Release-critical Bugreport for May 19, 2000
Bug stamp-out list for May 19 05:10 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 147
Number that will disappear after removing packages marked [REMOVE]: 32
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Package: apache (debian/main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
64123 apache: Please don't set AddDefaultCharset
Package: apache-ssl (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
[HELP] Fix needed (RB)
63116 Default config is invalid
Package: apt (debian/main)
Maintainer: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>
[HELP] Fix needed (RB)
62945 dpkg: dselect hangs before or after install
Package: base-passwd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
63909 base-files: Base Files does not ensure the utmp group exists before trying to use it
[STRATEGY] Probably user-shot-himself problem
Package: bigbrother (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@debian.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if no fix is available. (RB)
63596 Security Alert: Big Brother exploit
64291 Does break on install.... not kept up to date
Package: blacs-lam-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philipp Frauenfelder <pfrauenf@debian.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if it's not useful without scalapack (RB)
63469 blacs-lam-dev recommends a nonexistant package in potato
Package: blacs-lam-test (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philipp Frauenfelder <pfrauenf@debian.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if it's not useful without scalapack (RB)
62862 blacs-lam-test recommends a nonexistant package
Package: blacs-mpich-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philipp Frauenfelder <pfrauenf@debian.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if it's not useful without scalapack (RB)
63470 blacs-mpich-dev recommends a nonexistant package in potato
Package: blacs-mpich-test (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philipp Frauenfelder <pfrauenf@debian.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if it's not useful without scalapack (RB)
63468 blacs-mpich-test recommends a nonexistant package in potato
Package: blacs1-lam (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philipp Frauenfelder <pfrauenf@debian.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if it's not useful without scalapack (RB)
63467 blacs1-lam recommends a nonexistant package in potato
Package: blacs1-mpich (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philipp Frauenfelder <pfrauenf@debian.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if it's not useful without scalapack (RB)
63466 blacs1-mpich recommends a nonexistant package in potato
Package: boot-floppies (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
63256 base: busy filesystem during shutdown
63855 boot-floppies: unable to install ne module
63964 no localhost hostname or loopback device setup on fresh install of potato
Package: diff (debian/main)
Maintainer: Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>
59730 [PATCH] /tmp race in sdiff -o
[FIX] Install diff 2.7-21 at next test cycle. (RB)
Package: dpkg (debian/main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
[HELP] Fix needed. (RB)
63604 dpkg segfaults when upgrading lilo
[HELP] Maintainer cannot reproduce
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Package: dupload (debian/main)
Maintainer: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@debian.org>
64003 potato dupload should use ftp-master rather than master
Package: emacs20 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
63555 emacs20: Where is info about emacs?
63651 can't configure
63837 emacs20_20.6-0.1(frozen): segfaults on m68k
63993 Unaligned traps in Emacs on Alpha (at least), memory corruption everywhere
Package: emacs20-dl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Takuo KITAME <kitame@northeye.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if no fix is available. (RB)
63740 Emacs won't run under X windows
[STRATEGY] Maintainer claims this is not an issue?
Package: fsh (debian/main)
Maintainer: Tommi Virtanen <tv@debian.org>
64029 fsh: Recommends a non-main package
Package: ftp.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>
63890 Upgrade stuff
63979 Please remove libdb1 and libdb1-dev from powerpc
64051 ftp.debian.org: libstdc++ missing from unstable (woody)
64052 clisp-1999-07-22-4 should be returned to potato
Package: fvwm95 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Daniel Martin <fizbin@debian.org>
64218 fvwm95: MD5 magic in preinst will always delete old conffiles
Package: gaim (debian/main)
Maintainer: Robert S. Edmonds <stu@novare.net>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if no fix is available. (RB)
63537 Gaim dies when logging in.
Package: gawk (debian/main)
Maintainer: James Troup <awkmaint@nocrew.org>
63378 gawk: gawk is not 8-bit clean
[FIX] Install gawk 3.0.4-4 at next test cycle.
Package: gcc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
63977 Current GCC does not build gpc
Package: gdb (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
[HELP] Fix needed. (RB)
58450 gdb: Won't compile on PowerPC
62081 Looking for gdb-4.18-objc patches....
Package: gdm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ryan Murray <rmurray@cyberhqz.com>
63876 buffer overflow in gdm
[FIX] Install gdm 2.0-0.beta4.9 which is waiting in Incoming
Package: glide2-base (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org>
61171 glide2-base: test3Dfx linked to wrong library
[HELP] glide2-base maintainer was going to fix it on March 27. (RB)
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Package: gnomba (debian/main)
Maintainer: Timshel Knoll <timshel@pobox.com>
61096 gnomba 0.5.1-3 hangs X with already-mounted share
Package: gnome-apt (debian/main)
Maintainer: Apt Packaging Team <apt@packages.debian.org>
63825 gnome-apt_0.3.8(frozen): error in build dependencies
Package: gnome-session (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
61617 gnome-session: gome-wm fails
[STRATEGY] Needs to be updated to new window-manager registration scheme. (RB)
Package: gnomeicu (debian/main)
Maintainer: Edward C. Lang <edlang@debian.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if no fix is available. (RB)
63138 gnomeicu: gnomeicu-client segfaults
63139 gnomeicu: gnomeicu crashes on user addition
64048 gnomeicu: Can't create applet! (broken dependancy?)
