Release-critical Bugreport for March 10, 2000
Bug stamp-out list for Mar 10 03:04 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 181
Number that will disappear after removing packages marked [REMOVE]: 9
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Package: alsaconf (debian/main)
Maintainer: Masato Taruishi <taru@debian.org>
60075 alsconf refers to es1938 as ess1938
Package: apache-perl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
57679 apache-perl: Comes without config, but is needed for install
Package: autofs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Justin Maurer <justin@debian.org>
52132 autofs: Race condition when expiring autofs submounts leaves daemon crippled
[STRATEGY] Patch available, waiting for reply from upstream
Package: balsa (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jules Bean <jules@debian.org>
58662 balsa: It doesn't work.
Package: base-config (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
59247 apt-setup needs to allow for user interaction from apt-cdrom add
Package: bash (debian/main)
Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
58404 bash: *ap++ == 0x55 , segmentation fault out of nowhere!
Package: bbdb (debian/main)
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
59177 xemacs20 didn't compile bbdb-gnus on installation
Package: boot-floppies (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
57365 init hangs: no more processes
57625 base: PCMCIA cards not recognize during installation
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.
58857 The boot floppies do not work with milex raid on root.
59230 boot-floppies: Installer incorrectly configured PCMCIA network card
59329 ppp driver will not load
59626 potato base install disks broken/outdated
Package: bplay (debian/main)
Maintainer: Peter Makholm <peter@makholm.net>
60041 bplay doesn't play wav files
Package: bug (debian/main)
Maintainer: Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
59782 bug: /usr/bin/bug: 3: Bad file descriptor
59784 bug: unable to file against ftp.debian.org
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
Package: console-data (debian/main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
60019 console-data: Bad debconf questions prevent installation
Package: cooledit (debian/main)
Maintainer: Tom Lear <tom@trap.mtview.ca.us>
59910 cooledit_3.11.6-3(frozen): broken source package
Package: cucipop (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Debian QA Group <debian-qa@lists.debian.org>
59605 cucipop: Bulletins do not function correctly - requires DB2 support compiled in.
Package: cvs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Tom Lees <tom@debian.org>
59543 cvs: cvs-makerepos does not exist
59909 cvs: cvs segfaults when commiting a dir
Package: debianutils (debian/main)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
59121 run-parts hangs during /etc/cron.daily runs
Package: devscripts (debian/main)
Maintainer: Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>
58458 cannot find 2 *.changes file
Package: dotfile-bash (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian QA Group <debian-qa@lists.debian.org>
60060 dotfile-bash doesn't start
Package: dpkg (debian/main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
33237 /etc/alternatives/emacs not managed properly - /usr/bin/emacs doesn't run emacs20
[STRATEGY] Switches to manual-mode too quickly, maintainer will look at
it this weekend.
58091 package name "Eterm" --> "eterm"
60056 dpkg: dselect doesn't work
60062 dselect: failed to getch in main menu: Success
60064 dpkg_1.6.10.deb dselect: failed to getch in main menu: Success
60069 dpkg: crash in dselect: failed to getch in main menu
60080 dpkg: `dselect' does not work
Package: dump (debian/main)
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
59935 dump: dump segfaults
Package: emacs19 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Mark W. Eichin <eichin@thok.org>
57636 [NMU] gnus under emacs19 opens files in /tmp insecurely
59860 [NMU] Emacs19 can't be built from source
Package: epic4 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org>
58508 Epic pre2.503 has bugs which 2.505 has not
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.
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.
57287 generates wrong config files
Package: ftp.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>
57579 Please remove gicon from potato
58129 .debs uploaded to frozen/unstable only going into unstable?
