Overdue problem reports
The following problem reports are very old but have not yet been marked
as `taken up' by a message to debian-bugs-done@pixar.com or as forwarded
to a developer by CCing a message to debian-bugs-forwarded@pixar.com.
Please help ensure that these bugs are dealt with quickly, even if you
are not the package maintainer in question. (NB a full list of outstanding
bug reports is posted on Fridays - this is a partial list only!)
OVER 8 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Submitter
379 mount Repeatable mount(1) problem wi Bill Mitchell <mitchell@mdd.com
416 wenglish perl doesn't flush output auto rockwell@nova.umuc.edu
421 term unreasonable restriction on te Raul Miller <rdr@merit.edu>
563 tar tar -x fails to overwrite or c iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
OVER 7 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Submitter
579 image (?) missing /usr/man/man8 manpages Bill Mitchell <mitchell@mdd.com
660 gdb GDB gets address of structure iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
662 procps top doesn't behave sensibly if iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
691 textutils textutils package, fmt(1) prog Bill Mitchell <mitchell@mdd.com
702 findutils locate crash with large db Ernie Elu <ernie@tinny.eis.net.
710 xs3 X server problem with hardware iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
713 mh mh should pause after printing iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
723 xconfig X server default configuration iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
725 xbase twm places windows incorrectly iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
729 procps Bizarre corrupted output from iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
731 ncurses ncurses wgetnstr doesn't work iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
OVER 6 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Submitter
737 gawk gawk references to `$0' in END iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
740 xbase xclock leaves `droppings' in i Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
746 cpio mt doesn't support setblk (and iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
759 kbd, xbase /usr/bin/X11/showfont conflict rdr@legislate.com (Raul Miller)
773 xbase xmh falls over if mh is not in richard@elmail.co.uk (Richard K
775 xbase twm reports errors on incorrec richard@elmail.co.uk (Richard K
783 tar tar --same-order doesn't work iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
784 manpages Infelicities in fopen manpage iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
785 cpio mt problems mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill
786 syslogd syslogd gone awol iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jacks
797 (base) /etc/termcap console keydefs f Bill Mitchell <mitchell@mdd.com
798 svgalib svgalib gets control key mucke rdr@legislate.com (Raul Miller)
808 emacs Info anchors not active in ema mdickey@thorplus.lib.purdue.edu
817 tar tar -T /dev/null extracts whol iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
818 bash bash builtin `echo' doesn't ch iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
819 tar tar should have null-separated iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
820 tcsh tcsh builtin `echo' doesn't ch iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
821 shellutils /bin/echo doesn't check write iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
822 tar tar -t doesn't check write err iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
824 cpio cpio should have non-verbose, iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
825 trn trn warning messages corrupt t iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
827 libc or sh who reports wrong hostname (wa chris@cosy.sbg.ac.at (Christian
835 sysklogd syslogd dies, leaves system un grib@arlut.utexas.edu (William
836 (base) Possible bugs in termcap syste "Emilio C. Lopes" <ecl@if.usp.b
841 ncurses dselect from dpkg 0.93.34 says mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill
844 manpages readdir(3) should document str iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
845 manpages access(2) is ambiguous iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
850 indent [indent] option mentioned in d jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl (J.H.M
853 shellutils `nice' does not do anything iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
OVER 5 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Submitter
857 gs_both gs (2.6.1pl4-4) doesn't use /e iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
860 mount `only root can mount' can mean iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
864 make make gets MAKEFLAGS wrong iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
887 xarchieR6 xarchie barfs when ftp closes dgregor@coil.com
889 info Info 3.1-6 ecl@gluon.if.usp.br (Emilio C.
902 lpr lpr can't print a PostScript f iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
903 (base) /dev miscellaney Bill Mitchell <mitchell@mdd.com
911 libc libc causes rsh to fail on com iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
918 miscutils mkboot and image packages mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill
923 xbase xdm failed with `unknown sessi iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
927 ncurses? dselect display bug Bill Mitchell <mitchell@mdd.com
932 pine Pine over-encodes files and au iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
933 pine Pine wants to post my email re iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
934 pine Pine `Full Header Mode' when r iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
OVER 4 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Submitter
944 sysvinit clock (-u) question "James A. Robinson" <jimr@simon
945 (base) clock (-u) question jwl@atlanta.cray.com (James W.
