Release-critical Bugreport for February 25, 2000
Bug stamp-out list for Feb 25 03:01 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 236
Number that will disappear after removing packages marked [REMOVE]: 22
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Package: animals (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jim Lynch <jwl@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed
58247 animals no longer installable
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: apache (debian/main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
57007 apache: apache daemon does not upgrade correctly
[HELP] How could dpkg have deleted /etc/init.d/apache? (Feb23MS)
</FONT> 58465 harlan@artselect.com: potato apache package
[STRATEGY] Maintainer will upload soon (Feb23MS)
Package: apache-common (debian/main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
57769 apache-common: Some Apache modules appear to be missing
[STRATEGY] Maintainer will upload soon (Feb23MS)
Package: apache-perl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
57679 apache-perl: Comes without config, but is needed for install
Package: aspell (debian/main)
Maintainer: Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <thaths@netscape.com>
58358 aspell: uses all available memory (physical and swap) then dies
[STRATEGY] I don't know how exactly to fix this bug. I will be uploading a
new version (0.29.1) soon to Incoming. Hopefully, this might solve the
problem. (Feb21MH)
Package: at (debian/main)
Maintainer: Siggy Brentrup <bsb@winnegan.de>
53715 at: atd does not wait for its children
[STRATEGY] Fix found, patch is on the way. (RB)
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Feb. 15, awaiting reply. (MH)
56797 atd: leaving zombie sendmail processes around
[STRATEGY] Fix found, patch is on the way. (RB)
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Feb. 15, awaiting reply. (MH)
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: aview (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Bramer <grisu@debian.org>
58577 aview does not build from source
Package: balsa (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jules Bean <jules@debian.org>
58662 balsa: It doesn't work.
Package: base (pseudo)
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <sr1-boot-floppies@debian.org>
57625 base: PCMCIA cards not recognize during installation
Package: bash (debian/main)
Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
57437 bash: Major readline problem
58404 bash: *ap++ == 0x55 , segmentation fault out of nowhere!
Package: bing (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Shields <shields@crosslink.net>
58514 bing is not safe to make setuid root
Package: boot-floppies (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
57365 init hangs: no more processes
58266 bf-2.2.7: PCMCIA network install is broken
58779 boot-floppies: Can't boot on my Powerpc
58825 MULTI_KERNELS, kver-suffix causing CD-ROM install to fail.
58836 boot-floppies: [documentation] Replacing kernel on boot floppy: inconsistent with readme.txt
58857 The boot floppies do not work with milex raid on root.
Package: bwnfsd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
58444 bwnfsd security problems
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>
56780 Install problems with cbb-0.81-0.1
56800 Again: cannot install/upgrade
Package: communicator (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
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>
48163 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
Package: communicator-smotif-461 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
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>
43739 netscape dies with Bus error
56356 communicator-smotif-47: bus error
Package: cti-ifhp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Sven Rudolph <sr1@sax.de>
57272 cti-ifhp: latest potato version breaks printing subsystem
Package: cvs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Tom Lees <tom@debian.org>
56324 cvs: Using deprecated debconf compatibility library.
Package: cyrus-common (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Michael-John Turner <mj@debian.org>
56852 cyrus-common: can't install
Package: darxite (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben C. Hendrickson <bhendrickson@usa.net>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
58552 [PATCH] misc temp file problems in darxite
Package: devscripts (debian/main)
Maintainer: Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>
58458 cannot find 2 *.changes file
Package: dgs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ryuichi Arafune <arafune@debian.org>
58681 dgs_0.5.9.1+000216-1(frozen): i386 pkg build error
58902 dgs: bad Arch: line [buildd@drow.res.cmu.edu: Log for failed build of dgs_0.5.9.1+000216-1 (dist=frozen)]
Package: dhelp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marco Budde <budde@debian.org>
54100 dhelp: dhelp_parse fails
[STRATEGY] Maintainer said it'll be fixed this week. (Feb21MH)
Package: dip (debian/main)
Maintainer: Fabrizio Polacco <fpolacco@debian.org>
[HELP] Orphaned, can't be rebuilt.
56713 dip: No cleanup after exit, duplicate route and interface left behind.
Package: dlint (debian/main)
Maintainer: Florian Hinzmann <fh@debian.org>
58555 [PATCH] unsafe temp files in dlint
Package: dpkg (debian/main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
33237 /etc/alternatives/emacs not managed properly - /usr/bin/emacs doesn't run emacs20
[HELP] Opaque, but reproducible.
