Release-critical Bugreport for January 21, 2000
Bug stamp-out list for Jan 21 03:06 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 311
Number that will disappear after removing packages marked [REMOVE]: 64
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Package: alsa-base (debian/main)
Maintainer: Masato Taruishi <taru@debian.org>
55676 makedev problem in postinst
Package: alsaplayer (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
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
55228 aolserver: Can't compile from source (alpha)
Package: apt (debian/main)
Maintainer: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>
55755 dselect zaps apt sources.list
Package: aptitude (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
54971 aptitude_0.0.4a-1(unstable): error in build dependencies
Package: autoconf (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu>
55722 autoconf: /usr/bin/autoconf: nawk: command not found
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
Package: ax25-tools (debian/main)
Maintainer: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
55552 ax25-tools_0.0.5-1(frozen): uses unportable ioperm
Package: base-config (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
55216 base-config: still refuses to install with non-descript error message
55718 base-config: db_clear, two errors
55818 base-config needs to be integrated with boot-floppies
Package: bbdb (debian/main)
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
55432 bbdb: doesn't configure properly with xemacs21
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: blender (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Daniel Mester <mester@uni-bremen.de>
55815 blender: Opens a window and immediately exits
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
54643 ncurses-base needed by boot-floppies
Package: bzflag (debian/main)
Maintainer: Anand Kumria <wildfire@progsoc.uts.edu.au>
55232 bzflag: Can't build from source
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>
55677 makedev problem in postinst
Package: clanlib0-common (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vaidhyanathan G Mayilrangam <vaidhy@debian.org>
53169 clanbomber: crashes on the loading pic; previous versions did not
Package: cmucl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Peter Van Eynde <pvaneynd@debian.org>
55093 cmucl: CMU CL turns on memory overcommitting without asking the user!
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-apt (debian/main)
Maintainer: Patrick Cole <z@amused.net>
[REMOVE] Still beta-software, can be removed if not fixed
55399 console-apt: Exiting on signal 11
Package: console-data (debian/main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
54798 console-data: Wrong dependancy
55031 console-data: does not contain important (for Russian) translation tables
55782 console-data: Default azerty keymap makes it impossible for non-azerty users to login
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: cvs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Tom Lees <tom@debian.org>
55472 cvs: cvs commit with wrong branch revision causes problems
Package: debconf (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
47659 debconf: open3: open(GLOB(0x80cbe30), <&main::STDOUT) failed
Package: dhcpcd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Dennis Kelly <dpk@debian.org>
53501 /etc/init.d/dhcpcd will not create pidfile correctly
Package: diald (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
52981 diald: Does not bring link up second time.
Package: dialog (debian/main)
Maintainer: Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>
55553 dialog_0.9a-20000101-1(unstable): build error: needs -lm for linking
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: dx (debian/main)
Maintainer: Konstantinos Margaritis <markos@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
55234 dx: can't build from source
55620 dx_4.0.10-1(frozen): build fails due to -lMesaGL
Package: emacs19 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Mark W. Eichin <eichin@thok.org>
55090 emacs19_19.34-21.1(stable): build error: debian/y2k doesn't exist
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: exim (debian/main)
Maintainer: Mark Baker <mbaker@iee.org>
55473 Exim barfs with some procmail-related error for users with no .procmailrc
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: 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: findutils (debian/main)
Maintainer: Kevin Dalley <kevind@rahul.net>
55417 Problem with updatedb: frcode not found
55551 findutils_4.1-34.1(frozen): build error (by automake, AUTHORS missing)
Package: frad (debian/main)
Maintainer: Tony Mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
55241 frad: can't build from source
Package: ftape-util (debian/main)
Maintainer: Christian Meder <meder@isr.uni-stuttgart.de>
55678 makedev problem in postinst
Package: ftp.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>
55550 mutt_1.0.0-3.1(stable): cannot be built on a slink system
55612 ftp.debian.org: [frozen] Please INSTALL libwnn6 package instead of wnn6-dev
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.
55291 g++ causes internal compiler error compiling hatman
Package: gaby (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
55243 gaby: can't build from source
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.
55263 gcc: can't compile ncurses4.2
55789 gcc: Random signal 11 and signal 4 compiling the kernel (works file with gcc 2.7.2)
55790 gcc: Random signal 11 and signal 4 compiling the kernel (works file with gcc 2.7.2)
Package: gcl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Steve Dunham <dunham@cps.msu.edu>
55245 gcl: can't build from source
Package: gedit (debian/main)
Maintainer: Robert S. Edmonds <stu@novare.net>
55344 gedit: segmentation fault
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
55247 ghc4: can't compile from source
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: gmt (debian/main)
Maintainer: Torsten Landschoff <torsten@debian.org>
55645 GMT searches its datafiles at the wrong location
Package: gnu-pop3d (debian/main)
Maintainer:
[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: 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
55248 happy: can't build from source
Package: heimdal-servers (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Brian May <bam@debian.org>
55733 heimdal-servers: when upgrading telnet is disabled and not reenabled
Package: horde (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ivan E. Moore II <rkrusty@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
55118 horde: root_url and graphics_url aren't getting reset properly + dpkg-reconfigure anomalies...
