Release-critical Bugreport for January 28, 2000
Bug stamp-out list for Jan 28 03:08 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 343
Number that will disappear after removing packages marked [REMOVE]: 63
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Package: abiword (debian/main)
Maintainer: Darren Benham <gecko@debian.org>
54745 abiword: abiword does not find fonts
Package: alsaplayer (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
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: apache-ssl (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
56121 apache-ssl: cgi scripts don't work
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: at (debian/main)
Maintainer: Siggy Brentrup <bsb@winnegan.de>
56047 'at' is not wait()'ing on children and leaving zombies.
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
56316 autofs 3.1.4 released
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
Package: base-files (debian/main)
Maintainer: Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>
56166 base-files: copyright in motd is outdated
Package: bash (debian/main)
Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
55887 bash segfaults with jobcontrol
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: 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
Package: bzflag (debian/main)
Maintainer: Anand Kumria <wildfire@progsoc.uts.edu.au>
55232 bzflag: Can't build from source
Package: bzip2 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
56386 [PATCH] File handling races in bzip2, bzip2recover
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: ccmalloc (debian/main)
Maintainer: J.H.M. Dassen (Ray <jdassen@wi.LeidenUniv.nl>
56377 ccmalloc doesn't work
Package: cdrecord (debian/main)
Maintainer: Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org>
55677 makedev problem in postinst
56043 cdrecord_1:1.8a40r3-1(frozen): doesn't remove debian/files
Package: clanlib0-common (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vaidhyanathan G Mayilrangam <vaidhy@debian.org>
53169 clanbomber: crashes on the loading pic; previous versions did not
Package: cln (debian/main)
Maintainer: Richard Kreckel <kreckel@ginac.de>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
55851 gmp version included old and buggy for powerpc
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)
43739 netscape dies with Bus error
56356 communicator-smotif-47: bus error
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>
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
55827 Upgrading console-data FUBARs keymap.
Package: courier-imap (debian/main)
Maintainer: Steve Haslam <araqnid@debian.org>
55530 makeuserdb failed.
Package: curves (debian/main)
Maintainer: Oscar Levi <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
56324 cvs: Using deprecated debconf compatibility library.
Package: dbf2mysql (debian/main)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
43618 dbf2mysql: depends on mysql-base
Package: debconf (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
56199 missing perl module
Package: dhcpcd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Dennis Kelly <dpk@debian.org>
53501 /etc/init.d/dhcpcd will not create pidfile correctly
Package: dhelp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marco Budde <budde@debian.org>
54100 dhelp: dhelp_parse fails
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
[FIX] Should be fixed in version 0.9a-20000118-2
Package: dpkg-multicd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>
55503 wmaker-gnome: Error starting for the first 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
55858 dwwww cannot open documents in /usr/doc
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
56208 exim: Exim fails to deliver mail via procmail correctly - duplicate `From '-Line
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
53642 Bad dependency
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.
51557 fetchmailconf is broken
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>
56333 Need packages removed from potato
56348 ftp.debian.org: Twcw (frozen) is unsuitable for release.
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: gaim (debian/main)
Maintainer: Robert S. Edmonds <stu@novare.net>
56340 Patch to fix FPE on Alpha
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>
55263 gcc: can't compile ncurses4.2
Package: gdm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ryan Murray <rmurray@cyberhqz.com>
55886 gdm: GDM showed my password when logging in
Package: general (pseudo)
Maintainer: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
56063 general: semi breaks sending mail with XEmacs.
