Release-critical Bugreport for March 31, 2000
Bug stamp-out list for Mar 31 03:06 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 142
Number that will disappear after removing packages marked [REMOVE]: 1
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Package: aolserver (debian/main)
Maintainer: Brent A. Fulgham <bfulgham@debian.org>
61361 aolserver chowns var/www
Package: apache (debian/main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
59365 cron script kills itself
60257 apache-ssl: upgrade changes DocumentRoot!
60486 Apache doesn't show README* in dir listings
60575 /etc/aliases: No such file or directory
Package: at (debian/main)
Maintainer: Siggy Brentrup <bsb@winnegan.de>
61295 at depends on libelfg0
Package: bind (debian/main)
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
61129 base: bind upgrade leaves two named's running
Package: boot-floppies (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
58779 boot-floppies: Can't boot on my Powerpc
58857 The boot floppies do not work with milex raid on root.
61280 i386 bootdisks fail with 8 MB of memory
61394 boot-floppies: Boot disk haven't support for disk arrays
Package: cdrecord (debian/main)
Maintainer: Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org>
61250 cdrecord: Trashes cd's in Yamaha 4416S drive
Package: console-tools (debian/main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
60917 console-tools: preinst directory problem
[HELP] Please NMU, see bugreport (fix included). (Mar27MH)
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Package: cricket (debian/main)
Maintainer: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@csh.rit.edu>
56948 cricket depends on non-existant package
Package: debianutils (debian/main)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
59121 [PATCH] run-parts hangs during /etc/cron.daily runs
Package: dgs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ryuichi Arafune <arafune@debian.org>
60286 dgs_0.5.9.1+000228-3(unstable): build error (self dependency)
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"
60973 zope names itself Zope in the control
Package: dpkg-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
61273 dpkg-dev STILL does not configure (emacsen-common interaction)
Package: emacsen-common (debian/main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
60314 emacs-package-install crashes with octave & psgml with emacs20&xemacs21
61080 emacsen-common 1.4.10 fails to install
61133 emacsen-common: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 29
61157 emacsen-common: Errors during unpacking
Package: ftape (debian/main)
Maintainer: Christian Meder <meder@isr.uni-stuttgart.de>
59502 raw ftape devices wrong
Package: ftp.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>
60707 cricket depends on a nonexistent package
Package: fwctl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@lina.inka.de>
61040 fwctl DENY all access, despite the content of the rules file
61120 fwctl: After upgrading from 0.21 to 0.25 fwctl doesn't start anymore
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: g2 (debian/main)
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
61124 g2 needs libgd, but doesn't declare dependency
Package: gap4-doc-dvi (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Markus Hetzmannseder <hetzi@hetzi.at>
60695 gap4-doc-dvi depends on nonexistent package
Package: gap4-doc-html (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Markus Hetzmannseder <hetzi@hetzi.at>
60703 gap4-doc-html depends on nonexistent package
Package: gap4-doc-ps (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Markus Hetzmannseder <hetzi@hetzi.at>
60699 gap4-doc-ps depends on nonexistent package
Package: gap4-gdat (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Markus Hetzmannseder <hetzi@hetzi.at>
60708 gap4-gdat depends on nonexistent package
Package: gap4-tdat (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Markus Hetzmannseder <hetzi@hetzi.at>
60701 gap4-tdat depends on nonexistent package
Package: gcc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
58412 r-base: Can't build from source
59819 gcc_2.95.2-7(frozen): fails to compile itself on m68k
61258 missing header files in include/asm on non-i386 architectures
Package: gdb (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
58450 gdb: Won't compile on PowerPC
Package: glimpse (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Marco Budde <Budde@tu-harburg.de>
60852 glimpse: full of temp races
Package: glut-doc (debian/main)
Maintainer: James A. Treacy <treacy@debian.org>
61366 /usr/doc symlink not made
Package: gmc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Bramer & Martin Bialasinski <mc-debian@internet-treff.uni-koeln.de>
61401 gmc: convert-metadata.db doesn't work with libdb2-util
Package: gnats (debian/main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
61397 mkdist cannot use compressed files
Package: gnucash (debian/main)
Maintainer: Tyson Dowd <trd@cs.mu.oz.au>
60417 docs are split between /usr/doc/gnucash and /usr/share/doc/gnucash
60615 gnucash: LANG=de_DE does weird things
Package: gnumeric (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
61241 gnumeric: package overlap with plotutils
61282 Missing gnome-print dependency, bad link to libgnomeprint.so.6
Package: gsl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>
52789 gsl_0.5-1(unstable): ieee-utils/fp-linux.c is 387-specific
Package: gsnes9x (debian/main)
Maintainer: Robert Edmonds <stu@novare.net>
53028 gsnes9x: Should be contrib
Package: idle (debian/main)
Maintainer: Gregor Hoffleit <flight@debian.org>
61176 idle: dep on python-tk is too stringent to allow binary only NMU's
Package: imagemagick (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ryuichi Arafune <arafune@debian.org>
60878 convert g3:filea png:fileb loops endlessly
Package: imho (debian/main)
Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org>