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: hztty (debian/main)
Maintainer: Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>
55251 hztty: can't build from source
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: ilu-dev (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Torsten Landschoff <torsten@debian.org>
49296 [easy] manpage included in multiple packages, breaks install
Package: ilu-examples (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Torsten Landschoff <torsten@debian.org>
48636 [easy] documentation directories overlap
Package: imagemagick (debian/main)
Maintainer: Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>
55616 imagemagick cannot handle postscript formats
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.
55119 imp: IMP configuration hosed after upgrade...
55120 imp: Error trying to read message...
55774 imp: many missing files
Package: inewsinn (debian/main)
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
31145 inews botches password handling
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>
51490 jdk1.1 requires a dependancy on xbase-clients
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: joystick (debian/main)
Maintainer: Edward Betts <edward@debian.org>
55679 makedev problem in postinst
Package: jserv (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Stefan Gybas <sgybas@debian.org>
55783 jserv: javax/servlet/RequestDispatcher.class missing from servlet-2.0.jar
Package: kaffe (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ean R. Schuessler <ean@novare.net>
55618 kaffe: shell scripts starting kaffe components contain invalid paths
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
55071 kernel-source-2.2.13: Still requires bzip2 but doesn't depend on it
Package: kernel-source-2.2.14 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
55383 PLIP is broken in 2.2.14
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.
55539 libc6-dev: Either libc6-dev or libncurses5 used to have /usr/include/curses.h, but do not any more
Package: libc6.1 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
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: libglib1.2-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>
55246 the macro G_GNUC_EXTENSION generation doesn't exist on alpha's glibconfig.h
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.
55759 libguile6: /usr/lib/libguile.so.6.0.0 wtiteable after install
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
55619 libncurses5: mc segfaults on startup when TERM=xterm-color
55781 Dselect wants to uninstall libncurses4
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: libpcap0 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Torsten Landschoff <torsten@debian.org>
51108 [easy] libpcap ignores timeouts on linux
Package: libqt2 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
53543 libqt2: configure scripts report: "/usr/lib/libqt.so: no symbols"
Package: libwrap0-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Anthony Towns <ajt@debian.org>
55265 newscache: can't build from source
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: lilypond1.3 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>
55255 lilypond1.3: can't build from source
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
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: lynx-ssl (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
55784 lynx-ssl: Installation Problems
Package: maildrop (debian/main)
Maintainer: Steve Haslam <araqnid@debian.org>
55256 maildrop: can't build from source
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: makedev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
55754 wrong console link (cua instead of ttyS) with serial console
Package: mc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Bramer & Martin Bialasinski <mc-debian@internet-treff.uni-koeln.de>
55803 reopening bugs 52027,54787
Package: menu (debian/main)
Maintainer: joost witteveen <joostje@debian.org>
55257 menu: can't build from source
55603 menu: fails to include full generated menudefs file
Package: mesag-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: James A. Treacy <treacy@debian.org>
55589 mesag-dev: future timestamps
Package: mesag3 (debian/main)
Maintainer: James A. Treacy <treacy@debian.org>
55591 mesag3: future timestamps
Package: metamail (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian QA Group <debian-qa@lists.debian.org>
55260 metamail: can't build from source
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: mixer.app (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
55535 mixer.app_1.4.0-2(frozen): Typo in build dependencies
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?
</FONT>
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: mutt-ja (debian/main)
Maintainer: Kikutani Makoto <kikutani@debian.org>
55777 mutt-ja: mailbox is readonly
Package: mysql-client (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Christian Hammers <ch@debian.org>
55804 [PATCH] mysqladmin wrapper to read .my.cnf
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: ncpfs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
55262 ncpfs: can't build from source
Package: ndtpd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Susumu OSAWA <susumu-o@debian.or.jp>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
55264 ndtpd: can't build from source
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: newsx (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adrian Bridgett <bridgett@debian.org>
55266 newsx: can't build from source
Package: nfs-server (debian/main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
54924 Rename nfs-server -> nfs-user-server; Provide nfs-server
55693 nfs-server: no init script
Package: nntp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org>
54273 nntp NEWGROUPS is not Y2K compliant
Package: nowebm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Federico Di Gregorio <fog@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
55633 nowebm: scripts reference non-existant /home/fog...
