Release-critical Bugreport for April 14, 2000
Bug stamp-out list for Apr 14 03:08 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 133
Number that will disappear after removing packages marked [REMOVE]: 2
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Package: animals (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jim Lynch <jwl@debian.org>
61825 animals: Doesn't start anymore
[FIX] Patch included (MS, Apr9)
Package: apache (debian/main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
60257 apache-ssl: upgrade changes DocumentRoot!
60575 /etc/aliases: No such file or directory
Package: arla (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Gregory S. Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>
61706 arla packages are horribly outdated
Package: binutils (debian/main)
Maintainer: Christopher C. Chimelis <chris@classnet.med.miami.edu>
62008 ld leaves hidden/internal symbols in the symbol table (Patch Included)
Package: boot-floppies (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
58857 The boot floppies do not work with milex raid on root.
61679 Installation program suggests sr0 as cdrom device, which is not there
[STRATEGY] Fixed in debian-boot CVS. (Apr11MH)
61861 DAC960: Assertion 'partition->name' failed.
62100 Unresolved symbols in pcmcia modules
Package: console-data (debian/main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
62067 console-data: Broken powermac keymaps
Package: cupsys (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jeff Licquia <licquia@debian.org>
62267 cupsys: fails to install printer: add_printer: Unable to rename PPD file - Invalid cross-device link!
Package: dbf2pg (debian/main)
Maintainer: Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>
61699 dbf2pg: libpg.so.2.0 not found
Package: dlocate (debian/main)
Maintainer: Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>
61789 dlocate: significant breakage, does not function as per man page at all
[FIX] Patch included (MS, Apr9)
61790 dlocate: cron job apparently doesn't run?
62023 dlocate: Error: can't open file at /usr/sbin/update-dlocatedb line 19, upon install
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, stat/lstat confusion;
partly fixed; maintainer promised to look at it
60243 dpkg: dpkg-divert should work even if dirname doesn't exist
[STRATEGY] Fixed in CVS, will be uploaded as 1.6.13
Package: dwww (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
62158 dwww now force you to look both in /usr/doc and /usr/share/doc to find doc folders
Package: emacsen-common (debian/main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
60314 emacs-package-install crashes with octave & psgml with emacs20&xemacs21
[WAITING] Maintainer has been contacted on April 10. (MH)
Package: epic4 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org>
61856 epic4: new epic crashes axur upon channel /join
Package: exim (debian/main)
Maintainer: Mark Baker <mbaker@iee.org>
61770 exim: exim 3.12-7 doesn't send mail
Package: festival (debian/main)
Maintainer: David Huggins-Daines <dhd@debian.org>
62133 package available for powerpc, simple patch.
Package: fidogate (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marco Budde <budde@debian.org>
62175 can't install
Package: ftape (debian/main)
Maintainer: Christian Meder <meder@isr.uni-stuttgart.de>
59502 raw ftape devices wrong
Package: gcc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
62084 slink->potato upgrade fail
Package: gdb (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
58450 gdb: Won't compile on PowerPC
62081 Looking for gdb-4.18-objc patches....
Package: glimpse (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Marco Budde <Budde@tu-harburg.de>
60852 glimpse: full of temp races
[WAITING] Maintainer has been contacted on April 11. (MH)
Package: gnatsweb (debian/main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
62300 Gnatsweb sends out UNIX passwords in cleartext.
Package: gnome-session (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
61617 gnome-session: gome-wm fails
Package: gnome-think (debian/main)
Maintainer: Peter Teichman <pat@debian.org>
61608 gnome-think won't save files
Package: gnumeric (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
61999 gnumeric: Segfault
62347 gnumeric: Can't build!
Package: gnuserv (debian/main)
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
61571 gnuserv: (void-function server-kill-buffer-query-function)
62093 gnuserv: breaks emacs sub-policy
Package: gzilla (debian/main)
Maintainer: Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>
62345 gzilla: heavily outdated; name is now armadillo
Package: horde (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ivan E. Moore II <rkrusty@debian.org>
62227 horde: error while configuring horde with debconf
62240 horde.postinst hangs when choosing non-existant browser
Package: i18ndata (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
62173 i18ndata: Contains non-free file.