60767 imho: bad scripting breaks roxen
Package: imlib-progs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ossama Othman <ossama@debian.org>
60052 imlib-progs: imlib_config segfaulting without /etc/imlib/imrc
Package: inn2 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
61077 inn2: apparently all sorts of directory permissions are trash in inn2
Package: inn2-inews (debian/main)
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
61409 inn2-inews: rnews permissions break mail2news gateway setup
Package: ivtools (debian/main)
Maintainer: Guenter Geiger <geiger@debian.org>
57250 ivtools_0.7.9-5(frozen): build errors
Package: jdk1.1 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
60857 Bad path to java-jdk11.1.gz in update-alternatives-jdk1.1
Package: jdk1.1-dev (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
60504 jdk1.1-dev: one more crufty old alternative to clean up
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
Package: kernel-image-2.2.13-powerpc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Hartmut Koptein <koptein@debian.org>
61032 kernel-source: when compiling 68K KERNELMAP_NOCACHE_SER doesn't exist. (is in ppc)
Package: libapache-mod-perl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
61231 mod_perl segfaults child-processes in combination with XML::Parser::Expat
Package: libc6 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
60869 ld-linux.so problem breaks ldd and dpkg_shlibdeps on pure libc6
Package: libc6-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
59962 sys/ucontext.h shouldn't define ERR
Package: libgcj (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
60535 libgcj: fails to build on sparc, boehm-gc errors
Package: libgd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Dermot Bradley <bradley@debian.org>
49489 libgd: can't build from source
Package: libggi (debian/main)
Maintainer: Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org>
61177 libggi: svgalib target should not be built for all archs
Package: libggi2 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org>
57568 libggi2 must depend on libggi-target-x | libggi-target
Package: libpng0 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
61188 libpng0: sparc no longer supports libc5
Package: libtool (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ossama Othman <ossama@debian.org>
61314 libtool build hack breaks ports
Package: lynx (debian/main)
Maintainer: Christian Hudon <chrish@debian.org>
59191 Have these buffer over flows in lynx been fixed?
Package: man-db (debian/main)
Maintainer: Fabrizio Polacco <fpolacco@debian.org>
60339 How about testing packages before uploading them? 2.3.14 dies on unpack
Package: mc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Bramer & Martin Bialasinski <mc-debian@internet-treff.uni-koeln.de>
61253 mc_4.5.42-15(unstable): build error (directory missing)
Package: mgp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.or.jp>
61385 mgp dumps a core for every file
Package: midentd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
60271 midentd: Default installation, improper permissions on logfile. daemon != identd user.
Package: modconf (debian/main)
Maintainer: Boot Floppies team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
60182 New screen is drawn on wrong tty if changing tty while module detection
Package: mozilla (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian Mozilla maintainers <mozilla@packages.debian.org>
61270 mozilla: segfaults (not because of ~/.mozilla)
Package: mule2 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Takuo KITAME <kitame@northeye.org>
55261 mule2: can't build from source
Package: navigator-smotif-472-libc5 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
60523 Can't run netscape: 'Bus error'
Package: ncurses (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <ncurses-maint@debian.org>
56057 less_346-6(frozen): Error in build dependencies or in libncurses5-dev
Package: ncurses4.2 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <ncurses-maint@debian.org>
55263 [PATCH backported from 2.96 CVS] [alpha] can't compile ncurses 4.2
60531 ncurses4.2: fails to build when entering the Ada95 examples
Package: netatalk (debian/main)
Maintainer: David Huggins-Daines <dhd@debian.org>
60926 netatalk + lpr package higher than lpr_1%3a0.33-3_i386.deb
Package: netbase (debian/main)
Maintainer: Anthony Towns <ajt@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Maintainer has fixed upload ready, coordination with sysvinit
is required.
60770 netbase vulnerable to DOS attack during upgrade
Package: netplan (debian/main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
61346 netplan: can't purge package!
Package: netscape (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
60619 netscape: Error message: 'Bus error' when trying to run netscape.
Package: nfs-kernel-server (debian/main)
Maintainer: Chip Salzenberg <chip@debian.org>
60939 nfs-kernel-server: Security-Problem in exportfs
Package: nscd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
58367 nscd: 'broken pipe' error causes entire box to be unusable
Package: ntpdate (debian/main)
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
61333 ntpdate should replace xntp3
Package: openldapd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
61291 openldapd: can't install, won't accept password
Package: pcmcia-cs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Brian Mays <brian@debian.org>
61106 pump started wrongly
Package: pcmcia-modules-2.2.14 (debian/main)
Maintainer:
61294 pcmcia-modules-2.2.14: kernel-image-2.2.14's version is 2.2.14-2 now
Package: pdl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Raul Miller <moth@debian.org>
55268 [Strategy: use older version on alpha] PDL fails to compile on alpha
Package: postfix (debian/main)
Maintainer: LaMont Jones <lamont@debian.org>
60801 postfix: doc-base config seems wrong?
