14 days till bug horizon
Hmpf, I sent the previous announcement before it was quite finished.
Here is the list of bugs I meant to append.
This is the current list of bugs that are headed for the horizon.
I generated it from the bugscan report of Mar 12 15:08, and subtracted
the bugs that were fixed by uploads I installed today.
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Total number of bugs listed: 161
Explanation for tags:
* [FIX]: describes a simple method to deal with the bug.
* [STRATEGY]: describes a possible approach for fixing the bug.
* [HELP]: help is needed to fix this bug.
Package: alsa-source (debian/main).
Maintainer: Masato Taruishi <taru@debian.org>
60238 alsa-source postinst script is borken (again!)
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>
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
58857 The boot floppies do not work with milex raid on root.
59329 ppp driver will not load
60179 [dbootstrap] nf_http_netfetchfile:: http.us.debian.org:80 couldn't be resolved.
60180 Should detect previous installation attempt and explicitly ask for really installing over
60182 New screen is drawn on wrong tty if changing tty while module detection
60218 error when setting active partition
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>
59782 bug: /usr/bin/bug: 3: Bad file descriptor
59784 bug: unable to file against ftp.debian.org
Package: communicator (debian/contrib).
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
60193 communicator: buss error when replying to message
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: debiandoc-sgml (debian/main).
Maintainer: Ardo van Rangelrooij <ardo@debian.org>
60094 userv_1.0.0(unstable): build error (non-extisting debiandoc2ps)
60246 debiandoc-sgml: error handling in two commands is inappropriate
Package: debianutils (debian/main).
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
59121 run-parts hangs during /etc/cron.daily runs
Package: debsums (debian/main).
Maintainer: Petr Cech <cech@debian.org>
60228 [PATCH] debsums unsafe /tmp handling
Package: devscripts (debian/main).
Maintainer: Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>
58458 cannot find 2 *.changes file
Package: dhelp (debian/main).
Maintainer: Marco Budde <budde@debian.org>
20891 dhelp: insecure use of temporary file in /usr/bin/dhelp
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"
60105 dselect dies with 'failed to getch in main menu: Success'
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>
57287 generates wrong config files
Package: fortify (non-US/non-free).
Maintainer: Roberto Lumbreras <rover@debian.org>
60162 fortify: Does the index file / database need to be updated? Is there a new upstream?
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
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: 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-bin (debian/main).
Maintainer: Christian Marillat <marillat@alpes-net.fr>
58220 gnome-terminal: Entries are not correctly entered into utmp.
Package: gnome-guile (debian/main).
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
58433 gnome-guile: can't build from source
Package: gnome-panel (debian/main).
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
58278 gnome-panel: panel no longer works
60209 gnome-panel: when starting a gnome session panel goes into 100% CPU utilization
Package: gnomeicu (debian/main).
Maintainer: Edward C. Lang <edlang@debian.org>
58919 gnomeicu causes XServer to grab all the memory.
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: imlib-progs (debian/main).
Maintainer: Ossama Othman <ossama@debian.org>
60052 imlib-progs: imlib_config segfaulting without /etc/imlib/imrc
Package: ircd (debian/main).
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
58757 wont start
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: libnet-perl (debian/main).
Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@debian.org>
60140 Need new version in potato (just released within this week)
Package: libungif3g-dev (debian/main).
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
57943 libunguf3g-dev: broken postinstall script
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: 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>
58480 installing midentd with pidentd installed didn't change default identd
Package: mkhybrid (debian/main).
Maintainer: Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>
60119 mkhybrid: patch required for making sparc bootable CD's
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>
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: netbase (debian/main).
Maintainer: Anthony Towns <ajt@debian.org>
59282 netbase: portmap is killed too early on shutdown
59377 netbase: can't build
Package: netscape-smotif-472-libc5 (debian/non-free).
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
60223 netscape-smotif-472-libc5: wrong dependencies
Package: nfs-kernel-server (debian/main).
Maintainer: Chip Salzenberg <chip@debian.org>
59641 nfs-kernel-server: conflicts with Standard package nfs-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: pak (debian/main).
Maintainer: Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org>
58474 pak does not compile from source
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-5.005-doc (debian/main).
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
60233 incorrect copyright for documentation
Package: perl-base (debian/main).
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
53794 perl policy is flawed -- 5.004 and 5.005 simultaneous
Package: php3 (debian/main).
Maintainer: Gergely Madarasz <gorgo@sztaki.hu>
60201 php3: Enabling php3 causes apache not to start.
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
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: 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>
53734 rscheme: build fails if there is no info about the packages
Package: sawmill (debian/main).
Maintainer: Mikolaj J. Habryn <dichro-debian@rcpt.to>
59760 sawmill: Sawmill fails to load -- missing file /usr/lib/rep/0.11/i686-pc-linux-gnu/timers.so
Package: semi (debian/main).
Maintainer: Takuo KITAME <kitame@northeye.org>
56063 general: semi breaks sending mail with XEmacs.
Package: sendmail (debian/main).
Maintainer: Richard A Nelson (Rick) <cowboy@debian.org>
60227 Missing /etc/mail/local-host-names let install fail
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.
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
60192 update_wdm_wmlist can't find /etc/X11/window-managers
Package: whiptail (debian/main).
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <ezanard@debian.org>
59150 still missing dependency on libnewt0 for m68k
Package: xfig (debian/main).
Maintainer: Roland Rosenfeld <roland@debian.org>
60163 xfig: xfig 3.2.3.a-1 seems to depend on transfig 3.2.3-rel-0-2
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: 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: xterm (debian/main).
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
60256 xterm: key bindings messed up.
Package: xvt (debian/main).
Maintainer: Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org>
59045 xvt/ncurses-base: New "xterm" terminfo breaks xvt
Package: zsh (debian/main).
Maintainer: Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>
58941 core dump with function mycd() {builtin cd "$@" && echo $PWD}
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