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: gide (debian/main)
Maintainer: Christian Leutloff <leutloff@debian.org>
55937 This package needs to be re-compiled
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
55894 Doesn't contain a valid manual page
Package: glbiff (debian/main)
Maintainer: Eric Leblanc <jughead@debian.org>
55895 Y2K problem ?
Package: gnome-admin (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
56454 gnome-admin needs to depend on either libesd0 or libesd-alsa0
Package: gnome-card-games (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
56452 gnome-card-games should depend on libesd0 or libesd-alsa0
Package: gnome-chess (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
56036 gnome-chess: want exit via window manager close button
Package: gnome-gturing (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
56453 gnome-gturing should depend on libesd0 or libesd-alsa0
Package: gnome-media (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
56455 gnome-media needs to depend on libesd0 or libesd-alsa0
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: gom (debian/main)
Maintainer: Stephan A Suerken <absurd@debian.org>
56119 gom: /etc/init.d/gom does not run
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: gstep-base0 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
55906 gdomap constantly probes machines of the same local domain
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: guile-scsh (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Karl M. Hegbloom <karlheg@debian.org>
55933 This package needs to be re-compiled
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: 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...
56248 Horde still does not install
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: icecast-server (debian/main)
Maintainer: David M. Zendzian <dmz@debian.org>
56466 icecast-server: uses encrypted passwords but does not explain how to make one
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: ilu-guiledev (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Torsten Landschoff <torsten@debian.org>
55936 This package needs to be re-compiled
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: inn (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it>
56369 inn: real domain given full access in nnrp.access
Package: ippl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Hugo Haas <hugo@debian.org>
55864 ippl: incomplete id change [PATCH]
Package: iptraf (debian/main)
Maintainer: Frederic Peters <fpeters@debian.org>
56376 iptraf_2.1.1-3(frozen): Bad build dependency
Package: iraf (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Zed Pobre <zed@debian.org>
54896 Y2K compliance problem (String_File errors)
Package: irssi (debian/main)
Maintainer: Pekka Aleksi Knuutila <pa@debian.org>
56103 No text shows up on screen
56366 irssi: completely borked without --no-applet option
Package: isapnptools (debian/main)
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
56304 in regards to bug #54898
Package: ispell (debian/main)
Maintainer: David L. Coe <david.coe@someotherplace.org>
56266 [PATCH] ispell /tmp races
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: jzip (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Stroucken <stroucki@debian.org>
55980 [PATCH] jzip: postinst dies
Package: kaffe (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ean R. Schuessler <ean@novare.net>
55835 kaffe_1:1.0.5e-0.1(frozen): build error: make -j fails
55848 jdk1.1: paths screwed up ?
Package: kbd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
53213 kbd: fails to configure 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-image-2.2.14-compact (debian/main)
Maintainer: Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
56114 kernel needs to have dac960 and cpqarray built in
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.
53448 db2 symbol conflict
56343 mmap64 fails entirely
Package: libc6-bin (debian/main)
Maintainer:
56462 libc6-bin: warnings from update-alternatives look evil
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
56160 /usr/include/string.h cannot be included with gcc -traditional -O2
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: 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: libfnlib-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Steven Baker <sbaker@debian.org>
55943 Should depend on libungif3g-dev | giflib3g-dev | libungif4g-dev
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: libgimp1.1.15-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>
55893 Did not install due to conflict with gimp1.1
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: libgtk-perl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Paolo Molaro <lupus@debian.org>
55992 libgtk-perl refuses to work after upgrade
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: libncurses4-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <ncurses-maint@debian.org>
54173 /usr/include/curses.h is a symlink to ..
54345 libncurses4-dev: Creates bogus symlinks in /usr/include
54587 libncurses4-dev: Depends on wrong version of libncurses4
56084 Package requires libncurses4 which conflicts
Package: libncurses5 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <ncurses-maint@debian.org>
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
56375 SEGV in /sbin/unix_chkpwd
Package: libpcap0 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Torsten Landschoff <torsten@debian.org>
51108 [easy] libpcap ignores timeouts on linux
Package: libproplist0 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Chris McKillop <cdm@debian.org>
56042 libproplist0: shlibs MUST read >= 0.9.1
Package: libqt2 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
53543 libqt2: configure scripts report: "/usr/lib/libqt.so: no symbols"
Package: libungif3g (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
55888 libungif3g package trashes apt
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>
56196 lilo: fstab check fails on root raid
56322 Lilo install fails
56326 liloconfig in lilo f***ed up
56419 [PATCH] liloconfig fails on DAC960
Package: lilypond1.3 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>
55255 lilypond1.3: can't build from source
Package: logcheck (debian/main)
Maintainer: Rene Mayrhofer <rmayr@vianova.at>
50994 logcheck: "["s in /etc/logcheck/logcheck.violations.ignore kill logcheck.