Package: imagemagick (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ryuichi Arafune <arafune@debian.org>
60878 convert g3:filea png:fileb loops endlessly
Package: imlib-progs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ossama Othman <ossama@debian.org>
60052 imlib-progs: imlib_config segfaulting without /etc/imlib/imrc
[HELP] Should be fixed in 1.9.8-4; please someone verify
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Package: inews (debian/main)
Maintainer: Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org>
62294 news (urgent): possible expire problems
Package: irda-tools (debian/main)
Maintainer: NOKUBI Takatsugu <knok@daionet.gr.jp>
61614 irda-tools: irattach says 'Are you using an old kernel?'
Package: isdnutils (debian/main)
Maintainer: Paul Slootman <paul@debian.org>
62233 isndutils: libcapi problems
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: 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: kernel-package (debian/main)
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
62266 kernel-package: does not allow use of --arch_in_name for header packages
Package: libc6-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
57914 libc6-dev: sys/io.h doesn't work with g++
Package: libdb2-util (debian/main)
Maintainer: Fabrizio Polacco <fpolacco@debian.org>
61401 gmc: convert-metadata.db doesn't work with libdb2-util
Package: libggi (debian/main)
Maintainer: Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org>
61177 libggi: svgalib target should not be built for all archs
Package: libnet-perl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@debian.org>
61382 Net::FTP calls nonexistant Net::Config::requires_firewall
62199 libnet-perl deactivates dpkg-ftp
Package: libpam-modules (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
61644 a few problems since upgrading to potato
61724 logging password changes
61942 pam_unix logs unknown usernames to syslog
Package: libpam-smb (debian/main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
61911 NT users with username greather than 15 characters can't login.
Package: libpng0 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
[REMOVE] Obsoleted by libpng2
61188 libpng0: sparc no longer supports libc5
Package: libpopt0 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org>
62314 libpopt should be in /lib
Package: libsnmp4.1-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: David Engel <david@debian.org>
62336 doesn't compile
Package: libtime-hires-perl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@debian.org>
62050 can't load object module on PPC
Package: login (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
61480 su seg´faults after update from slink to frozen potato
[HELP] can't be reproduced
</FONT> 61643 a few problems since upgrading to potato
Package: lynx (debian/main)
Maintainer: Christian Hudon <chrish@debian.org>
59191 Have these buffer over flows in lynx been fixed?
[STRATEGY] should be fixed in latest lynx development versions
62105 lynx: translation bug
Package: lyx (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Ryuichi Arafune <arafune@debian.org>
62278 lyx: Assertion in hanout.c fails
62313 lyx: Lyx cannot use documents with cyrillic (any 8-bit?) characters
Package: mailman (debian/main)
Maintainer: Gergely Madarasz <gorgo@sztaki.hu>
61695 mailman: mail->news gw blows up on mails without subject
Package: mesag3+ggi (debian/main)
Maintainer: James A. Treacy <treacy@debian.org>
61705 Must pass --prefix to GGIMesa configure
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.
[HELP] Maintainer requested help solving byte-swapping (big/little endian)
problems. (Apr11MH)
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: modutils (debian/main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
62087 kernel-source-2.2.14: enable modules in kernel, select no modules for compile crashes on boot
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: 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: nscd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
58367 nscd: 'broken pipe' error causes entire box to be unusable
Package: parted (debian/main)
Maintainer: Timshel Knoll <timshel@pobox.com>
62029 severe bug - conversion between FAT16 and FAT32 data loss ...