957 dpkg dpkg should automatically log iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
981 ircii irc package should ask for def andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew
985 manpages struct dirent is not documente iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
988 bsdutils `script' is insecure, and gene iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
991 libc libc unknown server error Jon Rabone <93jkr@eng.cam.ac.uk
997 (base) Root Help Information Scrolls grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. B
998 (base) Can't Configure DOS Partitions grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. B
1000 (base) Reconfiguring and Duplicate En grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. B
1002 (base) Shell Help Text: / vs. /root d grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. B
1003 (base) Entry Not Added to fstab grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. B
1004 miscutils 720/1200 Disk Format? grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. B
1009 bash bash problem with quoting/comp iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
1016 procps top has 3's in vt100 andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew
1017 modules Kernel Module Errors on Upgrad grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. B
1020 image kernel image hangs scsi contro sr1@irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (S
1022 (base) No message for 'easy' pasword jdassen@WI.LeidenUniv.NL (J.H.M
1028 image image package doesn't remove i Bill Mitchell <mitchell@mdd.com
1029 kbd compile failed (both a.out and jdassen@WI.LeidenUniv.NL (J.H.M
1031 modules problem w/ gcc-2.7.0? jdassen@WI.LeidenUniv.NL (J.H.M
1032 (base) Linux Counter Project Info Not grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. B
1037 dpkg dselect user interface (was Re iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
1041 (base) Debian printing problem rdr@legislate.com (Raul Miller)
1045 libc tgetflag("hc") segfaults (fwd) Bill Mitchell <mitchell@mdd.com
1048 kbd kbd reinstall breaks console s iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
1059 ppp pppd's README needs updated Charles A. Stickelman <chuck@cm
1061 lpr /etc/printcap vs. /usr/man/man rdr@legislate.com (Raul Miller)
1064 (base) cfdisk problems with large dri andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew
1065 (project) Debian Maintainers FAQ grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. B
1066 ncurses-de ncurses-devel leaves behind ol deisher@yamuna.eas.asu.edu (Mic
1071 nvi nvi segfaults with unknown TER mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill
1072 (base) Base Reboot Message grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. B
OVER 3 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Submitter
1077 (base) /etc/init.d/boot cleanup quest Bill Mitchell <mitchell@mdd.com
1078 sysvinit Nasty bug in killall5 Swen Thuemmler <swen@uni-paderb
1079 sysvinit Scripts in /etc/init.d cannot Swen Thuemmler <swen@uni-paderb
1085 tar no man page for tar andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew
1087 diffutils no man page for diff bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens)
1088 ncurses-de ncurses - segfault in wnoutref iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
1090 gzip Gzip 1.2.4-6 jimr@simons-rock.edu
1093 lpr lpd used lpf by default victor the cleaner <paunovic@st
1094 hostname Problem in reading the host na sr1@irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (S
1096 kernel/ter reset with terminal type 'linu homey <homey@interaccess.com>
1097 info info-3.6-1 and manpages ... tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de
1099 perl perl bug jimr@simons-rock.edu
1102 tar tar v 1.11.8 gives a segmentat fea@fea.rrd.ornl.gov (James D.
