Release-critical Bugreport for August 4, 2000
Bug stamp-out list for Aug 4 05:17 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 65
Number that will disappear after removing packages marked [REMOVE]: 1
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Package: ash (debian/main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
68479 ash build broken on sparc32
Package: autofs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[REMOVE] Package is interminably buggy (ajt)
68344 autofs: autofs root access due to standard config file
Package: base (pseudo)
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <sr1-boot-floppies@debian.org>
67913 Handling of non-English characters screwed up
Package: berolist (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jonathon D. Nelson <nels0988@tc.umn.edu>
68465 berolist has multiple security vulnerabilities due to a complete abscence of sanity checking on strings
Package: boot-floppies (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
68016 tftp and floppy install broken on sun4m
68021 can't locate module when installing compact flavour
Package: bsdmainutils (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it>
68426 write should be group tty and sgid
[FIX] Fixed by package bsdmainutils, version 4.11 in Incoming
Package: bugs.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Darren O. Benham <owner@bugs.debian.org>
68215 bugs.debian.org: Midnight Commander does segfault
Package: cdrecord (debian/main)
Maintainer: Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org>
67995 cdrecord shmget failure
Package: chess (debian/main)
Maintainer: Martin Mitchell <martin@debian.org>
67613 [PATCH] util.c assumes that little endian=i386 only
[IGNORE] Will need to wait for r1
Package: debconf (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
68461 debconf_0.3.61(unstable): error in build-dependencies
[FIX] Fixed by package debconf, version 0.3.62 in Incoming
Package: dhcp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
68462 dhcp_2.0pl3-1(unstable): non-executable script during building
Package: dwww (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
67917 dwww: Dwww no longer decompresses gzipped files.
Package: emacs20 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
65208 Gnus broken by upgrade to 20.6-2
[IGNORE] Will have to wait for r1 (Rob Browning promised to fix ~23/7)
68004 calc 2.02f-1.3 and cvs-pcl mess up installation of emacs20 20.7-2
Package: emacs20-dl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Takuo KITAME <kitame@northeye.org>
66616 emacs20-dl: Still does not build on powerpc
[IGNORE] No fix available for potato
Package: ftp.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>
67390 task-webserver-roxen is not installable in potato
[REMOVE] Binary will be removed (again)
67666 dists/sid is referenced but not mirrored on ftp.us.debian.org
Package: gdict (debian/main)
Maintainer: Robert S. Edmonds <stu@novare.net>
67824 (no subject)
Package: geda-gnetlist (debian/main)
Maintainer: Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org>
68459 geda-gnetlist_20000704a-2(unstable): Missing build dependencies
Package: geda-gschem (debian/main)
Maintainer: Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org>
68460 geda-gschem_20000704-2(unstable): Missing build dependencies
Package: glibc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
68510 segfault in getopt (glibc)
Package: gnats (debian/main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
68454 gnats_3.113-14(unstable): Missing build dependencies
Package: gnomeicu (debian/main)
Maintainer: Edward C. Lang <edlang@debian.org>
66841 Gnomeicu goes "online" and exits with code 01 on Alpha
[STRATEGY] Patch is in the BTS
Package: gnucash (debian/main)
Maintainer: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
67927 gnucash: Cannot start up
Package: heimdal-lib (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Brian May <bam@debian.org>
59037 heimdal has problems on Powerpc
Package: horde (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ivan E. Moore II <rkrusty@debian.org>
67784 horde: Hangs on install (debconf problem)
Package: hylafax-server (debian/main)
Maintainer: Christophe Le Bars <clebars@debian.org>
67380 (no subject)
[IGNORE] No fix available for potato.
Package: i18ndata (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
62173 i18ndata: Contains non-free file.
[FIX] Relicensed upstream
Package: inn2 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
66638 inn2 2.2.2.2000.01.31-4 DOS vulnerability
[IGNORE] No fix available for potato (!)
Package: libcgi-pm-perl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Piotr Roszatycki <dexter@debian.org>
67807 libcgi-pm-perl: uninstallable - conflict with libcgi-perl ?!
