Release-critical Bugreport for February 11, 2000
Bug stamp-out list for Feb 11 03:00 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 308
Number that will disappear after removing packages marked [REMOVE]: 21
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Package: adduser (debian/main)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
56864 adduser: fails to set $ENV{'PATH'} to find external programs
Package: aolserver (debian/main)
Maintainer: Brent A. Fulgham <bfulgham@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
53880 aolserver: fails to build
55228 aolserver: Can't compile from source (alpha)
Package: apache (debian/main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
57007 apache: apache daemon does not upgrade correctly
Package: apache-common (debian/main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Maintainer will have this fixed by Oct. 30.
57769 apache-common: Some Apache modules appear to be missing
Package: apache-perl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
57679 apache-perl: Comes without config, but is needed for install
Package: apt (debian/main)
Maintainer: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>
56855 Apt fresh installs fails in postinst
Package: at (debian/main)
Maintainer: Siggy Brentrup <bsb@winnegan.de>
53715 at: atd does not wait for its children
56797 atd: leaving zombie sendmail processes around
Package: autofs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Justin Maurer <justin@debian.org>
52132 autofs: Race condition when expiring autofs submounts leaves daemon crippled
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
55030 autofs: mangles _ in maps
56316 autofs 3.1.4 released
57347 autofs (frozen) prerm-script error
Package: base (pseudo)
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <sr1-boot-floppies@debian.org>
57625 base: PCMCIA cards not recognize during installation
Package: base-config (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
57763 apt-setup is not creating sources.list properly
Package: bash (debian/main)
Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
55887 bash segfaults with jobcontrol
[STRATEGY] Patches are included in the bug report
57437 bash: Major readline problem
Package: bbdb (debian/main)
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
55432 bbdb: doesn't configure properly with xemacs21
Package: blender (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Daniel Mester <mester@uni-bremen.de>
55815 blender: Opens a window and immediately exits
Package: boot-floppies (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
57365 init hangs: no more processes
57726 mv from busybox enters an endless loop
Package: bug (debian/main)
Maintainer: Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
56803 bug: eats bug reports
Package: bzflag (debian/main)
Maintainer: Anand Kumria <wildfire@progsoc.uts.edu.au>
55232 bzflag: Can't build from source
[FIX] Problem with libMesaGL{,U}.so, probably fixed in mesa 3.1-4
Package: calc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
50142 emacs20: wont install correctly.....
[HELP] Maintainer cannot reproduce it.
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Package: cam (debian/main)
Maintainer: Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org>
57663 cam: segfaults
Package: cbb (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
56780 Install problems with cbb-0.81-0.1
56800 Again: cannot install/upgrade
Package: cdrecord (debian/main)
Maintainer: Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org>
55677 makedev problem in postinst
[FIX] Fixed in 2:1.8a40-1
56043 cdrecord_1:1.8a40r3-1(frozen): doesn't remove debian/files
57765 cdrecord: Makes scsi driver go insane
Package: cfengine (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
57745 Security: Files are kept a+w
Package: communicator (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2)
45873 communicator: Bus error when getting mail
52541 Communicator won't collect pop mail
52554 Communicator won't download newsgroups
Package: communicator-dmotif-408 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <adam.heath@usa.net>
[STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2)
48163 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
Package: communicator-smotif-461 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2)
42259 [TBF] If you open a menu and a cookie pops up, the browser hangs
43849 communicator-smotif: Floating point exception error
45154 communicator-smotif-461: dead keys no longer work with libc5 version
Package: communicator-smotif-47 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2)
43739 netscape dies with Bus error
56356 communicator-smotif-47: bus error
Package: console-data (debian/main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
[HELP] NMU needed!
55031 console-data: does not contain important (for Russian) translation tables
56518 console-data: postinst locks
Package: courier-imap (debian/main)
Maintainer: Steve Haslam <araqnid@debian.org>
55530 makeuserdb failed.