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: lprng (debian/main)
Maintainer: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
55934 preinst script can fail
Package: lvm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Tom Lees <tom@debian.org>
54789 lvm: vgcreate segault [FIX INCLUDED]
56102 lvm: LVM doesn't configure
Package: lynx (debian/main)
Maintainer: Christian Hudon <chrish@debian.org>
55047 lynx fails install
56360 Lynx does not do a proper upgrade
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>
[REMOVE] This package has a nasty license and security problems
53850 majordomo-1.94.4-16: /etc/majordomo.cf destroyed after upgrade
53955 Another majordomo security bug
Package: man2html (debian/main)
Maintainer: Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org>
56095 man2html: mansearch cannot find manuals - Thinks they are in section "gz".
Package: manpages (debian/main)
Maintainer: Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org>
56162 manpages: Manpages contains a file that is also in rsh-server `/usr/share/man/man5/hosts.equiv.5.gz',
56227 manpages: Conflict with rsh-server package for ownership of /usr/share/man/man5/hosts.equiv.5.gz
Package: mc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Bramer & Martin Bialasinski <mc-debian@internet-treff.uni-koeln.de>
56267 mc: mc segfaults when used via ssh - works over telnet, though
Package: menu (debian/main)
Maintainer: joost witteveen <joostje@debian.org>
55257 menu: can't build from source
55882 menu: Most of my programs disappeared from my menus
56038 menu bug, with diagnosis.
Package: metamail (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian QA Group <debian-qa@lists.debian.org>
55260 metamail: can't build from source
Package: mgetty (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
56446 mgetty: overwritting file error
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: 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: mtr (debian/main)
Maintainer: Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org>
56394 mtr fails to build, library problem
Package: mutt (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it>
55944 mutt: bad dependency on slang1
Package: mutt-ja (debian/main)
Maintainer: Kikutani Makoto <kikutani@debian.org>
55777 mutt-ja: mailbox is readonly
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)
55945 navigator-smotif-461: Often crashes and causes the X server to take 100% CPU time
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
56260 navigator-smotif-47: Binary cannot be patched with Fortify
Package: ncpfs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
55262 ncpfs: can't build from source
Package: ncurses-bin (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <ncurses-maint@debian.org>
56465 /tmp race and bizarre behavior of captoinfo
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
56020 [PATCH] Please use pump for DHCP configuration in ifupdown
Package: netcat (debian/main)
Maintainer: Robert S. Edmonds <stu@novare.net>
56390 arm() function collides with ARM macro
Package: netscape-base-4 (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
56015 netscape-base-4: Netscape fails to run; wants 'locale'
56437 Depends on libc6-bin, which is no longer available
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: newsclipper (debian/main)
Maintainer: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
56012 newsclipper: aren't /usr/local dirs offlimits to packages?