[STRATEGY] fix the prerm script?
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Package: dpkg-multicd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>
57949 dpkg-multicd: /var/lib/dpkg/methods/multicd/availible doesn't exist
Package: dpsclient (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ryuichi Arafune <arafune@debian.org>
58568 dpsclient-demos: Uh? Obsolete package?
Package: dwww (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
53355 dwww: [Patch] Returns invalid MIME type for man pages
58895 dwww: dwww does no longer display man pages
Package: elvis-tiny (debian/main)
Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
58672 [PATCH] elvis-tiny: accepts keystrokes in batches of 4 on alpha
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
57636 gnus under emacs19 opens files in /tmp insecurely
Package: emwin (debian/main)
Maintainer: A. Maitland Bottoms <bottoms@debian.org>
58929 EMWIN Multicast Protocol changed
Package: epic4 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org>
58508 Epic pre2.503 has bugs which 2.505 has not
Package: estic (debian/main)
Maintainer: W. Borgert <debacle@debian.org>
58683 estic_1.61-3(frozen): typo in machine.h
Package: exim (debian/main)
Maintainer: Mark Baker <mbaker@iee.org>
55473 Exim barfs with some procmail-related error for users with no .procmailrc
[STRATEGY] Maintainer needs more information from the bug submitter. (Feb16MH)
Package: fetchmail (debian/main)
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
[HELP] Maintainer is not responding.
Someone should take over the package. (RB)
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: fetchmailconf (debian/main)
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
51557 missing recommends on tcl/tk for fetchmailconf
[HELP] Needs an extra dependency, NMU needed
</FONT> 57287 generates wrong config files
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>
58129 .debs uploaded to frozen/unstable only going into unstable?
Package: g++ (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
[HELP] For gcc/g++ bug reports to be sent to the upstream maintainers,
certain procedures must be followed, so help from clueful people is required
48530 g++ [alpha]: internal compiler error building open-amulet
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
55291 [alpha] g++ causes internal compiler error compiling hatman
Package: gcc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
55263 [alpha] can't compile ncurses4.2
Package: gdb (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
58450 gdb: Won't compile on PowerPC
Package: gensig (debian/main)
Maintainer: Andrew Feinberg <agf@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
51313 /usr/bin/gensig is also in gensig
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
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Feb. 20, awaiting reply. (MH)
55247 ghc4: can't compile from source
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Feb. 20, awaiting reply. (MH)
Package: gimp1.1 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>
56503 Gimp is still crashing
[STRATEGY] these have been fixed upstream, maintainer is working on 1.1.17 package
Package: glbiff (debian/main)
Maintainer: Eric Leblanc <jughead@debian.org>
55895 Y2K problem ?
58430 glbiff: can't build from source
Package: gnats (debian/main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
58436 gnats: post-install errors
Package: gnome-apt (debian/main)
Maintainer: Apt Packaging Team <apt@packages.debian.org>
57283 gnome-apt: libapt-pkg2.7 dependency problem
[STRATEGY] Needs to be recompiled with libapt-pkg2.8
58725 ftp.debian.org: potato: gnome-apt depends on missing libapt-pkg2.6
Package: gnome-chess (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
56036 gnome-chess: want exit via window manager close button
Package: gnome-guile (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
58433 gnome-guile: can't build from source
Package: gnome-napster (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
57207 gnome-napster: Crashes on searching and downloading fixed in 0.4.1
57208 Interface locks HARD when downloading
Package: gnome-panel (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
58278 gnome-panel: panel no longer works
Package: gnome-terminal (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
58220 gnome-terminal: Entries are not correctly entered into utmp.
Package: gnome-utils (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
58133 gw does not display users logged in via gdm
Package: gnomeicu (debian/main)
Maintainer: Edward C. Lang <edlang@debian.org>
58919 gnomeicu causes XServer to grab all the memory.
Package: gnotes (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
58914 gnotes: seg faults when changing note's size in "properties"
Package: gnuchess-book (debian/main)
Maintainer: Martin Mitchell <martin@debian.org>
57945 gnuchessbook: /usr/lib/games/gnuchess/gnuchess.data doesn't exist (another dir)
Package: gphoto (debian/main)
Maintainer: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a <jfs@computer.org>
58870 error in loading shared libraries:
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.
