Unanswered problem reports
The following problem reports have not yet been marked as `taken up'
by a message to debian-bugs-done@pixar.com.
OVER 9 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Package maintainer
379 mount Repeatable mount(1) problem wi Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
416 wenglish perl doesn't flush output auto jimr@simons-rock.edu (Robinson,
421 term unreasonable restriction on te Jim Robinson <jimr@simons-rock.
563 tar tar -x fails to overwrite or c Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
OVER 8 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Package maintainer
579 image (?) missing /usr/man/man8 manpages Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
660 gdb GDB gets address of structure Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
662 procps top doesn't behave sensibly if Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
691 textutils textutils package, fmt(1) prog Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
702 findutils locate crash with large db Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
710 xs3 X server problem with hardware (unknown -- `xs')
713 mh mh should pause after printing Jim Robinson <jimr@simons-rock.
723 xconfig X server default configuration (unknown -- `xconfig')
725 xbase twm places windows incorrectly Stephen Early <sde1000@hermes.c
729 procps Bizarre corrupted output from Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
731 ncurses ncurses wgetnstr doesn't work (unknown -- `ncurses')
737 gawk gawk references to `$0' in END Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
740 xbase xclock leaves `droppings' in i Stephen Early <sde1000@hermes.c
746 cpio mt doesn't support setblk (and Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
OVER 7 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Package maintainer
759 kbd, xbase /usr/bin/X11/showfont conflict Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
773 xbase xmh falls over if mh is not in Stephen Early <sde1000@hermes.c
775 xbase twm reports errors on incorrec Stephen Early <sde1000@hermes.c
783 tar tar --same-order doesn't work Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
784 manpages Infelicities in fopen manpage Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
785 cpio mt problems Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
786 syslogd syslogd gone awol Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.n
797 (base) /etc/termcap console keydefs f (unknown)
798 svgalib svgalib gets control key mucke Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
808 emacs Info anchors not active in ema Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
817 tar tar -T /dev/null extracts whol Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
818 bash bash builtin `echo' doesn't ch Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
819 tar tar should have null-separated Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
820 tcsh tcsh builtin `echo' doesn't ch Andrew Howell <andrew@it.com.au
821 shellutils /bin/echo doesn't check write Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
822 tar tar -t doesn't check write err Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
824 cpio cpio should have non-verbose, Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
825 trn trn warning messages corrupt t Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
827 libc or sh who reports wrong hostname (wa Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
835 sysklogd syslogd dies, leaves system un (unknown -- `sysklogd')
836 (base) Possible bugs in termcap syste (unknown)
841 ncurses dselect from dpkg 0.93.34 says (unknown -- `ncurses')
844 manpages readdir(3) should document str Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
845 manpages access(2) is ambiguous Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
850 indent [indent] option mentioned in d mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill
853 shellutils `nice' does not do anything Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
857 gs_both gs (2.6.1pl4-4) doesn't use /e (unknown -- `gs_both')
OVER 6 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Package maintainer
860 mount `only root can mount' can mean Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
864 make make gets MAKEFLAGS wrong Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
887 xarchieR6 xarchie barfs when ftp closes (unknown -- `xarchier')
889 info Info 3.1-6 Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
902 lpr lpr can't print a PostScript f Peter Tobias <tobias@et-inf.fho
903 (base) /dev miscellaney (unknown)
911 libc libc causes rsh to fail on com Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
918 miscutils mkboot and image packages Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
923 xbase xdm failed with `unknown sessi Stephen Early <sde1000@hermes.c
927 ncurses? dselect display bug (unknown -- `ncurses')
932 pine Pine over-encodes files and au Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
933 pine Pine wants to post my email re Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
934 pine Pine `Full Header Mode' when r Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
OVER 5 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Package maintainer
944 sysvinit clock (-u) question Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
945 (base) clock (-u) question (unknown)
957 dpkg dpkg should automatically log Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
981 ircii irc package should ask for def Carl Streeter <streeter@cae.wis
985 manpages struct dirent is not documente Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
988 bsdutils `script' is insecure, and gene Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
991 libc libc unknown server error Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
997 (base) Root Help Information Scrolls (unknown)
998 (base) Can't Configure DOS Partitions (unknown)