58966 override file: libreadlineg2 and old libg++ libs should go to oldlibs
59265 ftp.debian.org: userlink does not appear to be available
59351 ftp.debian.org: ldap needs to be removed completely removed from potato and woody
59607 please change priority of some gstep-* packages from extra to optional
59944 need to remove old kernel images for sparc
Package: fvwm95 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Daniel Martin <fizbin@debian.org>
59985 Doesn't start
Package: fwctl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@lina.inka.de>
59857 fwctl: fwctl sets wrong interface for denied address
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++ [fixed in 2.96 CVS Feb 2000] [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>
59819 gcc_2.95.2-7(frozen): fails to compile itself on m68k
Package: gdb (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
58450 gdb: Won't compile on PowerPC
Package: geomview (debian/main)
Maintainer: Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
59585 geomview: depends on mesag3 instead of libgl1
Package: gimp1.1 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>
58976 gimp1.1: SigSegv when LANG=ru_RU.KOI8-R
Package: gltt-bin (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
59584 gltt-bin: depends on mesag3, but needs to depend on libgl1
Package: gnome-guile (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
58433 gnome-guile: can't build from source
Package: gnome-help (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
58973 gnome-help: gnome-help doesn't start anymore since gtk upgrade
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: 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: gnudip (debian/main)
Maintainer: Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
59248 gnudip: Gnudip prerm script fails with error `groupdel: group gnudip does not exist'
Package: gpm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Zephaniah E. Hull <warp@whitestar.soark.net>
58081 [PATCH] priviledge elevation in gpm-root
59793 gpm: gpm won't start from remote telnet session
Package: grmonitor (debian/main)
Maintainer: Martin Mitchell <martin@debian.org>
59592 grmonitor needs to depends on libgl1 instead of mesag3
Package: hostname (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
59410 hostname: found how to set domainname for linux
Package: ircd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
58757 wont start
Package: jgroff (debian/main)
Maintainer: Yoshiaki Yanagihara <yochi@debian.or.jp>
59628 jgroff: Segfaults with english printf
Package: kaffe (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ean R. Schuessler <ean@novare.net>
59420 kaffe_1:1.0.5e-0.3(frozen): bad register names on m68k
59575 kaffe: jit3 not supported on sparc build
Package: kernel-image-2.2.14 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
59236 2.2.14 kernel images on Alpha don't have de4x5 driver compiled in
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: lde (debian/main)
Maintainer: Petr Cech <cech@debian.org>
59048 Needs two tiny tweaks for ARM processor
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>
58691 Upgrading libc6 fails with tetex-bin installed
58770 libc6: Problem when upgrading.
59098 libc6: Problem in preinst
Package: libc6-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
59962 sys/ucontext.h shouldn't define ERR
Package: libgd-graph-perl (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Piotr Roszatycki <dexter@debian.org>
59442 libgd-graph-perl: Missing files, missing dependencies
Package: libgtkada1 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Samuel Tardieu <sam@debian.org>
59590 libgtkada1 depends on mesag3, but needs to depend on libgl1
Package: libgtkgl0 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@debian.org>
57773 infinite directory tree created
59599 libgtkgl0 depends on mesag3, must depend on libgl1 instead
Package: libgtkimreg (debian/main)
Maintainer: Andreas Tille <tillea@rki.de>
59021 Needs newer config.* files for ARM port
Package: libhtml-parser-perl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@debian.org>
59279 libhtml-parser-perl_3.02-1(frozen): bad targets in debian/rules
Package: libungif3g-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
57943 libunguf3g-dev: broken postinstall script
Package: libwnn6 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Keita Maehara <maehara@debian.org>
60078 libwnn6 should go into /usr/lib, not /usr/X11R6/lib.
Package: mailman (debian/main)
Maintainer: Gergely Madarasz <gorgo@sztaki.hu>
59867 mailman: gate_news isn't working
Package: makedev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
59502 raw ftape devices wrong
Package: man-db (debian/main)
Maintainer: Fabrizio Polacco <fpolacco@debian.org>
58640 wrapper does not handle fakeroot well
Package: metamail (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian QA Group <debian-qa@lists.debian.org>
58174 metamail is unable to launch any file
Package: mh (debian/main)
Maintainer: Edward Brocklesby <ejb@debian.org>
59227 htdig: Apparent infinite recursion
59891 Security problem in MIME-handling code
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 [NMU] modutils 2.3.9-1 assumes update-modules can run
Package: moonlight (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
59059 SIGILL on K6-2, many X errors
Package: mozilla (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian Mozilla maintainers <mozilla@packages.debian.org>
59990 mozilla: Segmentation fault on first start
60012 M14 segfaults immediately
Package: mp3blaster (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
59564 mp3blaster: fails to build, C++ error
Package: nana (debian/main)
Maintainer: Brent A. Fulgham <bfulgham@debian.org>
58909 nana: nana looks in the wrong place for nanafilter
59786 nana: bad timestamps in archive
Package: nano (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jordi Mallach <jordi@sindominio.net>
59954 segfaults when editing
Package: netbase (debian/main)
Maintainer: Anthony Towns <ajt@debian.org>
59282 netbase: portmap is killed too early on shutdown
59377 netbase: can't build
Package: nfs-kernel-server (debian/main)
Maintainer: Chip Salzenberg <chip@debian.org>
59641 nfs-kernel-server: conflicts with Standard package nfs-server
Package: nfs-server (debian/main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
59642 nfs-server: conflicts with Standard package nfs-kernel-server
Package: nscd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
58367 nscd: 'broken pipe' error causes entire box to be unusable
Package: ntp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
59090 slink->potato upgrade (probably) delete config file
Package: openldapd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
57469 configure script endlessly loops
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: pcmcia-modules-2.2.14 (debian/main)
Maintainer:
59315 depmod: error reading ELF header: No such file or directory
Package: pcmcia-modules-2.2.14-compact (debian/main)
Maintainer:
59638 Please recompile pcmcia modules for compact kernel
Package: pdl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Raul Miller <moth@debian.org>
55268 [Strategy: use older version on alpha] PDL fails to compile on alpha
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-base (debian/main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
53794 perl policy is flawed -- 5.004 and 5.005 simultaneous
Package: php3-mysql (debian/main)
Maintainer: Gergely Madarasz <gorgo@sztaki.hu>
60036 php3-mysql acting strange after NMU
Package: pilot-manager (debian/main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
59202 pilot-manager: Method "GetRecord" missing in SyncPlan
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: ppmtofb (debian/main)
Maintainer: Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>
59820 ppmtofb_0.26(unstable): build error: no sys/io.h on m68k
Package: pvm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Drake Diedrich <Drake.Diedrich@anu.edu.au>
59903 pvm_3.4.2-4(frozen): build fails due to root-owned files
Package: python-base (debian/main)
Maintainer: Gregor Hoffleit <flight@debian.org>
59713 python-base: Strange interaction between gtk and math
59967 python-base: python-base depends on libdb1.85
60029 python-base: depends on libdb1.85, which is unavailable
Package: qpopper (debian/main)
Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
60016 does not understand "pass"
Package: quota (debian/main)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
[HELP] Mail to maintainer bounced.