57850 gpm: gpmconfig wont enable repeater
58081 [PATCH] priviledge elevation in gpm-root
Package: hwtools (debian/main)
Maintainer: Siggy Brentrup <bsb@debian.org>
[HELP] Maintainer address does not exist. (Feb15MH)
57535 hwtools: irqtune just doesn't work
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Feb. 15, awaiting reply. (MH)
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: iconc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Christian Hudon <chrish@debian.org>
57768 icon is missing ARM support, patch attached
Package: imagemagick (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ryuichi Arafune <arafune@debian.org>
58406 imagemagick: Can't build from source
[FIX] source splitout in 3 parts, now in Incoming
Package: innfeed (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it>
58294 innfeed_0.10.1.7-5(frozen): error in build dependencies
Package: ircd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
58757 wont start
Package: jade (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
58666 jade: can't build from source (missing instantiation in nsgmls)
Package: jdk1.1 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
51490 jdk1.1 requires a dependancy on xbase-clients
57247 Strange Java problem
[STRATEGY] Stephen: "will require upstream source; the bug can be
reassigned to jdk1.1-native and downgraded if necessary".
Package: junkbuster (debian/main)
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
[WAITING] Maintainer contacted by MS 18Feb
56655 [PATCH] su: Conversation error
Package: jzip (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Stroucken <stroucki@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed
55980 [PATCH] jzip: postinst dies
Package: kaffe (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ean R. Schuessler <ean@novare.net>
55618 kaffe: shell scripts starting kaffe components contain invalid paths
55835 kaffe_1:1.0.5e-0.1(frozen): build error: make -j fails
55848 jdk1.1: paths screwed up ?
58434 kaffe: can't build from source
Package: kbd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
53213 kbd: fails to configure on sparc
[STRATEGY] Maintainer will fix this soon. (Feb21MH)
Package: kernel-image-2.2.14-compact (debian/main)
Maintainer: Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
58529 kernel-2.2.14-compact OS release has trailling space
Package: kernel-image-2.2.14-ide (debian/main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
57451 where are the sources for the ide patch ?
Package: lapack (debian/main)
Maintainer: James A. Treacy <treacy@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
58424 lapack: can't build from source
Package: libapache-mod-dtcl (debian/main)
Maintainer: David N. Welton <davidw@efn.org>
58431 libapache-mod-dtcl: Serious build problems
Package: libc6 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
58368 diskless
58691 Upgrading libc6 fails with tetex-bin installed
Package: libfltk1 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Sean E. Perry <shaleh@debian.org>
52437 libfltk1 should link against a gl library?
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
[STRATEGY] bug consists of two parts, both being handled
Package: libgtkgl0 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@debian.org>
57773 infinite directory tree created
Package: libguile6 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Craig Brozefsky <craig@red-bean.com>
58451 libguile6: cannot load, error clearing libguile4
Package: libncurses5 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <ncurses-maint@debian.org>
55781 Dselect wants to uninstall libncurses4
56646 signedness problems in libncurses5
Package: libpam-smb (debian/main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
58482 libpam-smb: Security-hole allows local passwords instead of samba-server passwords
[HELP] Could someone with PAM knowledge and an NT server look at this? (Feb23MS)
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Package: libpcap0 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Torsten Landschoff <torsten@debian.org>
51108 [easy] libpcap ignores timeouts on linux
[STRATEGY] Maintainer working on pre-2.2 compat (Feb22MS)
Package: libungif3g-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
57943 libunguf3g-dev: broken postinstall script
Package: licq (debian/main)
Maintainer: Zed Pobre <zed@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
58408 licq: can't build from source
Package: lilo (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
58955 lilo: Running "lilo --help" installes a bootblock!
Package: login (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
53702 ssh: sshd uses the wrong login binary
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: man-db (debian/main)
Maintainer: Fabrizio Polacco <fpolacco@debian.org>
58271 [PATCH] serious /tmp race in man/mandb
58440 man-db: "su -s /bin/true" hangs
58640 wrapper does not handle fakeroot well
Package: man2html (debian/main)
Maintainer: Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org>
56095 man2html: mansearch cannot find manuals - Thinks they are in section "gz".