[HELP] Patch is in bugreport, NMU needed
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Package: cti-ifhp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Sven Rudolph <sr1@sax.de>
57272 cti-ifhp: latest potato version breaks printing subsystem
Package: cvs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Tom Lees <tom@debian.org>
55472 cvs: cvs commit with wrong branch revision causes problems
56324 cvs: Using deprecated debconf compatibility library.
Package: cyrus-common (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Michael-John Turner <mj@debian.org>
56852 cyrus-common: can't install
Package: debconf (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
56199 missing perl module
57771 Various .config files lock
Package: debiandoc-sgml (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ardo van Rangelrooij <ardo@debian.org>
55257 menu: can't build from source
Package: dhcpcd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Dennis Kelly <dpk@debian.org>
53501 /etc/init.d/dhcpcd will not create pidfile correctly
56860 dhcpcd: Client does not send out requests
Package: dhelp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marco Budde <budde@debian.org>
54100 dhelp: dhelp_parse fails
Package: diald (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
52981 diald: Does not bring link up second time.
Package: dip (debian/main)
Maintainer: Fabrizio Polacco <fpolacco@debian.org>
56713 dip: No cleanup after exit, duplicate route and interface left behind.
Package: dpkg (debian/main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
55041 dlocate: dlocate -l gives *lots* of space chars in its output
56928 DPKG coredumps while upgrading wmaker
57610 dpkg: cannot recover from broken prerm when new package has none
Package: dwww (debian/main)
Maintainer: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
49664 dwww unable to access docs in /usr/share/doc
[STRATEGY] (Dec 12) Maintainer expects to have fixes uploaded
"in the next week or so".
51206 dwww: update-menus doesn't work correctly with dwww
[STRATEGY] (Dec 12) Maintainer expects to have fixes uploaded
"in the next week or so"
53355 dwww doesn't render any manpages (dwww-convert returns an error)
54220 dwww reports incorrect content-type to http server for man pages
55858 dwwww cannot open documents in /usr/doc
Package: egcs64 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Steve Dunham <dunham@debian.org>
57563 Internal error while compiling Linux kernel
Package: emacs19 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Mark W. Eichin <eichin@thok.org>
55090 emacs19_19.34-21.1(stable): build error: debian/y2k doesn't exist
57636 gnus under emacs19 opens files in /tmp insecurely
Package: emacs20 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
33237 /etc/alternatives/emacs not managed properly - /usr/bin/emacs doesn't run emacs20
[HELP] Opaque, but reproducible.
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Package: enlightenment-theme-brushedmetal (debian/main)
Maintainer: Laurence J. Lane <ljlane@debian.org>
56582 enlightenment-theme-brushedmetal: file is corrupted
Package: estic (debian/main)
Maintainer: W. Borgert <debacle@debian.org>
57722 estic_1.61-2(frozen): bad build dependency
Package: eterm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Brian M. Almeida <bma@debian.org>
57188 Eterm ignores important keys
Package: exim (debian/main)
Maintainer: Mark Baker <mbaker@iee.org>
55473 Exim barfs with some procmail-related error for users with no .procmailrc
Package: fetchmail (debian/main)
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
43139 fetchmail flushed after failed delivery
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
48159 I had to downgrade to fetchmail_4.6.4-1.1 because I couldn't get my mail from the server! Fetchmail was able to query the IP of the server, but told me something about "file not found". After downgrading fetchmail it worked without problems. I haven't touched any fetchmail relevant scripts!
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
50990 fetchmail: mail was fetched and deleted from server but never sent to local MTA
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
51557 missing recommends on tcl/tk for fetchmailconf
[HELP] Needs an extra dependency, NMU needed
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Package: fetchmailconf (debian/main)
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
57287 generates wrong config files
Package: ftape-util (debian/main)
Maintainer: Christian Meder <meder@isr.uni-stuttgart.de>
55678 makedev problem in postinst
[STRATEGY] Very simple to fix.
Package: g++ (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
48530 g++ [alpha]: internal compiler error building open-amulet
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
55291 g++ causes internal compiler error compiling hatman
Package: gaim (debian/main)
Maintainer: Robert S. Edmonds <stu@novare.net>
56340 Patch to fix FPE on Alpha
Package: gcc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
55263 gcc: can't compile ncurses4.2
Package: general (pseudo)
Maintainer: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
56063 general: semi breaks sending mail with XEmacs.