64049 gnomeicu: just crashes when started
Package: gnuserv (debian/main)
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if no fix is available. (RB)
61571 gnuserv: (void-function server-kill-buffer-query-function)
Package: gpm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Zephaniah E. Hull <warp@whitestar.soark.net>
[HELP] Fix needed. (RB)
63649 GPM gets kernel commandline on clean install
[STRATEGY] Good analysis in bugreport, should be easily fixed.
Maintainer might be temporarily MIA?
Package: gs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Torsten Landschoff <torsten@debian.org>
63163 ghostscript consumes all available memory on system
Package: heartbeat (debian/main)
Maintainer: Paolo Molaro <lupus@debian.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if no fix is available. (RB)
63259 IP addresses not released on failback
Package: i18ndata (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
[HELP] Fix needed. (RB)
62173 i18ndata: Contains non-free file.
Package: imp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ivan E. Moore II <rkrusty@debian.org>
63212 imp: Imp can't find page_open()
Package: ippl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Hugo Haas <hugo@debian.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if no fix is available. (RB)
62784 ippl: from address subnet parsing is incorrect
[STRATEGY] One-line patch is bugreport
Package: jadetex (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
64001 jadetex: Cannot be installed. TeX capacity exceded when generating fmt file.
Package: jde (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Ruud de Rooij <ruud@debian.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if no fix is available. (RB)
63562 Setting up jde fails
[STRATEGY] Fix is described in the bug log. (RB)
Package: jdk1.1 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
[HELP] Need more info about the effect of this bug; is it RC? (RB)
60857 Bad path to java-jdk11.1.gz in update-alternatives-jdk1.1
Package: karpski (debian/main)
Maintainer: Stephen M. Moraco <stephen@col.hp.com>
64253 karpski: Segmentation fault after 2 or 3 minutes
Package: kernel-image-2.2.15 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
63946 Kernel panic: aic7xxx: unrecoverable BRKADRINT.
Package: kinput2-canna-wnn (debian/main)
Maintainer: Keita Maehara <maehara@debian.org>
[FIX] Install kinput2-canna-wnn 3.0-9 (RB)
63755 kinput2-wnn needs a key table included in freewnn-common
63852 kinput2-canna-wnn can't work if JSERVER variable is not set.
Package: kon2 (debian/main)
Maintainer: ISHIKAWA Mutsumi <ishikawa@linux.or.jp>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if no fix is available. (RB)
63724 kon2: buffer overflow
[STRATEGY] Bugreport contains trivial patch strategy
Package: libace5.0 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ossama Othman <ossama@debian.org>
63932 libace is built with an obsolete libtool with endian problems
Package: libc6.1 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
63988 glibc dynmamic linker doesnt find some libs on alpha
Package: libggi (debian/main)
Maintainer: Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org>
61177 libggi: svgalib target should not be built for all archs
[STRATEGY] Maintainer is talking with the submitter about how to fix it. (Apr12MH)
Package: libnetwork-ipv4addr-perl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@lina.inka.de>
63482 libnetwork-ipv4addr-perl: compilation error!
[FIX] Install libnetwork-ipv4addr-perl 0.09-1 at next test cycle. (RB)
63529 (fwd) Fwctl Security Problem - High level configuration tool for Linux 2.2 packet filters firewall
[FIX] Install libnetwork-ipv4addr-perl 0.09-1 at next test cycle. (RB)
Package: libtool (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ossama Othman <ossama@debian.org>
64319 libtool_1.3.4-3(unstable): build problem
Package: lilo (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
62942 lilo and serial console problems
63095 lilo installs rescue disk in boot sector, clobbering Windows
63229 lilo: potato lilo fails on ibm netfinity 5500
63516 lilo: command 'lilo' fails (not SEGFAULT) if kernel is not bzImage
63925 lilo: After upgrade - `Fatal: Kernel /vmlinuz is too big'
Package: login (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
64031 login: does not set TERM anymore?!
