install-docs depends on perl-5.004
Package: perl-5.005 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
54798 console-data: Wrong dependancy
Package: perl-5.005-base (debian/main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
54922 FWD: Re: Problem about debconf on potato
Package: perl-base (debian/main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
53794 perl policy is flawed -- 5.004 and 5.005 simultaneous
Package: perlmagick (debian/main)
Maintainer: Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>
54192 perlmagick: Not work (Segmentation fault!!)
Package: phpmyadmin (debian/main)
Maintainer: Piotr Roszatycki <dexter@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
53751 Creating tables doesn't work
Package: plotutils (debian/main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
52723 No shlibs
Package: postgresql (debian/main)
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
54977 postgresql: /dt doesn't work
Package: powertweak (debian/main)
Maintainer: Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <thaths@netscape.com>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
54101 powertweak: 80867190_HOST_FAST_DATA_READY bad
54348 powertweak: MAkes the kernel freeze while upgrading with apt-get. Tried twice.
Package: ppp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
43885 ppp: Dial-out now fails
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: qftp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Robert S. Edmonds <edmonds@freewwweb.com>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
53449 package depends on glibc-2.0 based libstdc++
Package: quake-server (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org>
54152 included qwprogs.dat is bad
Package: quota (debian/main)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
[HELP] Mail to maintainer bounced.
41753 quota: repquota and quotacheck segfault
47222 quota: edquota - confusing
47718 edquota will not allow soft or hard limits above 4194303 blocks
Package: r-pdl (debian/main)
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
53828 r-pdl both conflicts and depends on pdl
Package: revtex (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Michael A. Miller <mmiller@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
48691 revtex: /usr/share/texmf/doc in revtex conflicts with tetex-base_1.0-5_all
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: rrdtool (debian/main)
Maintainer: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@csh.rit.edu>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
50728 rrdtool: needs to run "perl Makefile.PL" in perl-shared and perl-pipe
[STRATEGY] Fix available, sponsor has to do an upload.
Package: rscheme (debian/main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
53734 rscheme: build fails if there is no info about the packages
Package: rsync (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
51705 Rsync segfaults
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: samba (debian/main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
52698 samba gets internal errors
Package: sawmill (debian/main)
Maintainer: Mikolaj J. Habryn <dichro-debian@rcpt.to>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
49654 missing sawmill sawmill-client sawmill-ui binary files (PowerPC only?)
[STRATEGY] This can be fixed by listing build dependencies explicitly,
and refusing to build empty packages when they are not met.
Package: sciplot (debian/main)
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
49490 sciplot: can't build from source
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: sdr (debian/main)
Maintainer: Chu-yeon Park <kokids@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
43755 sdr wont compile, still requires files not present on a Debian system
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
50089 sdr: does not compile from source
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: sendmail (debian/main)
Maintainer: Rick <Nelson>
54976 check_rcpt & MX records
Package: sgml-base (debian/main)
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
28704 sgml-base: sgml entity handling should conform to Cees de Groot's proposed std
Package: siteaccess-zope (debian/main)
Maintainer: Mike Goldman <whig@by.net>
54676 siteaccess-zope: Should depend on "zope" not "Zope" (was: Package is not installable)
Package: slocate (debian/main)
Maintainer: R Garth Wood <rgwood@itactics.com>
53905 slocate: locate: warning: database /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db' is more than 8 days old
Package: smail (debian/main)
Maintainer: Soenke Lange <soenke@escher.north.de>
48614 smail: postinst leaves MTA broken if xinetd is in use
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: snort (debian/main)
Maintainer: Christian Hammers <ch@debian.org>
54553 snort: /etc/cron.daily/snort defunct's
Package: squid (debian/main)
Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
54568 setting dns_children to 0 prevents squid from starting
Package: ssh (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
49902 ssh and pam conspire to deny logins
[STRATEGY] Need more information from the bug submitter
50607 openssh looks in /usr/lib/ssh for ssh-askpass, but not /usr/bin
51306 Problems with clients connecting to the OpenSSH daemon; I get several esoteric replies.
[STRATEGY] Need more information from the bug submitter
51393 Connecting to known hosts fails
51747 ssh: can't handle expired passwords
52317 ssh: mistakenly tries to hang on to ttys
53697 ssh: scp broken on alpha and sparc
54243 ssh: ssh shouldn't conflict with ssh2
54823 openssh: config file parse error
54894 ssh: Segmentation fault in auth_password
Package: ssh-askpass (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
50967 ssh-askpass: Incorrectly hard-coded path to ssh-askpass
Package: ssh-nonfree (non-US/non-free)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
48439 root cannot scp
54758 Postinst prevents sshd startup
Package: ssh2 (non-US/non-free)
Maintainer: Edward Brocklesby <ejb@debian.org>
51767 ssh2: installation script runs through one question
Package: strace (debian/main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
51648 strace_4.1-1(unstable): Wrong condition for IPv6
[STRATEGY] Maintainer has fix ready in CVS; expect release sometime
in the week of December 13.