Package: ghc4 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Aaron Van Couwenberghe <aaronv@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
52794 ghc4_4.04.19990916-3(unstable): configure doesn't know m68k
55247 ghc4: can't compile from source
Package: gimp1.1 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>
56503 Gimp is still crashing
Package: glademm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marcus Brinkmann <brinkmd@debian.org>
57043 mismatched glademm and libgtkmm-dev
57529 autogen.sh refers calls aclocal with /usr/local/share/glade/gnome rather than /usr/share/glade/gnome
Package: glbiff (debian/main)
Maintainer: Eric Leblanc <jughead@debian.org>
55895 Y2K problem ?
Package: gnofin (debian/main)
Maintainer: Torsten Landschoff <torsten@debian.org>
57767 [rough patch] bad /tmp file handling in gnofin
Package: gnome-apt (debian/main)
Maintainer: Apt Packaging Team <apt@packages.debian.org>
57283 gnome-apt: libapt-pkg2.7 dependency problem
Package: gnome-chess (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
56036 gnome-chess: want exit via window manager close button
Package: gnome-napster (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
57207 gnome-napster: Crashes on searching and downloading fixed in 0.4.1
57208 Interface locks HARD when downloading
Package: gnome-network (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
57391 gnome-network needs to depend on libesd0 or libesd-alsa0
Package: gnome-pim (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
57393 gnome-pim needs to depend on libesd0 or libesd-alsa0
Package: gnome-utils (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
57392 gnome-utils needs to depend on either libesd0 or libesd-alsa0
Package: gnucash (debian/main)
Maintainer: Tyson Dowd <trd@cs.mu.oz.au>
56884 GNUcash is a developpement version
56980 Numbers entered as payment or deposit are incorrectly interpreted
Package: gnumeric (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
57429 gnumeric: X server uses 98% CPU time
Package: gnus (debian/main)
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
57645 [John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>] gnus: Fails to read mail with IMAP
57674 Cannot enter mail group
Package: gpm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Zephaniah E. Hull <warp@whitestar.soark.net>
51322 gpm upgrade from slink to potato breaks X's mouse
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: gsfonts (debian/main)
Maintainer: Torsten Landschoff <torsten@debian.org>
56570 gsfonts: Corrupted fonts
Package: guile1.3 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Craig Brozefsky <craig@red-bean.com>
51363 gnucash: ERROR: Unbound variable: gnc:*config-dir*
[STRATEGY] Craig Brozefsky is working with the gnucash maintainer
to get this fixed.
Package: http-analyze (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Hanno Wagner <wagner@linux.de>
54029 Y2K bug in http-analyze
Package: hwtools (debian/main)
Maintainer: Siggy Brentrup <bsb@debian.org>
57535 hwtools: irqtune just doesn't work
Package: ibm-jdk1.1-installer (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
56660 ibm-jdk1.1-installer: jre created by ibm-jdk1.1-installer does not work
Package: ibritish (debian/main)
Maintainer: David L. Coe <david.coe@someotherplace.org>
57777 ibritish: ibritish isn't
Package: icecast-server (debian/main)
Maintainer: David M. Zendzian <dmz@debian.org>
56466 icecast-server: uses encrypted passwords but does not explain how to make one
Package: ilu-examples (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Torsten Landschoff <torsten@debian.org>
[REMOVE] Maintainer asked for it to be removed
48636 [easy] documentation directories overlap
Package: ilu-guiledev (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Torsten Landschoff <torsten@debian.org>
[REMOVE] Maintainer asked for it to be removed
55936 This package needs to be re-compiled
Package: imagemagick (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ryuichi Arafune <arafune@debian.org>
55616 imagemagick cannot handle postscript formats
Package: ippl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Hugo Haas <hugo@debian.org>
55864 ippl: incomplete id change [PATCH]
Package: ircd-dalnet (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ian Lynagh <ian@lynagh.demon.co.uk>
56722 ircd-dalnet: ircd-dalnet postinst tries to modify init script links for ssh and start it
Package: irssi (debian/main)
Maintainer: Pekka Aleksi Knuutila <pa@debian.org>
56366 irssi: completely borked without --no-applet option
Package: jdk1.1 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
51490 jdk1.1 requires a dependancy on xbase-clients
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
57247 Strange Java problem
Package: junkbuster (debian/main)
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
56655 junkbuster: su: Conversation error
Package: jwhois (debian/main)
Maintainer: Per Lundberg <plundis@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
57412 jwhois: Package configuration fails
Package: jzip (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Stroucken <stroucki@debian.org>
55980 [PATCH] jzip: postinst dies
Package: kaffe (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ean R. Schuessler <ean@novare.net>
55618 kaffe: shell scripts starting kaffe components contain invalid paths
55835 kaffe_1:1.0.5e-0.1(frozen): build error: make -j fails
55848 jdk1.1: paths screwed up ?