Package: libforms0.88-dev (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>
68008 Bad dependency on libc6 (alpha)
Package: libgtk1.2 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>
67996 libgtk1.2: /etc/gtk/gtkrc.* files have serious syntax errors
Package: libgtk1.2-doc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>
67903 manual in -doc package is obselete
Package: libhoard1 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Raphael Bossek <bossekr@debian.org>
66790 Version 1.5.2 of libhoard won't compile on Alpha (patch)
[STRATEGY] Verified patch in the BTS
Package: lilypond1.3 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>
68441 [sayshell@crack.them.org: Log for failed build of lilypond1.3_1.3.75-1 (dist=unstable)]
Package: lookup-el (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ryuichi Arafune <arafune@debian.org>
68034 lookup-el causes xemacs20 to break tty display
Package: maildrop (debian/main)
Maintainer: Steve Haslam <araqnid@debian.org>
67126 maildrop does not work, it can't create a dot-lock
[IGNORE] No fix available for potato
Package: modconf (debian/main)
Maintainer: Boot Floppies team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
68496 modconf: when arguments have been given to configure a module, it is not possible anymore to try to load this module without arguments
Package: modutils (debian/main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
68383 modutils: cannot handle the new practice of linking to the sources
68488 /etc/init.d/modutils doesn't parse /etc/modules properly
Package: moonlight (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
68365 Potato moonlight not compilable on Alpha
Package: mule2-support (debian/main)
Maintainer: Takuo KITAME <kitame@northeye.org>
67157 error in pre-install script
[IGNORE] Will need to wait for r1
[FIX] Fixed by package mule2, version 2.3+19.34-7potato7 in Incoming
Package: netbase (debian/main)
Maintainer: Anthony Towns <ajt@debian.org>
68334 ifconfig from netbase 3.18-4 freezes a 2.0.36 system solid
Package: netscape-base-4 (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
68340 netscape-base-4: wrapper has a security bug
Package: netscape-base-473 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
67748 netscape-base-473: netscape-4.73 has a buffer overrun problem.
Package: nscd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
58367 nscd: 'broken pipe' error causes entire box to be unusable
[IGNORE] No fix or workaround available for potato (ajt)
Package: ntop (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian QA Group <debian-qa@lists.debian.org>
68418 FWD: [ Hackerslab bug_paper ] ntop web mode vulnerabliity
[FIX] Fixed by package ntop, version 1.2a7-10 in Incoming
Package: octave-plplot (debian/main)
Maintainer: Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@icp.inpg.fr>
68028 Cant use octave-plplot with octave2.1
Package: php3-mysql (debian/main)
Maintainer: Petr Cech <cech@debian.org>
67919 php3-mysql is delivered stillborn
Package: postgresql-client (debian/main)
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
67871 postgresql-client: `createuser -x' hangs on read()
Package: proftpd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
68356 proftpd: Problems with multiple user/group settings in proftpd.conf
Package: pstoedit (debian/main)
Maintainer: J.H.M. Dassen (Ray <jdassen@debian.org>
67802 pstoedit_3.20-1(unstable): error in build dependencies
68457 pstoedit_3.20-2(unstable): error in build dependencies
Package: ssh (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
51747 ssh: can't handle expired passwords
[IGNORE] No fix or workaround available for potato (ajt)
Package: sslwrap (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Raphael Bossek <bossekr@debian.org>
68482 sslwrap: SSLwrap has undefined symbols if used with libssl09
Package: tetex-base (debian/main)
Maintainer: teTeX maintainers <debian-tetex-maint@lists.debian.org>
65961 tetex-base/tetex-nonfree: serious license problems
[IGNORE] No fix or workaround available for potato (ajt)
Package: vgagamespack (debian/main)
Maintainer: Robert S. Edmonds <stu@novare.net>
68007 Bad dependency on libc6 (alpha)
Package: w3mir (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jay Kominek <jkominek@debian.org>
67768 w3mir: Can delete all files!
67769 w3mir: Corrupts downloaded files
Package: wdm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Daniel Patterson <danpat@debian.org>
67867 Fails to build from source (error in debian/rules)
Package: wmaker (debian/main)
Maintainer: Chris McKillop <cdm@debian.org>
67886 Windowmaker crashes on exit after upgrade
Package: wmaker-data (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
68003 wmaker-data: no proper copyright or licensing info [WOODY]
Package: xemacs21 (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
68017 xemacs21: XEmacs dies saying: "XEmacs: could not grant slave pty"
Package: zlib (debian/main)
Maintainer: Mark Brown <broonie@debian.org>
68469 zlib_1:1.1.3-8(unstable): Syntax error in build dependencies
[FIX] Fixed by package zlib, version 1:1.1.3-9 in Incoming
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