Package: postfix-tls (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>
61178 postfix-tls: bad configuration: ls: /usr/libexec: No such file or directory
Package: qmail (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Jon Marler <jmarler@debian.org>
60665 qmail: Can't start QMail-POP3-Server
Package: roxen (debian/main)
Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org>
60261 roxen: Wrong install perms on /etc/roxen
60766 roxen: configuration impossible
Package: sane (debian/main)
Maintainer: Kevin Dalley <kevind@rahul.net>
60923 sane: Broken with Gimp 1.0
Package: scalapack (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philipp Frauenfelder <pfrauenf@debian.org>
55272 scalapack: can't build from source
58386 scalapack_1.6-12(frozen): build error (undefined symbols)
Package: screen (debian/main)
Maintainer: Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org>
61290 screen: bad locking behaviour
Package: scwm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Francesco Tapparo <cesco@debian.org>
60585 scwm segfaults on frozen
61073 cpp-sed-nl problem with whitespace trimming
Package: sendfile (debian/main)
Maintainer: Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>
61423 sendfile: Can't receive files!
Package: siag-common (debian/main)
Maintainer: Davide Barbieri <paci@prosa.it>
61174 siag-common: deps on arch any packages too strict to allow binary only recompiles
Package: silo (debian/main)
Maintainer: Davide Barbieri <paci@prosa.it>
61389 silo: newer version available for better cd boot support
Package: spamfilter (debian/main)
Maintainer: Brian White <bcwhite@pobox.com>
60704 spamfilter depends on nonexistent package
Package: ssh (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
49944 sshd X11 forwarding fails
Package: ssh-nonfree (non-US/non-free)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
[HELP] Please NMU. (with extreme care)
60355 missing slogin
Package: suck (debian/main)
Maintainer: Christophe Le Bars <clebars@debian.org>
61142 suck: bad config file requirements
Package: svgalib4libggi (debian/main)
Maintainer: Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org>
61190 svgalib4libggi: bad dependencies for non-svgalib platforms
Package: sysvinit (debian/main)
Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
60898 shutting down networking and unmounting NFS mounts
61227 Kernel panic/filesystem corruption if swapping started while software RAID resyncing
Package: task-chinese (debian/main)
Maintainer: Anthony Wong <ypwong@debian.org>
61191 task-chinese: packages not installable
Package: timidity (debian/main)
Maintainer: Martin Mitchell <martin@debian.org>
61218 timidity: 2.9.1-1 has dependency problems on potato
Package: tkhylafax (debian/main)
Maintainer: Behan Webster <behanw@pobox.com>
60712 tkhylafax depends on nonexistent package
Package: uisp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jefferson E. Noxon <jeff@debian.org>
61145 uisp: does not need to be only arch i386, it is needed to fulfill deps
Package: userv (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>
60094 userv_1.0.0(unstable): build error (non-extisting debiandoc2ps)
Package: util-linux (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
60734 util-linux: hwclock starts too late
Package: www.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: James Treacy <debian-www@lists.debian.org>
61107 releases/ symlink changes needed
Package: x11iraf (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Zed Pobre <zed@debian.org>
61297 x11iraf: ximtool fails to open
Package: xchat (debian/main)
Maintainer: Edward C. Lang <edlang@debian.org>
60826 xchat: package has no copyright or changelog
Package: xcolorsel (debian/main)
Maintainer: Mark Baker <mbaker@iee.org>
60816 xcolorsel does not behave right with xaw-wrappers during installation
Package: xemacs20 (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
55278 xemacs20: can't build from source
Package: xemacs20-support (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
61175 xemacs20-support: xemacs20 doesn't cooperate with latest emacsen-common
Package: xemacs21 (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
61230 xemacs21: Broken with latest emacsen-common
Package: xfce (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Kevin Donnelly <kdonn@debian.org>
60258 xfce: Version available in frozen is severely outdated and should be removed
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: xserver-common (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
61021 [typo] xserver-configure doesn't call XF86Setup
Package: xserver-svga (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
61005 penetrate of xscreensaver locks my keyboard and mouse
Package: xviddetect (debian/main)
Maintainer: Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
60472 xviddetect: does not create XF86Config, anXious does nothing, even with --force options
60628 xviddetect should provide the directory /etc/X11
Package: zope (debian/main)
Maintainer: Gregor Hoffleit <flight@debian.org>
60929 zope: tree tag broken after upgrade
Package: zope-siteaccess (debian/main)
Maintainer: Mike Goldman <whig@by.net>
61047 New version 1.0.1 of SiteAccess, that support Zope > 2.1.5
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