Package: kbd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
53213 kbd: fails to configure on sparc
[HELP] Maintainer requested a NMU
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Package: kerberos4kth (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
40025 kerberos4kth: won't compile on glibc2.1
[STRATEGY] Maintainer is preparing a new release.
Package: kernel-image-2.2.14-compact (debian/main)
Maintainer: Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
56114 kernel needs to have dac960 and cpqarray built in
Package: kernel-image-2.2.14-ide (debian/main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
57451 where are the sources for the ide patch ?
Package: kernel-package (debian/main)
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
57497 kernel-package: It doesn't work: problem in /usr/share/kernel-package/rules
Package: libc6 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
21810 libc6: rexec call dumps core with user="string" and password=NULL
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
36584 nss' compat does not work with shadow nis
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
53448 db2 symbol conflict
56824 libc6: Cannot look up user names from uid
57389 Something causing serious dep problems - WARNING
57390 libc6 split/merge fiasco(re: libc6-bin)
57456 libc6: setting timezone fails horribly
57580 postinst fails
57584 libc6: problem with devpts during configuration
57622 strcoll segfaults
57698 libc6: /etc/init.d/devpts.sh: line 63: syntax error: unexpected end of file
Package: libc6-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
50083 libc6-dev: broken headers for sparc
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: libdb2.6-util (debian/main)
Maintainer: Fabrizio Polacco <fpolacco@debian.org>
50647 libdb2.6-util: trying to overwrite db_archive from libc6
[INFO] This seems to be the result of an upstream conflict.
Package: libfltk1 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Sean E. Perry <shaleh@debian.org>
52437 libfltk1 should link against a gl library?
Package: libg++272 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
47212 [m68k] libg++272_2.7.2.8-1 build failure
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: libgc4 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
57296 libgc4: broken on PowerPC
Package: libgimp1.1.15-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>
55893 Did not install due to conflict with gimp1.1
Package: libglib1.2-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>
55246 the macro G_GNUC_EXTENSION generation doesn't exist on alpha's glibconfig.h
Package: libgtkmm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marcus Brinkmann <brinkmd@debian.org>
51313 /usr/bin/gensig is also in gensig
[STRATEGY] This should be fixed in the gensig package.
Package: libguile6 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Craig Brozefsky <craig@red-bean.com>
52415 /usr/lib/libguile.so.6.0.0 is mode 777
[STRATEGY] (Dec 12) Maintainer is working on a fix and expects
to have one in a day or so.
Package: libguile6-slib (debian/main)
Maintainer: Craig Brozefsky <craig@red-bean.com>
52465 libguile6-slib: Error during setup "ERROR: Could not find slib/require.scm in ("/usr/share/guile/site" "/usr/share/guile/1.3.4" "/usr/share/guile" ".")
[STRATEGY] (Dec 12) Maintainer is working on a fix and expects to
have one in a day or so.
Package: libncurses4-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <ncurses-maint@debian.org>
54173 /usr/include/curses.h is a symlink to ..