1103 pgp-i pgp-i won-t generate key mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill
1108 binutils No manpage ar(5) iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
1109 doc info version of Linux FAQ in o richard@elmail.co.uk (Richard J
1110 tar tar coredumps when given incor richard@elmail.co.uk (Richard J
1112 gsfonts a2gs output unusable by gs but edd@qed.econ.queensu.ca
1115 pbmplus pbmplus version number and PAT iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
1118 fortune fortune is setuid games ?! iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
1126 cern-httpd /usr/sbin/cgiparse -form doesn rdr@tad.micro.umn.edu (Raul Mil
1127 (bootdisk) 0.93R6 install disks mishandle Bill Mitchell <mitchell@mdd.com
1130 libc Stdlib.h problems when using g tim@derwent.co.uk (Tim Morley)
1137 miscutils fdisk missing documentation richard@elmail.co.uk (Richard K
1138 ncurses-ru ncurses-runtime preinst unnece iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
1142 xmono (I t xmono 3.1.1-3 dhs@firefly.com
1143 mount Cannot nfs mount a partition. dhs@firefly.com
1144 tar tar --listed-incremental doesn iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
1146 miscutils `mkfs' doesn't find /usr/local iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
1149 make Make can't execute scripts david@rem.ods.com (David Engel)
1151 bash bash exit status incorrect - s iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
1161 rxvt rxvt manual page differs from rdr@tad.micro.umn.edu (Raul Mil
1162 sudo sudo: syslog and hostname prob tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de
1164 shellutils who --help uses /etc/{w,u}tmp Charles A. Stickelman <chuck@cm
1170 perl perl fails to make headers fir jimr@simons-rock.edu
1171 ncurses-ru ncurses-runtime bug: clear jimr@simons-rock.edu
1173 ircii ircII bug? ircII.servers jimr@simons-rock.edu
1174 tar tar gives `Visible longname er iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
1176 procps /usr/bin/top segfault with unk mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill
1181 kbd `setfont' screws up my console iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackso
Over two months old - attention is required:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Submitter
1201 perl perl doesn't know about includ Richard Kettlewell <richard@elm
1205 strace strace doesn't compile with ne jdassen@WI.LeidenUniv.NL (J.H.M
1206 miscutils fdisk doesn't exit on EOF Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1207 bsdutils cal produces malformed error m richard@elmail.co.uk (Richard K
1210 ppp lost bug? ppp configuration ug Raul Miller <rdr@tad.micro.umn.
1211 libc libc __nis_getgrnam() segfault Anders Chrigstrom <ac@netg.se>
1212 ppp ppp configuration ugliness Bruce Perens <bruce@Pixar.com>
1216 includes, kernel headers muck up /usr/sr Raul Miller <rdm@tad.micro.umn.
1224 xfig xfig depends on xpmR6, xbaseR6 Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1225 ghostview ghostviewR6 bad name, depends Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1227 elm elm recommends pgp Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1229 timezone Timezone data out-of-date bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens)
1230 (bootdisk) lilo-1.3.11 bootdisk 25th July Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1231 xxgdb xxgdbR6 bad name, depends on x Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1233 ifrench Bad french.hash file in ifrenc K J MacDonald <kenny@festival.e
1236 libc no gdbm man page in libc packa andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew
1238 procps top fails to get terminal size Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1239 findutils /etc/cron.daily/find: updatedb Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.hel
1240 procps ps(1) man page incomplete richard@elmail.co.uk (Richard K
1246 procps ps man page does not agree wit richard@elmail.co.uk (Richard K
1247 perl perl <...> globbing only works Peter Tobias <tobias@et-inf.fho
1251 ppp ppp gives out password richard@elmail.co.uk (Richard K
1253 image image 1.3.18 modules Erick Branderhorst <branderhors
1255 findutils Automatic update of the locate Dominik Kubla <Dominik.Kubla@Un
1258 (bootdisk) Loading Bug Brian Taylor <BKT19@cas.ALBANY.
1263 miscutils 'login' doesn't work Steve Greenland <stevegr@Starba
1265 uucp Misc. uucp bugs dhs@firefly.com
1272 ppp More powerfull ppp-connect Winfried Truemper <truemper@ElF
1275 xarchieR6 xarchie clumsy with 2-button m rdm@tad.micro.umn.edu
1277 xstd installing kernel sources does rdm@tad.micro.umn.edu
1278 libc? NIS? dpkg seg faults with NIS andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew
1279 libc Strangeness involving <bsd/sig rdm@tad.micro.umn.edu
1281 bin86 bin86 dhs@firefly.com
1291 cpio mt program in cpio package doe mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill
1292 xsvga X locks up Raul Miller <moth@magenta.com>
1293 manpages `man 2 signal` slightly incomp Raul Miller <rdm@tad.micro.umn.
1297 shellutils nohup doesn't seem to work Raul Miller <rdm@tad.micro.umn.
1303 binutils `man 1 nm` slightly incomplete Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
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