Package: manpages-pl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Piotr Roszatycki <dexter@debian.org>
57719 manpages-pl: conflicts with rpm
Package: masqmail (debian/main)
Maintainer: Gregor Hoffleit <flight@debian.org>
58886 Without suidmanager, masqmail won't be installed suid
58893 masqmail: Masqmail does not deliver local mail
Package: mesag3+ggi (debian/main)
Maintainer: James A. Treacy <treacy@debian.org>
57760 Missing config file /usr/local/etc/ggi/ggimesa.conf
58267 patch to fix missing files...
Package: metamail (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian QA Group <debian-qa@lists.debian.org>
58174 metamail is unable to launch any file
Package: midentd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
58480 installing midentd with pidentd installed didn't change default identd
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: mutt (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it>
58703 segfaults when sending mail
Package: mutt-ja (debian/main)
Maintainer: Kikutani Makoto <kikutani@debian.org>
55777 mutt-ja: mailbox is readonly
Package: mysql-server (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Christian Hammers <ch@debian.org>
58169 mm.mysql JDBC drivers cease to work with this version of mysql
Package: nana (debian/main)
Maintainer: Brent A. Fulgham <bfulgham@debian.org>
58909 nana: nana looks in the wrong place for nanafilter
Package: nano (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jordi Mallach <jordi@sindominio.net>
58891 nano: Nano segfaults when opening certain files.
Package: navigator-smotif-461 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
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>
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: netbase (debian/main)
Maintainer: Anthony Towns <ajt@debian.org>
58708 netbase: Obsolete "imap" service mentioned in /etc/inetd.conf but not in /etc/services
Package: nfs-server (debian/main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
55693 nfs-server: no init script
Package: nitpic (debian/main)
Maintainer: Martin Mitchell <martin@debian.org>
58841 const problems
Package: nscd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
58367 nscd: 'broken pipe' error causes entire box to be unusable
Package: oidentd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Sean E. Perry <shaleh@debian.org>
56021 oidentd: "^ident" should be "^auth" in init.d script
Package: orbit (debian/main)
Maintainer: Chris Waters <xtifr@debian.org>
58782 Patch to allow building orbit on Alpha
Package: pak (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org>
58474 pak does not compile from source
[REMOVE] Really should be removed
Package: parted (debian/main)
Maintainer: Timshel Knoll <timshel@pobox.com>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
58301 Parted creates dodgy partition tables on > 8 gig hard disks
58853 parted stopped working after e2fsprogs was updated
Package: passwd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
58203 weak passwords allowed by default
58677 Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop installing newest passwd version
Package: patch (debian/main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
58811 Patch dumps core
Package: pdl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Raul Miller <moth@debian.org>
55268 pdl: can't compile from source
Package: perl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
58469 perl: /bin/sh: dpkg-preconfigure: command not found
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)
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: pgp-i (non-US/non-free)
Maintainer: Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>
58504 pgp-i: created bad signatures
Package: pine396-diffs (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>
58890 cannot build nor install pine
Package: playmidi (debian/main)
Maintainer: Steve McIntyre <stevem@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
58874 playmidi_2.3-22.1(frozen): doesn't compile on svgalib-less architectures
Package: pmake (debian/main)
Maintainer: Edward Brocklesby <ejb@debian.org>
56878 [PATCH] seriously poor /tmp handling in pmake when running multiple jobs
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Feb. 15, awaiting reply. (MH)
Package: postfix (debian/main)
Maintainer: LaMont Jones <lamont@debian.org>
58181 postfix: /var/spool/postfix/lib and /var/spool/postfix/etc out of date
[STRATEGY] Maintainer should upload by Feb24 (MS)
58199 postfix fails to install if no hostname is available
[STRATEGY] Working on tests (Feb24MS)
Package: powertweak (debian/main)
Maintainer: Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <thaths@netscape.com>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
54348 powertweak: MAkes the kernel freeze while upgrading with apt-get. Tried twice.