54345 libncurses4-dev: Creates bogus symlinks in /usr/include
54587 libncurses4-dev: Depends on wrong version of libncurses4
56084 Package requires libncurses4 which conflicts
Package: libncurses5 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <ncurses-maint@debian.org>
55781 Dselect wants to uninstall libncurses4
56646 signedness problems in libncurses5
Package: libnewt-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <ezanard@debian.org>
57651 libnewt-dev: libnewt.a has no symbols
Package: libpcap0 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Torsten Landschoff <torsten@debian.org>
51108 [easy] libpcap ignores timeouts on linux
Package: libproplist0 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Chris McKillop <cdm@debian.org>
56042 libproplist0: shlibs MUST read >= 0.9.1
Package: libpth12 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Raphael Bossek <bossekr@debian.org>
57474 Pth applications (e.g. example from manpage) segfault
Package: libsmpeg0 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Stefan Gybas <sgybas@debian.org>
56006 libsmpeg0: sound is broken
Package: libstdc++2.10-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
57332 libstdc++2.10-dev: where is /usr/lib/libstdc++.so
Package: liburi-perl (debian/main)
Maintainer: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
57747 abs method broken for http!
Package: libwrap0 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Anthony Towns <ajt@debian.org>
57780 libwrap0 crashes on a certain hosts.allow line
Package: lilypond1.3 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>
55255 lilypond1.3: can't build from source
Package: links (debian/main)
Maintainer: Peter Gervai <grin@tolna.net>
57127 links only produces segmentation faults
Package: locales (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
57482 locales: install failure (overwrite)
Package: logcheck (debian/main)
Maintainer: Rene Mayrhofer <rmayr@vianova.at>
50994 logcheck: "["s in /etc/logcheck/logcheck.violations.ignore kill logcheck.
Package: lpr (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Klein <aklein@debian.org>
48642 lpr; lpr does not print on a remote printer
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
[HELP] Should be fixed by now, someone should doublecheck
Package: lprng (debian/main)
Maintainer: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
57565 [powerpc] lprng: Can't be installed because of broken dependencies
Package: lvm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Tom Lees <tom@debian.org>
56102 lvm: LVM doesn't configure
Package: maildrop (debian/main)
Maintainer: Steve Haslam <araqnid@debian.org>
55256 maildrop: can't build from source
[HELP] another victim of /usr/share/aclocal/tk8.2.m4
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Package: mailman (debian/main)
Maintainer: Gergely Madarasz <gorgo@sztaki.hu>
57223 mailman: gate_news problems
57596 mailman: Here we go again... post: nntplib.error_perm : 500 "POST" not implemented; try "help".
Package: man2html (debian/main)
Maintainer: Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org>
56095 man2html: mansearch cannot find manuals - Thinks they are in section "gz".
Package: manpages-pl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Piotr Roszatycki <dexter@debian.org>
57719 manpages-pl: conflicts with rpm
Package: mc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Bramer & Martin Bialasinski <mc-debian@internet-treff.uni-koeln.de>
56698 mc: settings don't get saved
Package: mercury (debian/main)
Maintainer: Tyson Dowd <trd@cs.mu.oz.au>
[FIXED] Newest version is fixed, just awaiting testing.
Package: mesag3+ggi (debian/main)
Maintainer: James A. Treacy <treacy@debian.org>
57760 Missing config file /usr/local/etc/ggi/ggimesa.conf
Package: mgetty (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
56446 mgetty: overwritting file error
Package: mixviews (debian/main)
Maintainer: Guenter Geiger <geiger@debian.org>
56618 mixviews: mxv dies on startup complaining about libace5.0
Package: modutils (debian/main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
53660 modutils 2.3.9-1 assumes update-modules can run
54967 depmod doesn't care about unknown kernels anymore
Package: mutt-ja (debian/main)
Maintainer: Kikutani Makoto <kikutani@debian.org>
55777 mutt-ja: mailbox is readonly
Package: mysql-client (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Christian Hammers <ch@debian.org>
57025 mysql-client: mysql-client linked against old libstdc++
57786 mysql-client: I can't connect to the mysqld
Package: mysql-server (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Christian Hammers <ch@debian.org>
57695 mysql-server: no longer able to authenticate into mysql!