1000 (base) Reconfiguring and Duplicate En (unknown)
1002 (base) Shell Help Text: / vs. /root d (unknown)
1003 (base) Entry Not Added to fstab (unknown)
1004 miscutils 720/1200 Disk Format? Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1009 bash bash problem with quoting/comp Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1016 procps top has 3's in vt100 Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1017 modules Kernel Module Errors on Upgrad Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1020 image kernel image hangs scsi contro Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1022 (base) No message for 'easy' pasword (unknown)
1028 image image package doesn't remove i Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1029 kbd compile failed (both a.out and Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1031 modules problem w/ gcc-2.7.0? Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1032 (base) Linux Counter Project Info Not (unknown)
1037 dpkg dselect user interface (was Re Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1041 (base) Debian printing problem (unknown)
1045 libc tgetflag("hc") segfaults (fwd) Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1048 kbd kbd reinstall breaks console s Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1061 lpr /etc/printcap vs. /usr/man/man Peter Tobias <tobias@et-inf.fho
1064 (base) cfdisk problems with large dri (unknown)
1065 (project) Debian Maintainers FAQ (unknown)
1066 ncurses-de ncurses-devel leaves behind ol Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1071 nvi nvi segfaults with unknown TER Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1072 (base) Base Reboot Message (unknown)
OVER 4 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Package maintainer
1077 (base) /etc/init.d/boot cleanup quest (unknown)
1078 sysvinit Nasty bug in killall5 Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1079 sysvinit Scripts in /etc/init.d cannot Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1085 tar no man page for tar Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1087 diffutils no man page for diff (unknown -- `diffutils')
1088 ncurses-de ncurses - segfault in wnoutref Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1090 gzip Gzip 1.2.4-6 Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1094 hostname Problem in reading the host na Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1096 kernel/ter reset with terminal type 'linu (unknown -- `kernel')
1097 info info-3.6-1 and manpages ... Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1099 perl perl bug Carl Streeter <streeter@cae.wis
1102 tar tar v 1.11.8 gives a segmentat Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1103 pgp-i pgp-i won-t generate key Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1108 binutils No manpage ar(5) Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1110 tar tar coredumps when given incor Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1112 gsfonts a2gs output unusable by gs but Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
1115 pbmplus pbmplus version number and PAT Jim Robinson <jimr@simons-rock.
1118 fortune fortune is setuid games ?! dhs@firefly.com (David H. Silbe
1126 cern-httpd /usr/sbin/cgiparse -form doesn Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
1127 (bootdisk) 0.93R6 install disks mishandle (unknown)
1130 libc Stdlib.h problems when using g Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1137 miscutils fdisk missing documentation Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1138 ncurses-ru ncurses-runtime preinst unnece Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1142 xmono (I t xmono 3.1.1-3 Stephen Early <sde1000@hermes.c
1144 tar tar --listed-incremental doesn Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1146 miscutils `mkfs' doesn't find /usr/local Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1149 make Make can't execute scripts Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1151 bash bash exit status incorrect - s Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1161 rxvt rxvt manual page differs from Andrew Howell <andrew@it.com.au
1162 sudo sudo: syslog and hostname prob Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1164 shellutils who --help uses /etc/{w,u}tmp Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1170 perl perl fails to make headers fir Carl Streeter <streeter@cae.wis
1171 ncurses-ru ncurses-runtime bug: clear Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1173 ircii ircII bug? ircII.servers Carl Streeter <streeter@cae.wis
1174 tar tar gives `Visible longname er Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1176 procps /usr/bin/top segfault with unk Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1181 kbd `setfont' screws up my console Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
OVER 3 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Package maintainer
1201 perl perl doesn't know about includ Carl Streeter <streeter@cae.wis
1205 strace strace doesn't compile with ne Robert Sanders <Robert.Sanders@
1206 miscutils fdisk doesn't exit on EOF Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1210 ppp lost bug? ppp configuration ug Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1211 libc libc __nis_getgrnam() segfault Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1212 ppp ppp configuration ugliness Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1216 includes, kernel headers muck up /usr/sr Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1224 xfig xfig depends on xpmR6, xbaseR6 dgregor@coil.com (D.J. Gregor)
1225 ghostview ghostviewR6 bad name, depends Helmut Geyer, Helmut.Geyer@iwr.
1227 elm elm recommends pgp Carl Streeter <streeter@cae.wis
1229 timezone Timezone data out-of-date Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1230 (bootdisk) lilo-1.3.11 bootdisk 25th July (unknown)
1231 xxgdb xxgdbR6 bad name, depends on x Helmut Geyer, Helmut.Geyer@iwr.
