Release-critical Bugreport for June 2, 2000
Bug stamp-out list for Jun 2 05:09 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 80
Number that will disappear after removing packages marked [REMOVE]: 2
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Package: amanda-server (debian/main)
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
64864 Amanda package does not build correctly
Package: aptitude (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
64518 aptitude aborts when apting local files
[STRATEGY] Daniel Burrows made a patch
Package: autofs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
65077 autofs: Removable devices should be mounted with the sync option
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: boot-floppies (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
63855 boot-floppies: unable to install ne module
63964 no localhost hostname or loopback device setup on fresh install of potato
64500 subject boot-floppies don't want to install kernel & modules on ppc/apus.
64823 incorrect LILO automatic placement on i386
64840 boot-floppies: need PC keyboard types for SPARC install
Package: clisp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Kevin Dalley <kevind@rahul.net>
64853 clisp_1999-07-22-5(frozen): test suite failure on m68k
Package: console-tools (debian/main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
65064 After update consol unusable because of /etc/console-tools/default.kmap.gz
Package: control-center (debian/main)
Maintainer: Christian Marillat <marillat.christian@wanadoo.fr>
64904 control-center_1.2.0-1(unstable): wrong versions in build dependencies
Package: cygnus-stylesheets (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
51878 cygnus-stylesheets: Invalid /etc/sgml.catalog entry
Package: darxite-control (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben C. Hendrickson <bhendrickson@usa.net>
64738 darxite-control: doesn't save its config when closed by wm
Package: dpkg (debian/main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
[HELP] Fix needed. (RB)
Package: dvidvi (debian/main)
Maintainer: David van Leeuwen <david@ElseWare.cistron.nl>
65051 dvidvi: depends on libc6 but doesn't declare a dependency
65052 dvidvi: No copyright notive that it is allowed to use this program
Package: emacs20 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
63993 Unaligned traps in Emacs on Alpha (at least), memory corruption everywhere
64368 build from source broken
64645 emacs20: depends on unavailable emacsen-common >= 1.4.10 [potato]
64654 potato: emacs20 is not installable
64770 emacs20: depends on emacsen-common >=1.4.10 only version 1.4.9 is available
64986 build from source still fails
Package: epic (debian/main)
Maintainer: David N. Welton <davidw@efn.org>
64731 [jnelson@hermes.acronet.net: Re: Ircii-epic: epic vulnerable?]
Package: freeamp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Brian M. Almeida <bma@debian.org>
56472 freeamp won't run on PowerPC
Package: ftp.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>
64991 gap4 is missing in woody
Package: gcc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.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)
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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: 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-napster (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
64901 gnome-napster: doesn't seem to work anymore
Package: horde (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ivan E. Moore II <rkrusty@debian.org>
64792 horde: complains about DB_Sql after installation
Package: i18ndata (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
[HELP] Fix needed. (RB)
62173 i18ndata: Contains non-free file.
Package: jadetex (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
64001 jadetex: Cannot be installed. TeX capacity exceded when generating fmt file.
Package: libc6 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
64074 slink->potato: Restarting services possibly affected by the upgrade does not work
Package: libdate-manip-perl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@debian.org>
64917 libdate-manip-perl: debian keeps TZ value in /etc/timezone
65032 Problem with data manipulation functions in Perl
Package: login.app (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
64555 login.app: login.app changes default init level without warning
Package: lpr (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Klein <aklein@debian.org>
64224 lpr: can't remove first entry from queue, leaves droppings in spool directory
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: majordomo (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Remco van de Meent <remco@debian.org>
65018 majordomo: security hole; can get acess to majordomo user/group
Package: mesag3 (debian/main)
Maintainer: James A. Treacy <treacy@debian.org>
63826 pdl_2.005-2(frozen): still links with outdated -lMesaGL
Package: mixer.app (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
65031 mixer.app_1.5.0-1(unstable): Uses non-portable -m486
Package: mlgtk (debian/main)
Maintainer: Sven LUTHER <luther@debian.org>
64920 mlgtk_1.2.1.2000.02.16-2(unstable): doesn't remove debian/files
Package: mysql-server (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Christian Hammers <ch@debian.org>
64679 mysql-server: ERROR: 1049 Unknown database 'mysql'
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>
60531 ncurses4.2: fails to build when entering the Ada95 examples
[HELP] Fix needed. (RB)
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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: opie-client (debian/main)
Maintainer: Matt Kern <Matt.Kern@pobox.com>
64740 opie-client should depend on libc6.1 not libc6 on Alpha
[STRATEGY] Adrian Bunk made an NMU, at http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/nmus.html
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!
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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: postfix (debian/main)
Maintainer: LaMont Jones <lamont@debian.org>
[REMOVE] at next test cycle if no fix is available. (RB)
65083 postfix: maildrop directory can become unwritable
Package: postgresql (debian/main)
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
49580 postgresql: upgrade broken
Package: pump (debian/main)
Maintainer: Steve Dunham <dunham@debian.org>
64092 Pump fails when a second (static) interface is up
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)
64847 qvwm_1:1.1.7-1(frozen): error in build dependencies
Package: rpm2html (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
64414 rpm2html: no shared library librpm.so.1.0, current is librpm.so.0.0.0
Package: ssh (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
[HELP] Need fix. (RB)
51747 ssh: can't handle expired passwords
64424 ssh: ssh believes that xauth lives in /usr/openwin/bin
Package: ssh-askpass-gnome (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
64795 ssh-askpass-gnome: does not check error returns from server/keyboard/pointer grab
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: 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: tetex-bin (debian/main)
Maintainer: teTeX maintainers <debian-tetex-maint@lists.debian.org>
64470 pdflatex: I can't find the format file `pdflatex.fmt'!
65053 Can't install tetex-bin 1.0.6-7
Package: tetex-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: teTeX maintainers <debian-tetex-maint@lists.debian.org>
64524 c-std.h contains declarations which conflict with stdio.h
Package: util-linux (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
[HELP] Need fix. (RB)
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: whois (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it>
65001 whois: ignores -h argument for gTLDs
Package: xchat (debian/main)
Maintainer: Edward C. Lang <edlang@debian.org>
65080 cannot DCC send from a masqueraded machine
Package: xfree86-common (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
64943 xfree86-common: system X resources are not loaded anymore
Package: xfs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
64925 xfs dies on alpha
Package: xfstt (debian/main)
Maintainer: Stephen J. Carpenter <sjc@debian.org>
63550 xserver-svga: 100% CPU loop with netscape + java + xfstt
Package: xlockmore (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org>
64848 xlockmore_4.15-7(frozen): error in build dependencies
Package: xmysqladmin (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Martin Bialasinski <martinb@debian.org>
65067 xmysqladmin: xmysqladmin segfaults
Package: xserver-mach64 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
64952 xserver-mach64: sparc /dev/fb not created
64957 Laptop display flickers horribly (patch included)
Package: xsidplay (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ulf Jaenicke-Roessler <ujr@debian.org>
65094 xsidplay_1.3.9-2(unstable): Error in build dependencies
Package: xviddetect (debian/main)
Maintainer: Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
64563 anXious still does not create /etc/X11
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