Package: passwd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
62237 passwd: paswd segfault
Package: pcmcia-modules-2.2.14 (debian/main)
Maintainer:
61544 Missing Dependencies for pcmcia modules
Package: pcmcia-modules-2.2.14-ide (debian/main)
Maintainer:
61882 pcmcia-modules-2.2.14-flavor installs modules in wrong place
61884 unresolvable symbols in module
Package: pdl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Raul Miller <moth@debian.org>
55268 [Strategy: use older version on alpha] PDL fails to compile on alpha
[HELP] someone needs to upload that older version for alpha already!
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Package: perl-5.004 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
62007 perl-5.004 does not include asm-arm
Package: perl-5.005-base (debian/main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
61765 perl-5.005-base: crash with mhonarc
Package: phplib (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ivan E. Moore II <rkrusty@debian.org>
62131 phplib: session+auth is broken
Package: pilot-manager (debian/main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
61931 pilot-manager: y2k issue - dates show as mm/dd/100
Package: pkglist (debian/main)
Maintainer: Atsushi KAMOSHIDA <kamop@debian.org>
62249 pkglist: Return values of KDEB->open_file()
Package: postfix-tls (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>
61733 postfix-tls: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/905279.954: Permission denied
Package: qmail (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Jon Marler <jmarler@debian.org>
60665 qmail: Can't start QMail-POP3-Server
Package: scalapack (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philipp Frauenfelder <pfrauenf@debian.org>
55272 scalapack: can't build from source
[WAITING] Maintainer has been contacted on April 11. (MH)
58386 scalapack_1.6-12(frozen): build error (undefined symbols)
[WAITING] Maintainer has been contacted on April 11. (MH)
61757 scalapack_1.6-13(frozen): build error (unresolved symbols)
Package: sendfile (debian/main)
Maintainer: Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>
61423 sendfile: Can't receive files!
62025 sendfiled does not receive anymore
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: slocate (debian/main)
Maintainer: R Garth Wood <rgwood@debian.org>
61791 slocate: cron job apparently doesn't run?
Package: ssh (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
49944 sshd X11 forwarding fails
Package: suidmanager (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Klein <aklein@debian.org>
61859 suidmanager makes system management harder
Package: sysklogd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>
61869 postfix: unchecked data sent to syslog
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
[FIX] Patch included (MS, Apr 9)
Package: tetex-bin (debian/main)
Maintainer: teTeX maintainers <debian-tetex-maint@lists.debian.org>
62014 tetex-bin: texmf.cnf not found in ``/usr/share/texmf/web2c''
62018 tetex-bin: Missing latex command
62170 tetex-bin (alpha): fmtutil, texlinks segfault during setup
Package: tkgofer (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Giuliano Procida <myxie@debian.org>
62194 [patch] tkgofer: config file is in /usr/lib/tkgofer/
Package: userv (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>
60094 userv_1.0.0(unstable): build error (non-extisting debiandoc2ps)
[STRATEGY] debiandoc2ps -=> debiandoc2latexps
Package: util-linux (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
60734 util-linux: hwclock starts too late
Package: wavtools (debian/main)
Maintainer: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
58463 wavr in wavtools segfaults when recording at samplerate other than 8khz
Package: www.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: James Treacy <debian-www@lists.debian.org>
61702 german installation instrauctions not for sparc but x86
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: xemacs20 (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
55278 xemacs20: can't build from source
[STRATEGY] dres requested removal of xemacs20 from unstable (#61494);
perhaps it should be removed from frozen, too?
Package: xemacs21-basesupport (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
62090 xemacs21-basesupport: .el compression breaks find-library
Package: xemacs21-bin (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
61852 xemacs package alias should refer to xemacs21-[no]mule and not xemacs2[01]-bin
Package: xemacs21-mule (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
62301 xemacs21 lacks Build-Depends
Package: xfractint (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Riku Voipio <riku.voipio@iki.fi>
61654 /usr/X11R6/lib/xfractint/fractint.hlp wont be found
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
61476 xpvm: can't build
Package: xserver-common (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
61021 [typo] xserver-configure doesn't call XF86Setup
[FIX] Patch included (MS, Apr 9)
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