57704 Mysql-server security upgrade locks you out of the database
Package: navigator-smotif-461 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2)
55945 navigator-smotif-461: Often crashes and causes the X server to take 100% CPU time
Package: navigator-smotif-47 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2)
50887 navigator-smotif-47: Navigator dies (bus error)
51534 navigator-smotif-47: Distributed binary is different from the original
56260 navigator-smotif-47: Binary cannot be patched with Fortify
Package: ncpfs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
55262 ncpfs: can't build from source
[HELP] can't be reproduced, ldd bug?
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Package: ndtpd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Susumu OSAWA <susumu-o@debian.or.jp>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
55264 ndtpd: can't build from source
[HELP] another victim of /usr/share/aclocal/tk8.2.m4
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Package: netbase (debian/main)
Maintainer: Anthony Towns <ajt@debian.org>
55011 netbase: net-tools needs to be updated for newer dev (2.3.x) kernels
57199 netbase: netbase does not care for xinetd
Package: netcat (debian/main)
Maintainer: Robert S. Edmonds <stu@novare.net>
56390 arm() function collides with ARM macro
[STRATEGY] Patch is provided in the bug report
Package: newsx (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adrian Bridgett <bridgett@debian.org>
55266 newsx: can't build from source
[HELP] another victim of /usr/share/aclocal/tk8.2.m4
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Package: nfs-kernel-server (debian/main)
Maintainer: Chip Salzenberg <chip@debian.org>
56599 conflicts with standard package
[HELP] "nfs-server" should be a virtual package now, Incoming?
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Package: nfs-server (debian/main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
55693 nfs-server: no init script
55807 "exports" manpage not included
Package: oidentd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Sean E. Perry <shaleh@debian.org>
56021 oidentd: "^ident" should be "^auth" in init.d script
Package: openc++ (debian/main)
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
55267 openc++: can't build from source
Package: opie-client (debian/main)
Maintainer: Matt Kern <Matt.Kern@pobox.com>
57631 opie-client: cant install if "opie" is installed
Package: patch (debian/main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
56621 [PATCH] unsafe file handling in patch
57100 patch doesn't correctly build from source
Package: pcmcia-cs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Brian Mays <brian@debian.org>
57458 Missing dependency on setserial and other...
Package: pdl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Raul Miller <moth@debian.org>
55268 pdl: can't compile from source
Package: perl-5.004 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
53895 doc-base: install-docs depends on perl-5.004
Package: perl-5.005 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
55794 Wrong system call numbers on alpha (and probably other non-i386)
55932 Can't build powerpc binary from -5.3 source package
[FIX] version -4.1 was already built successfully on powerpc!
Package: perl-5.005-suid (debian/main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
55521 Suidperl isn't suid if suidmanager is missing
Package: perl-base (debian/main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
53794 perl policy is flawed -- 5.004 and 5.005 simultaneous
Package: pgperl (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
57228 pgperl : error in loading shared libraries
Package: playmidi (debian/main)
Maintainer: Steve McIntyre <stevem@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
57020 [PATCH] splaymidi handles setuid root badly, and undermines audio security policy
Package: pmake (debian/main)
Maintainer: Edward Brocklesby <ejb@debian.org>
56878 [PATCH] seriously poor /tmp handling in pmake when running multiple jobs
Package: postgresql (debian/main)
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
53086 "critical: lost all databases when upgrading"
56289 postgresql-startup breaks if both PGBACKENDCOUNT and PGBUFFERS are set
56445 postgresql: cannot upgrade from 6.3 (slink)
56685 postgresql: Serious security hole problem
57246 postgresql: upgradeing from postgresql 6.3.2 causes all databases to be deleted
Package: powertweak (debian/main)
Maintainer: Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <thaths@netscape.com>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
54101 powertweak: 80867190_HOST_FAST_DATA_READY bad
54348 powertweak: MAkes the kernel freeze while upgrading with apt-get. Tried twice.