Package: openc++ (debian/main)
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
55267 openc++: can't build from source
Package: openldapd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
55635 openldapd postinst seems to loop forever
Package: pdl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Raul Miller <moth@debian.org>
55268 pdl: can't compile from source
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>
55269 perl-5.005: Can't build from source!
55794 Wrong system call numbers on alpha (and probably other non-i386)
Package: perl-5.005-suid (debian/main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
55521 Suidperl isn't suid if suidmanager is missing
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: plugger (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
[STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2)
50643 plugger: new upstream 3.2 available [debian diff incl.]
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: pptp-linux (debian/main)
Maintainer: Roberto Lumbreras <rover@debian.org>
55583 Numerous serious bugs (with fixes).
Package: predict (debian/main)
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
55437 predict_2.0.0-2(unstable): build dependency on old libncurses4-dev
Package: premail (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Brent Fulgham <bfulgham@pacbell.net>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
[HELP] Mail to maintainer bounced.
55282 premail: premail does not work with perl-5.005
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-lib (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Joseph Carter <quake-maint@icarus2.soark.net>
55517 quake-lib: recommends squake or xquake; should be quake
Package: quake-server (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org>
54152 included qwprogs.dat is bad
Package: quik (debian/main)
Maintainer: Hartmut Koptein <koptein@debian.org>
55039 Quik segfaults and corrupts the boot blocks
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: raidtools (debian/main)
Maintainer: Pekka Aleksi Knuutila <pa@debian.org>
55681 makedev problem in postinst
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.
55270 rrdtool: can't build frmo source
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: rscheme-modules (debian/main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
55271 rscheme-modules: can't build from source
Package: rsync (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
51705 Rsync segfaults
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: sabre (debian/main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
55708 sabre_0.2.4b-3(unstable): link error with libSDL
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.
55273 sciplot: can't build from source
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: 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: 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: space-orbit (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
55450 space-orbit: typo in Build-Depends
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
55379 ssh: connect from OS/2 ssh client sets incorrect terminal mode
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: sudo (debian/main)
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
55716 sudo: can't handle the death of the DNS server
Package: swi-prolog (debian/main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
55441 swi-prolog_3.2.99beta9-1(unstable): build dependency on old libncurses4-dev
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: syslog-ng (debian/main)
Maintainer: SZALAY Attila <sasa@debian.org>
55275 syslog-ng: can't build from source
Package: tasksel (debian/main)
Maintainer: Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
55621 tasksel_1.0-5(frozen): build error: calls cvs commit
Package: tcputils (debian/main)
Maintainer: Björn Brenander <bjorn@debian.org>
55366 tcputils: [hurd] ioctl.h vs filio.h in relay.c
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>
54557 telnet-ssl should support update-alternatives
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."
</FONT> 55753 tkrat Y2K bug
Package: toshutils (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
54954 toshutils: toshutils compiled for kernel 2.2.13 only
Package: tpctl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adrian Bridgett <bridgett@debian.org>
55436 tpctl_0.8.1-1(unstable): Should be Arch: i386
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: w3m (debian/main)
Maintainer: Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.or.jp>
55655 w3m: password auth leaks passwords
Package: watchdog (debian/main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Needs someone good in debugging c.
55683 makedev problem in postinst
Package: wine (debian/main)
Maintainer: Andrew D. Lenharth <andrewl@debian.org>
55313 wine: libGL (mesag3) dependency not registered
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
55690 wmmail: sytax error in /var/lib/dpkg/info/wmmail.prerm
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: wordnet (debian/main)
Maintainer: Andreas Tille <tillea@rki.de>
55607 Wordnet description needs to be updated
Package: wterm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Mark Triggs <mrbump@debian.org>
54825 wterm: wterm is NOT 8-bit clean
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: 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: xfonts-scalable (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
55805 xfonts-scalable: installation error: ln: /usr/doc/xfonts-scalable: File exists
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: xmms (debian/main)
Maintainer: Josip Rodin <jrodin@jagor.srce.hr>
55478 XMMS OSS sound driver freezes
Package: xoids (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adrian Bridgett <bridgett@debian.org>
55279 xoids: can't build from source
Package: xpdf (debian/main)
Maintainer: Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org>
55658 t1lib0 does not appear to be available
Package: xpvm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Anand Kumria <wildfire@progsoc.uts.edu.au>
54450 xpvm: Build-Depends missing, build failure
Package: xqf (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@debian.org>
55183 New upstream version 0.9.2
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>
55684 makedev problem in postinst
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.
</FONT>
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."
</FONT>
Package: xserver-xsun24 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
55308 xserver-xsun24 3.3.6-2: conflicts with xserver-xsun
Package: xviddetect (debian/main)
Maintainer: Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
55740 xviddetect: recommend fallback to fbdev; unmet dependency on m68k
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>
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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