59895 Typo in quota init-script
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: reportbug (debian/main)
Maintainer: Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>
59334 reportbug: Fails over getting status...
Package: roxen (debian/main)
Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org>
58501 initial configuration user/pass OK gives HTTP/1.0 500 Internal Server Error
59339 roxen_1.3.122-7(frozen): non-executable script during building
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: sawmill (debian/main)
Maintainer: Mikolaj J. Habryn <dichro-debian@rcpt.to>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
59760 sawmill: Sawmill fails to load -- missing file /usr/lib/rep/0.11/i686-pc-linux-gnu/timers.so
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: slirp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Roberto Lumbreras <rover@debian.org>
59608 slirp: password handling bug, patch included
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
59366 upgrade of slocate fails
59923 slocate: Subject: Anacron job 'cron.daily'
Package: smail (debian/main)
Maintainer: Soenke Lange <soenke@escher.north.de>
[HELP] Mail to Soenke bounced.
59135 smail: Smail doesn't work with the latest libraries
Package: ssh (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
[HELP] Please NMU, with extreme care. Contact Tommi Virtanen for info.
59464 X11 forwarding appears to be /completely/ broken in 1.2.2-14
59813 OpenSSH no longer connects to Solaris sshd 1.2.27
59862 ssh: X forwarding problems even after xauth upgrade
Package: ssh-nonfree (non-US/non-free)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
[HELP] Please NMU. (with extreme care)
56670 ssh-nonfree: does not build on current potato
Package: ssh2 (non-US/non-free)
Maintainer: Edward Brocklesby <ejb@debian.org>
59031 ssh2: AARGH! ssh2-2.0.13-5 broke my box!
Package: swi-prolog (debian/main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
59560 swi-prolog: fails to build, requires extra define
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: 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: wavtools (debian/main)
Maintainer: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
59710 wavp cannot play wav files from netscape
Package: wdm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Daniel Patterson <danpat@debian.org>
59216 wdm: no packages should use pam_pwdb.so by default
59843 wdm: needs non-existent parse-xf86config
Package: whiptail (debian/main)
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <ezanard@debian.org>
59150 still missing dependency on libnewt0 for m68k
Package: wmf (debian/main)
Maintainer: Christoph Lameter <christoph@lameter.com>
59746 wmf: wmf segfaults
Package: xlife (debian/main)
Maintainer: Edward Betts <edward@debian.org>
59383 xlife: can't build
Package: xmame-gl (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Martin Mitchell <martin@debian.org>
59595 xmame-gl depends on mesag3, must depend on libgl1 instead
Package: xmysqladmin (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Martin Bialasinski <martinb@debian.org>
56495 xmysqladmin segfault
Package: xpvm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Anand Kumria <wildfire@progsoc.uts.edu.au>
59816 xpvm_1.2.5-4(frozen): build fails due to root-owned files
Package: xt (debian/main)
Maintainer: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@debian.org>
59596 xt depends on mesag3, must depend on libgl1 instead
Package: xvt (debian/main)
Maintainer: Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org>
59045 xvt/ncurses-base: New "xterm" terminfo breaks xvt
Package: yiff-server (debian/main)
Maintainer: Raphael Bossek <bossekr@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
60032 yiff-server init checks for -f /dev/dsp, but /dev/dsp's a char special
Package: zope (debian/main)
Maintainer: Gregor Hoffleit <flight@debian.org>
59969 zope 2.1.4-2 daemon start error: dedent issue
Package: zsh (debian/main)
Maintainer: Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>
58941 core dump with function mycd() {builtin cd "$@" && echo $PWD}
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