Package: ppp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
43885 ppp: Dial-out now fails
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
56962 ppp: /etc/init.d/ppp stop/restart does nothing
Package: python-imaging-doc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
56372 python-imaging-doc fails to install: dhelp problem
Package: qmail-src (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Jon Marler <jmarler@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
56588 qmail-src: The uid-system is broken
Package: qpopper (debian/main)
Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
57256 lost mail with qpopper
Package: qps (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Hanno Wagner <wagner@linux.de>
56763 qps: linked against non-GPL-compatible Qt2 library
Package: queue (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
56931 queue changing ownership/perms on /dev/tty
Package: qweb (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Fabrizio Polacco <fpolacco@debian.org>
56760 qweb: licensed under GPL but linked against Qt
Package: sabre (debian/main)
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
57634 sabre_0.2.4b-5(frozen): build problem
Package: samba (debian/main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
56711 Samba doesn't manage well long share name
57417 samba: smb.conf not moved to new location
Package: satan (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a <jfs@computer.org>
56642 Satan missing depends
Package: seesat5 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>
57071 segfaults when entering a command without arguments
Package: setserial (debian/main)
Maintainer: Gordon Russell <g.russell@dcs.napier.ac.uk>
56787 setserial_2.15-18(unstable): Build error on m68k
Package: sgml-tools (debian/main)
Maintainer: Taketoshi Sano <sano@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package is obsolete compared to sgmltools-2
[HELP] Sven will not mind NMUs. He is also willing to give up maintainership.
[STRATEGY] Taketoshi Sano will do an NMU.
57558 sgml-tools: overwrite and delete existing dvi file
Package: slocate (debian/main)
Maintainer: R Garth Wood <rgwood@debian.org>
56388 slocate: overlap with findutils, missing dir
56417 slocate: locate: error accessing DB Directory: /var/lib/slocate/ : No such file or directory
56505 Manual page conflict with findutils and solution to #56417
56791 slocate: Unable to install or remove
56907 slocate: does create wrong diversions
57011 upgrade of slocate fails
57046 Again slocate's install is hosed up.
57530 slocate: overwrite not allowed (prevents other programs from installing)
Package: smail (debian/main)
Maintainer: Soenke Lange <soenke@escher.north.de>
48614 smail: postinst leaves MTA broken if xinetd is in use
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: snmp (debian/main)
Maintainer: David Engel <david@debian.org>
57486 snmpdelta segfaults
Package: snmpd (debian/main)
Maintainer: David Engel <david@debian.org>
56471 snmpd: /usr/sbin/snmpd needs rpm?
Package: spruce (debian/main)
Maintainer: Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
57190 spruce: mailbox file size limits.
Package: ssh (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
50607 openssh looks in /usr/lib/ssh for ssh-askpass, but not /usr/bin
51306 Problems with clients connecting to the OpenSSH daemon; I get several esoteric replies.
[STRATEGY] Need more information from the bug submitter
51393 Connecting to known hosts fails
51747 ssh: can't handle expired passwords
52317 ssh: mistakenly tries to hang on to ttys
53697 ssh: scp broken on alpha and sparc
54243 ssh: ssh shouldn't conflict with ssh2
55379 ssh: connect from OS/2 ssh client sets incorrect terminal mode
56596 ssh: ssh is uninstallable
57004 ssh: ssh to different user impossible
57782 ssh: After answering No to "Upgrade to OpenSSH", can't upgrade after that
Package: ssh-askpass (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
50967 ssh-askpass: Incorrectly hard-coded path to ssh-askpass
Package: ssh-askpass-ptk (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
56668 ssh-askpass-ptk grabs focus and won't relinquish.