Package: sxid (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
48193 crashes when it is running from root
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: task-objc-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
54571 task-objc-dev: recommends unknown package poc
Package: tela (debian/main)
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
48079 unusable because of shared library problems
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: telnet-ssl (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
52622 telnet-ssl: cant upgrade ok: doesnt remove diversion
54557 should conflict/provide telnet or provide alternative telnet
Package: telnetd-ssl (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
52624 telnetd-ssl: cant upgrade ok: doesnt remove diversion
Package: tetex-base (debian/main)
Maintainer: teTeX maintainers <tetex-maint@verwaltung.uni-mainz.de>
54122 tetex-base: incorrect users
Package: tix41 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
47825 tix41: Doesn't work with Tcl/Tk 8.2
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: tkrat (debian/main)
Maintainer: Mark Baker <mbaker@iee.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
51900 tkrat: Hangs while quiting
[HELP] Mark no longer uses tkrat himself, he'd appreciate someone
tracking down the bug. Reproducing it would help, too.
[INFO] "The thing he mentions about the lock is expected, because he's killing
it before it has removed the lock. The lock mechanism ought to have
timeout so this isn't too much of a problem if clients only
occasionally die, but it is a problem if he has to do it every time."
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Package: tkstep4.2 (debian/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.
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: toshutils (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
54954 toshutils: toshutils compiled for kernel 2.2.13 only
Package: ultra (debian/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
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: util-linux (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
42556 util-linux: hwclock: Continually messes up my clock
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
51936 util-linux: cfdisk can't handle a new disk
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
51937 util-linux: fdisk creates invalid partitions
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
54252 cfdisk fails to detect DAC960 partitions
54978 ordinary user can change keyboard repeat vor all users
Package: uudeview (debian/main)
Maintainer: Steven J. Phillips <sjp@siliconlogic.com>
54970 Tcl stack trace in xdeview
Package: vivid (debian/main)
Maintainer: Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org>
[REMOVE] Software is not yet functional
52992 vivid doesn't actually function
Package: wmaker (debian/main)
Maintainer: Chris McKillop <cdm@debian.org>
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.
</FONT> 52556 WindowMaker doesn't let emacs see ALT key when using windows
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: wmmail (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
44569 wmmail: wmmail: defaults domain HC!@HC!@card/GNUstep/Defaults/WMMail corrupted
Package: wn (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jean Pierre LeJacq <jplejacq@quoininc.com>
[STRATEGY] Maintainer promised an upload on December 19
42143 wn: cron.daily/wn recurses infinitely and gives a segment violation
[STRATEGY] New version fixes this; upload is on the way.
50086 wn: does not build from source
[STRATEGY] New version fixes this; upload is on the way.
Package: wterm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Mark Triggs <mrbump@debian.org>
54825 wterm: wterm is NOT 8-bit clean
Package: x10 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Mark W. Eichin <eichin@thok.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
53456 package depends on glibc-2.0 based libstdc++
54520 messed up postinst
Package: xaw3d (debian/main)
Maintainer: joost witteveen <joostje@debian.org>
53515 xaw3d: control file does not match build for libc5 compat packages
Package: xbase-clients (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
54745 abiword: abiword does not find fonts
Package: xemacs21 (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
49162 gnus: Refuses to start up
[STRATEGY] Maintainer: "Know what the problem is. Working on it."
53879 xemacs21: fails to build
Package: xemacs21-mule (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
54069 ada-mode: cannot upgrade xemacs21
Package: xevil (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Ben C. Hendrickson <bhendrickson@usa.net>
50409 xevil: gratuitous removal from debian
[STRATEGY] Newest license will be GPL again. New package expected
before the freeze.
Package: xfmix (debian/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.
[HELP] He found one person who might be the author, but has received
no response.
Package: xfs-xtt (debian/main)
Maintainer: ISHIKAWA Mutsumi <ishikawa@linux.or.jp>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
54415 xfs-xtt uses /etc/X11/xfs/xfs.options for restart in postinst, but will stop regardless of content of file.
Package: xirc (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Igor Grobman <igor@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
29029 package xirc depends on obsolete library libstdc++2.8
48937 xirc broken in potato -- depends on qt1g, not libqt1g
Package: xjig (debian/main)
Maintainer: Dave Holland <dave@zenda.demon.co.uk>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
53218 xjig: xjig depends on libstdc++2.9
Package: xmysql (debian/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
[WAITING] Upstream author agreed to change the license, but is slow in
doing so.
Package: xscavenger (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
54435 Strips non-binary, cannot build from source.
Package: xserver-common (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
50209 XF86Config moved and config is broken
[HELP] Branden: "This appears to be a bug in XF86Setup. I think it is
unlinking its target (/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config, which for us
is a symlink to /etc/X11/XF86Config) before writing to it. I need
a Tcl person to help analyze the code."
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Package: xserver-fbdev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
43574 xscreensaver, xscreensaver-gl don't appear to work (but do)
[HELP] Anyone brave enough to help hack on it is welcome to.
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Package: xserver-svga (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
44995 xserver-svga: XF86_SVGA Hungs in Apm_Sync()
[STRATEGY] This may be fixed in 3.3.6.
[HELP] Please try the 3.3.6 pre-release packages (http://www.debian.org/~branden/)
47741 xserver-svga: gmc root icons in wmaker crash the X server
[HELP] An strace of this would be helpful.
</FONT> 50624 xserver-svga: Hangs when switching to graphic mode
[HELP] Branden: "I need the output from the X server on this bug."
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Package: xwave (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
48569 xwave: broken event handling
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: zope (debian/main)
Maintainer: Gregor Hoffleit <flight@debian.org>
54628 apt-get confused by 'Z'
54941 zope installation problem
Package: zsh (debian/main)
Maintainer: Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>
52542 zsh: Job control broken since pws9 on Alpha
[HELP] Allegedly this only occurs in autobuilt packages, and manually-rebuilt
packages work fine. Thus I need help tracking this down.
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