Package: lpr (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Klein <aklein@debian.org>
64139 lpd: dies after receiving job
64224 lpr: can't remove first entry from queue, leaves droppings in spool directory
Package: lynx-ssl (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
63383 postinst clobbers /etc/lynx.cfg
[FIX] Install lynx-ssl 2.8.2.6-2 at next test cycle. (RB)
63462 lynx-ssl: critical bug #59191 on lynx seems to apply
[FIX] Install lynx-ssl 2.8.3.1-1 at next test cycle. (RB)
Package: mailx (debian/main)
Maintainer: Loic Prylli <lprylli@graville.fdn.fr>
64238 mailx: mail program say "Unable to lock mailbox: Permission denied", when $MAIL environment set to /var/mail/username
Package: manpages (debian/main)
Maintainer: Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org>
61234 Conflicting manual page: lilo.conf.5
Package: mesag-widgets-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: James A. Treacy <treacy@debian.org>
[REMOVE] mesa at next test cycle, if no fix is available. That
will take out a lot of other stuff. (RB)
62674 mesag-widgets-dev: Building no longer works, neither do the demos
Package: mule2 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Takuo KITAME <kitame@northeye.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if no fix is available. That will
take out a lot of other stuff. (RB)
55261 mule2: can't build from source
Package: mysql-client (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Christian Hammers <ch@debian.org>
64184 mysql-client: segfault with executing statements from the mysql client command line
Package: navigator-smotif-472-libc5 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
60523 Can't run netscape: 'Bus error'
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
[HELP] Someone needs to check if this bug still applies. (RB)
</FONT> 60531 ncurses4.2: fails to build when entering the Ada95 examples
[HELP] Fix needed. (RB)
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Package: nmh (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ruud de Rooij <ruud@debian.org>
64348 nmh: inc segfaults with certain mail [SECURITY]
Package: nscd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
58367 nscd: 'broken pipe' error causes entire box to be unusable
[HELP] Fix needed. (RB)
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Package: nvi-m17n (debian/main)
Maintainer: Susumu OSAWA <susumu-o@debian.or.jp>
63850 nvi-m17n can not use on Alpha machine(potato)
Package: onshore-timesheet (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if no fix is available. (RB)
63251 postgresql complains of bad date format
Package: pcmcia-modules-2.2.14 (debian/main)
Maintainer:
61544 Missing Dependencies for pcmcia modules
Package: pcmcia-source (debian/main)
Maintainer: Brian Mays <brian@debian.org>
62363 pcmcia-source: frozen version contains serious bug in smc91c92_cs; fixed in unstable
Package: pdl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Raul Miller <moth@debian.org>
55268 [Strategy: fixed] PDL fails to compile on alpha
[HELP] someone needs to upload that older version for alpha already!
</FONT> 63826 pdl_2.005-2(frozen): still links with outdated -lMesaGL
Package: perl-5.004 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
[HELP] Someone please check if this can be avoided by having ARM install
with perl 5.005 by default. (RB)
62007 perl-5.004 does not include asm-arm
Package: php3-imap (debian/main)
Maintainer: Gergely Madarasz <gorgo@sztaki.hu>
62711 imp: Warning: Bad message number in /usr/share/horde/imp/view.php3 on line 85
[FIX] Install php3 3:3.0.16-2potato3 at next test cycle. (RB)
Package: phplib (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ivan E. Moore II <rkrusty@debian.org>
63514 phplib: prepend.php3 or phplibprepend.php3 missing from /usr/lib/phplib
[FIX] Install phplib 1:7.3dev-2 at next test cycle. (RB)
Package: postfix (debian/main)
Maintainer: LaMont Jones <lamont@debian.org>
61049 postfix: Postfix doesn't check if group postfix exists
62330 postfix: postfix startup scripts can delete /lib/libnss*so* files
Package: postfix-tls (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if no fix is available. (RB)
61733 postfix-tls: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/905279.954: Permission denied
Package: postgresql (debian/main)
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
64005 postgresql_7.0-beta5-3(unstable): missing build deps, build errors
Package: postgresql-client (debian/main)
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
63864 Can't purge package from system
64166 ISO Characters causing inconsistencies in backups made with pg_dump
Package: printtool (debian/main)
Maintainer: Rafael Kitover <rkitover@io.com>
64249 printtool crashes and hangs wish
Package: pump (debian/main)
Maintainer: Steve Dunham <dunham@debian.org>
64092 Pump fails when a second (static) interface is up
Package: qpopper (debian/main)
Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if no fix is available. (RB)
63730 [3APA3A@SECURITY.NNOV.RU: unsafe fgets() in qpopper]
Package: quota (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>
64152 quota: requires sparc specific patches
Package: qvwm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Shuichi OONO <jr5pdx@debian.or.jp>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if no fix is available. (RB)
62479 qvwm: QVWM uses images from Windows, copied at the "dot level"