Package: ssh-nonfree (non-US/non-free)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
48439 root cannot scp
54758 Postinst prevents sshd startup
56670 ssh-nonfree: does not build on current potato
Package: ssh2 (non-US/non-free)
Maintainer: Edward Brocklesby <ejb@debian.org>
51767 ssh2: installation script runs through one question
56299 ssh2 to co-operate with ssh-nonfree
56777 ssh2: ssh2 postinst creates broken man symlinks
Package: strace (debian/main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
39556 strace_3.99.1-1(unstable): Doesn't compile on m68k
[FIX] Should be fixed in 4.2-2, waiting for confirmation
51648 strace_4.1-1(unstable): Wrong condition for IPv6
[FIX] Should be fixed in 4.2-2, waiting for confirmation
Package: suck (debian/main)
Maintainer: Christophe Le Bars <clebars@debian.org>
56758 suck: Header X-Trace need to be removed for posting
Package: syslog-ng (debian/main)
Maintainer: SZALAY Attila <sasa@debian.org>
55275 syslog-ng: can't build from source
Package: sysvinit (debian/main)
Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
56373 sysvinit should not create /etc/init.d/network
Package: tclx76 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
56541 tclx76: cannot install
Package: tix41 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
47825 tix41: Doesn't work with Tcl/Tk 8.2
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: tkstep8.0 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Steve Kostecke <steve@debian.org>
55953 tkstep8.0: upgrade from tkstep8.0_8.0p2-3.3 removes /usr/bin/wish8.0
56950 tk8.0, tk8.2
57600 PowerPC port of tkstep8.0 has broken dependencies, and breaks many tk applications
Package: toshutils (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
54954 toshutils: toshutils compiled for kernel 2.2.13 only
Package: transproxy (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
56998 transproxy: daemon does not start
Package: util-linux (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
42556 util-linux: hwclock: Continually messes up my clock
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: uudeview (debian/main)
Maintainer: Steven J. Phillips <sjp@siliconlogic.com>
54970 Tcl stack trace in xdeview
Package: vncserver (debian/main)
Maintainer: Edward Betts <edward@debian.org>
57706 vncserver: Server crashes with vncviewer from Win98
Package: watchdog (debian/main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
55683 makedev problem in postinst
Package: wwwoffle (debian/main)
Maintainer: Christian Hammers <ch@debian.org>
56680 wwwoffle: should not copy cache unless necessary
Package: xbanner (debian/main)
Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
56013 xbanner: does not obey user direction during installation
57430 xbanner won't install if you don't let it modify xdm startup
Package: xcdroast (debian/main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
57434 Looks in the wrong place for source data and "locks up".
Package: xchat (debian/main)
Maintainer: Edward C. Lang <edlang@debian.org>
56380 xchat: New version of xchat segfaults on start
Package: xemacs21-bin (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
57307 errors scanning man pages
Package: xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
57042 xemacs21 can no longer search with C-s
Package: xexec (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Zed Pobre <zed@debian.org>
[REMOVE] Upstream authoer has disappeared.
56762 xexec: GPLed software linked against non-compatible Qt2
Package: xfs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
56382 xfs: incomplete id change
Package: xfs-xtt (debian/main)
Maintainer: ISHIKAWA Mutsumi <ishikawa@linux.or.jp>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
57041 xfs-xtt stops font server on upgrade but does not restart
Package: xmcd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adrian Bridgett <bridgett@debian.org>
55966 xmcd: no changelog or copyright
Package: xpdf (debian/main)
Maintainer: Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org>
55658 t1lib0 does not appear to be available
[STRATEGY] Needs to be rebuild on sparc only
Package: xpvm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Anand Kumria <wildfire@progsoc.uts.edu.au>
54450 xpvm: Build-Depends missing, build failure
Package: xserver-svga (debian/main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
44995 xserver-svga: XF86_SVGA Hungs in Apm_Sync()
[STRATEGY] This may be fixed in 3.3.6.
[HELP] Please try the 3.3.6 pre-release packages (http://www.debian.org/~branden/)
47741 xserver-svga: gmc root icons in wmaker crash the X server
[HELP] An strace of this would be helpful.
</FONT> 50624 xserver-svga: Hangs when switching to graphic mode
[HELP] Branden: "I need the output from the X server on this bug."
</FONT> 56371 xfonts-base: version 3.3.6-3 on X-SVGA 3.3.6-3 displays barcode-like fonts
Package: zsh (debian/main)
Maintainer: Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>
52542 zsh: Job control broken since pws9 on Alpha
[HELP] Allegedly this only occurs in autobuilt packages, and manually-rebuilt
packages work fine. Thus I need help tracking this down.
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