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>
55693 nfs-server: no init script
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: oidentd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Sean E. Perry <shaleh@debian.org>
56021 oidentd: "^ident" should be "^auth" in init.d script
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: penguineyes (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian QA Group <debian-qa@lists.debian.org>
55982 penguineyes: has completely crashed my box the only two times I have used it
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>
55794 Wrong system call numbers on alpha (and probably other non-i386)
55932 Can't build powerpc binary from -5.3 source package
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: postgresql (debian/main)
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
53086 "critical: lost all databases when upgrading"
56289 postgresql-startup breaks if both PGBACKENDCOUNT and PGBUFFERS are set
56445 postgresql: cannot upgrade from 6.3 (slink)
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: 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: python-imaging-doc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
56372 python-imaging-doc fails to install: dhelp problem
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 <knghtbrd@debian.org>
55517 quake-lib: recommends squake or xquake; should be quake
Package: quake-lib-stub (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org>
56229 Preinst wants to make link nonexistant location
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: 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: rsh-server (debian/main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
56469 rsh-server: rsh-server won't install because of conflict with manpages
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: slocate (debian/main)
Maintainer: R Garth Wood <rgwood@debian.org>
56388 slocate: overlap with findutils, missing dir
56417 slocate: locate: error accessing DB Directory: /var/lib/slocate/ : No such file or directory
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: snmpd (debian/main)
Maintainer: David Engel <david@debian.org>
55883 snmpd in potato lacks functionality, will break upgrades from slink
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
55872 ssh: /etc/pam.d/ssh or sshd
56423 ssh: unable to install ssh (unmet dependency on `gmp2')
56426 ssh: unable to install ssh (unmet dependency on `gmp2') (resend)
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
56299 ssh2 to co-operate with ssh-nonfree
Package: strace (debian/main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
39556 strace_3.99.1-1(unstable): Doesn't compile on m68k
51648 strace_4.1-1(unstable): Wrong condition for IPv6
[FIX] Fixed in version 4.2-1
Package: sudo (debian/main)
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
55716 sudo: can't handle the death of the DNS server
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: sysvinit (debian/main)
Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
56313 Pump --status won't work if pump is started from rc.S
56373 sysvinit should not create /etc/init.d/network
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: termcap-compat (debian/main)
Maintainer: Christian Hudon <chrish@debian.org>
[REMOVE] It may be time to drop termcap-compat; no-one uses it anymore.
55841 [branden: termcap: new termcap file for xterm*; needed for potato release]
Package: timezones (debian/main)
Maintainer: Dale Scheetz <glibc-maint@debian.org>
56138 timezones: Package conflict between libc6 and timezones
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: tkstep8.0 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Steve Kostecke <steve@debian.org>
55953 tkstep8.0: upgrade from tkstep8.0_8.0p2-3.3 removes /usr/bin/wish8.0
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: twcw (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joop Stakenborg <pa3aba@debian.org>
56347 twcw: sendcw fails
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: w3m-ssl (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.or.jp>
56401 w3m-ssl: does not have its own changelog.Debian[.gz]
56405 w3m-ssl: multiple policy violations
Package: watchdog (debian/main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Needs someone good in debugging c.
55683 makedev problem in postinst
Package: wmaker (debian/main)
Maintainer: Chris McKillop <cdm@debian.org>
56069 attempting to run xshipwars kills WindowMaker
Package: wmmand (debian/main)
Maintainer: Darren O. Benham <gecko@debian.org>
55843 wmMand crashes as soon as the mouse pointer enters the window
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: xaw3d (debian/main)
Maintainer: joost witteveen <joostje@debian.org>
53515 xaw3d: control file does not match build for libc5 compat packages
Package: xbanner (debian/main)
Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
56013 xbanner: does not obey user direction during installation
Package: xchat (debian/main)
Maintainer: Edward C. Lang <edlang@debian.org>
56380 xchat: New version of xchat segfaults on start
Package: xchat-text (debian/main)
Maintainer: Edward C. Lang <edlang@debian.org>
56389 xchat-text: overlap with xchat
Package: xfs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
56382 xfs: incomplete id change
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: xmcd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adrian Bridgett <bridgett@debian.org>
55966 xmcd: no changelog or copyright
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>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed it it is not fixed
55183 New upstream version 0.9.2
Package: xscreensaver (debian/main)
Maintainer: Larry Daffner <vizzie@airmail.net>
56436 xscreensaver depends on perl instead of perl5
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> 56371 xfonts-base: version 3.3.6-3 on X-SVGA 3.3.6-3 displays barcode-like fonts
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>
56164 Packing will corrupt the database
56271 ZOPE is broke
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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