Package: realplayer (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
63998 realplayer asks for a version of rvplayer other than what real.com give me
Package: samba (debian/main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
63839 samba_2.0.7-1(frozen): build error (SAMBABOOK dir)
Package: sced (debian/main)
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <ezanard@debian.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if no fix is available. (RB)
62971 sced: Segfaults when exporting CSG
Package: sendmail (debian/main)
Maintainer: Richard A Nelson (Rick) <cowboy@debian.org>
63232 fgets problem in sendmail
[FIX] Install sendmail 8.9.3-21.1 at next test cycle. (RB)
63568 sendmail: init.d/sendmail reload doesn't work
63610 Unable to stop properly
Package: sgml-data (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
61436 sgml-data: Inconsistent extension of SGML declarations
Package: shellutils (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org>
63553 shellutils: printf(1) produces nonsensical output
[FIX] Install shellutils 2.0-7 at next cycle. (RB)
Package: ssh (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
[HELP] Need fix. (RB)
51747 ssh: can't handle expired passwords
62746 sshd doesn't close inherited file descriptors, causing debconf to hang
62876 ssh hangs on installation
63436 selecting ssh as non-suid root will change the default ports used by ssh
64353 sshd dies with "auth sufficient pam_blah.so"
Package: ssh-nonfree (non-US/non-free)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
[HELP] Please NMU. (with extreme care)
63018 ssh-nonfree: Invalid default ssh_config file
Package: sslwrap (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Raphael Bossek <bossekr@debian.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if no fix is available. (RB)
63253 debconf config fails
64180 sslwrap inst scripts need bash
64267 sslwrap leaves the server certificate mode 0644
Package: ssmtp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Matt Ryan <matt@banana.org.uk>
63896 ssmtp_2.38-3(unstable): bad debian/rules structure
64012 I want smail back, ssmtp left outs
Package: svgalib1-libggi2 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org>
63435 svgalib-ggi doesn't contain libvgagl.so needed by gs
Package: sysvinit (debian/main)
Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
[HELP] Need fix. (RB)
61227 Kernel panic/filesystem corruption if swapping started while software RAID resyncing
[FIX] Patch included (MS, Apr 9)
Package: t-code (debian/main)
Maintainer: UEYAMA Rui <rui@linux.or.jp>
64105 t-code: spoils C-\
Package: taper (debian/main)
Maintainer: Piotr Roszatycki <dexter@debian.org>
63911 taper: Needs to depend on debconf!!
Package: task-parallel-computing-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if blacs is removed. (RB)
63464 task-parallel-computing-dev is not installable in potato
Package: task-parallel-computing-node (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if blacs is removed. (RB)
63465 task-parallel-computing-node is not installable in potato
Package: tetex-bin (debian/main)
Maintainer: teTeX maintainers <debian-tetex-maint@lists.debian.org>
64177 tetex-bin: xdvi does not accept command-line options
Package: tkirc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Pekka Aleksi Knuutila <pa@debian.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle, if no fix is available. (RB)
63474 tkirc must go to nonUS
Package: util-linux (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
60734 util-linux: hwclock starts too late
62688 hwclock sets the time incorrectly if RTC is in local time
64079 util-linux: mkswap's -v[01] option is broken
Package: w3m (debian/main)
Maintainer: Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.or.jp>
[FIX] Install w3m 0.1.9-4 (and w3m-ssl) at next test cycle. (RB)
63274 [sparc] w3m gets SEGV every time
63721 w3m: problem accessing url's
Package: wmaker (debian/main)
Maintainer: Chris McKillop <cdm@debian.org>
64340 wmaker: Wprefs don't save config file if /tmp is not in same directory as the home directory
Package: xdm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
61260 Undefined symbol: _XdmcpWrapperToOddParity
Package: xemacs21-nomule (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
63207 xemacs unable to connect to local
63522 xemacs21-nomule: nomule version combined with coding systems is broken re i18n
Package: xfingerd (debian/main)
Maintainer: KELEMEN Peter <fuji@debian.org>
64128 xfingerd: package badly broken; also undocumented
Package: xfree86-1 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
63069 xfree86-1: xsun* servers need to try /dev/sunmouse first
Package: xfree86-common (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
62851 xfree86-common: SECURITY: Xsession has /tmp bug. please use tempfile.
Package: xfstt (debian/main)
Maintainer: Stephen J. Carpenter <sjc@debian.org>
63550 xserver-svga: 100% CPU loop with netscape + java + xfstt
Package: xlib6g (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
62418 xlib6g: Please (re-)apply patches for locale.dir and zh_TW.Big5/XLC_LOCALE
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)
Package: zope (debian/main)
Maintainer: Gregor Hoffleit <flight@debian.org>
64032 upgrade from zope-2.1.4-3 to 2.1.6-1 can screw all access
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