[STRATEGY] This will be fixed soon. (Feb21MH)
Package: qmail-src (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Jon Marler <jmarler@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
56588 qmail-src: The uid-system is broken
Package: queue (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
56931 queue changing ownership/perms on /dev/tty
Package: r-base (debian/main)
Maintainer: Douglas Bates <bates@stat.wisc.edu>
58412 r-base: Can't build from source
Package: rep-gtk (debian/main)
Maintainer: Mikolaj J. Habryn <dichro-debian@rcpt.to>
58684 rep-gtk_0.8-2(unstable): build error (prototype mismatch)
Package: rexec (debian/main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
58520 rexec segfaults
Package: roxen (debian/main)
Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org>
58501 initial configuration user/pass OK gives HTTP/1.0 500 Internal Server Error
Package: samba (debian/main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
57417 samba: smb.conf not moved to new location
58015 potato samba wins support is broken
58058 upgrade from slink went badly
Package: scm (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
58435 scm: can't build from source (CONTROL file error)
Package: semi (debian/main)
Maintainer: Takuo KITAME <kitame@northeye.org>
56063 general: semi breaks sending mail with XEmacs.
Package: slocate (debian/main)
Maintainer: R Garth Wood <rgwood@debian.org>
57011 upgrade of slocate fails
57046 Again slocate's install is hosed up.
57530 slocate: overwrite not allowed (prevents other programs from installing)
58023 slocate: Fails to install due to dpkg-divert error
Package: ssh (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
[HELP] Please NMU, with extreme care. Contact Tommi Virtanen for info.
50607 openssh looks in /usr/lib/ssh for ssh-askpass, but not /usr/bin
54243 ssh: ssh shouldn't conflict with ssh2
55379 ssh: connect from OS/2 ssh client sets incorrect terminal mode
56596 ssh: ssh is uninstallable
57891 ssh: rresvport: af=10 Invalid argument
58713 SSH does not use /etc/hosts information
58744 ssh: ssh won't work without "-4" option
Package: ssh-nonfree (non-US/non-free)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
[HELP] Please NMU. (with extreme care)
48439 root cannot scp
54758 Postinst prevents sshd startup
56670 ssh-nonfree: does not build on current potato
Package: ssh2 (non-US/non-free)
Maintainer: Edward Brocklesby <ejb@debian.org>
51767 ssh2: installation script runs through one question
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Feb. 15, awaiting reply. (MH)
56299 ssh2 to co-operate with ssh-nonfree
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Feb. 15, awaiting reply. (MH)
Package: swi-prolog (debian/main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
58414 swi-prolog: can't build from source
Package: sysklogd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>
58637 Can't install sysklogd: /etc/init.d/sysklogd: file does not exist
Package: syslog-ng (debian/main)
Maintainer: SZALAY Attila <sasa@debian.org>
55275 does not compile: does nasty tricks with va_list
Package: t-code (debian/main)
Maintainer: UEYAMA Rui <rui@linux.or.jp>
57042 xemacs21 can no longer search with C-s
Package: t1lib1 (debian/main)
Maintainer: David Huggins-Daines <dhd@debian.org>
57839 ARM port needs news config.* files.
Package: tclx76 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
56541 tclx76: cannot install
Package: tcpdump (debian/main)
Maintainer: Torsten Landschoff <torsten@debian.org>
58824 window scaling
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: 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
56950 tk8.0, tk8.2
57600 PowerPC port of tkstep8.0 has broken dependencies, and breaks many tk applications
Package: toshutils (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
54954 toshutils: toshutils compiled for kernel 2.2.13 only
Package: transproxy (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
56998 transproxy: daemon does not start
Package: v-bin (debian/main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
58882 Wants shared non-existent libMesaGLw.so.3
Package: vtun (debian/main)
Maintainer: Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>
58449 vtun: /etc/init.d/vtun does not stop vtun
58752 vtun: `persist' option does not work - eats cpu
Package: xcdroast (debian/main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
57434 Looks in the wrong place for source data and "locks up".
Package: xchat-text (debian/main)
Maintainer: Edward C. Lang <edlang@debian.org>
58282 xchat-text: Doesn't install: conflict
Package: xexec (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Zed Pobre <zed@debian.org>
[REMOVE] Upstream author has disappeared.
56762 xexec: GPLed software linked against non-compatible Qt2
Package: xfs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
56382 xfs: incomplete id change
Package: xmem (debian/main)
Maintainer: David N. Welton <davidw@efn.org>
58025 xmem doesn't start
58416 xmem: can't build from source
Package: xserver-svga (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
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> 58393 xserver-svga: Segmentation Fault
Package: xview (debian/main)
Maintainer: Martin Buck <mbuck@debian.org>
57924 xview: some packages need more specific Architecture: fields
Package: zcav (debian/main)
Maintainer: Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au>
58729 zcav: 100% CPU loop at end of disk, no output [PATCH]
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