1233 ifrench Bad french.hash file in ifrenc jimr@simons-rock.edu (Robinson,
1236 libc no gdbm man page in libc packa Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1238 procps top fails to get terminal size Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1239 findutils /etc/cron.daily/find: updatedb Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1240 procps ps(1) man page incomplete Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1246 procps ps man page does not agree wit Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1247 perl perl <...> globbing only works Carl Streeter <streeter@cae.wis
1251 ppp ppp gives out password Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1253 image image 1.3.18 modules Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1255 findutils Automatic update of the locate Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1258 (bootdisk) Loading Bug (unknown)
1263 miscutils 'login' doesn't work Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1265 uucp Misc. uucp bugs dhs@firefly.com (David H. Silbe
1272 ppp More powerfull ppp-connect Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1275 xarchieR6 xarchie clumsy with 2-button m (unknown -- `xarchier')
1277 xstd installing kernel sources does Stephen Early <sde1000@hermes.c
1278 libc? NIS? dpkg seg faults with NIS Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1279 libc Strangeness involving <bsd/sig Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1281 bin86 bin86 (unknown -- `bin')
1291 cpio mt program in cpio package doe Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1292 xsvga X locks up Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1293 manpages `man 2 signal` slightly incomp Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1297 shellutils nohup doesn't seem to work Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1303 binutils `man 1 nm` slightly incomplete Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1308 ncftp ncftp problems Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
1309 gcc Problems with Debian: gcc or g Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
Over two months old - attention is required:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Package maintainer
1312 ghostscrip ghostscript-2.6.1pl4-4 (unknown -- `ghostscript')
1313 sysvinit sysvinit-2.57b Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1314 ncurses-de ncurses fails in silly way on Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1329 ncurses-ru ncurses manpages - two infelic Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1330 ncurses-de <ncurses/term.h> fails with C+ Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1331 ncurses-de terminfo(3ncurses) says <term. Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1332 ncurses ncurses tigetstr is not const- (unknown -- `ncurses')
1336 procps CFLAGS shouldn't be used when Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1337 procps Improper use of sscanf in proc Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1338 ncurses-de ncurses apparently missing a m Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1340 ncurses ncurses setupterm() handles un (unknown -- `ncurses')
1341 ncurses ncurses man pages confusing re (unknown -- `ncurses')
1344 ncurses ncurses should have symlink cl (unknown -- `ncurses')
1346 (base) Extra files in /usr/doc (unknown)
1352 miscutils getty man page example does no Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1353 tar tar has no manual page Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1354 bigloo bigloo: several problems (ELF, Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresde
1355 mtools mformat does not work mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill
1358 tar tar can't extract device numbe Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1359 ncurses-de man tgetent fails to find anyt Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1360 cpio cpio -a option produces spurio Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1363 mount mount error messages do not ma Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1364 (rootdisk) options 7 and 0 of install pro (unknown)
1366 acm acm networking problems Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1371 xboard cmail program in xboard.deb fa Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1372 (rootdisk) rootdisk: no dvorak keytable (unknown)
1373 (bootdisk) bootdisk: BIOS32 message may c (unknown)
1376 (base) base: dpkg warnings (unknown)
1377 xonix xonix can't write its score fi Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresde
1378 libc weird ELF/a.out difference Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1381 workbone workbone postinst fails dgregor@bronze.coil.com (D.J. G
1396 sysvinit System Hangs! Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1398 amd amd problems Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1399 dpkg dselect error handling not con Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1406 backup backup postrm can fail when it (unknown -- `backup')
1407 tgifR6 tgifR6 prompts about paper siz (unknown -- `tgifr')
1408 xfig xfig always asks about colour/ dgregor@coil.com (D.J. Gregor)
1411 perl perlconfig misses an opportuni Carl Streeter <streeter@cae.wis
1413 ncurses-de ncurses screen painting oddity Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1416 libg++ libg++ asks silly question Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1419 sysvinit reboot too eager to reboot Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1420 sysvinit reboot too eager to reboot Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1422 mount mount(8) gives stupid error me Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1423 at `at' dependencies wrt mail Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1425 jargon `jargon' should use `info-brow Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1426 pine `pine' dependencies wrt mail Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
1427 texinfo `texinfo' should use `info-bro Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1429 bibtex, kp several TeX packages Provide t Nils Rennebarth <nils@nus.pan-n
1432 libc `libc' should use `kernel-head Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1434 info `info' should provide virtual Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1435 includes `includes' should provide virt Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1436 (www.debia mailing list archive minor inf (unknown)
1440 mh `mh' dependencies wrt mail Jim Robinson <jimr@simons-rock.
1441 inewsinn `inewsinn' should provide virt (orphan)
1445 psutils `psutils' should use `postscri Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1449 emacs `emacs' should provide virtual Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1451 ghostviewR `ghostviewR6' conflict with gh (unknown -- `ghostviewr')
1453 xfig `xfig' should depend on `X11R6 dgregor@coil.com (D.J. Gregor)
1455 procmail `procmail' dependencies wrt ma Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1456 elm `elm' depends on editors Carl Streeter <streeter@cae.wis
1457 elm `elm' dependencies wrt mail Carl Streeter <streeter@cae.wis
1459 xboard `xboard' should depend on `X11 Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1462 gs `gs' should provide virtual pa Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
1463 includes `includes' should provide virt Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1467 ax25-kerne `ax25-kernel-source', `ax25-ut (unknown -- `ax')
1468 glibcdoc `glibcdoc' should use `info-br Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1469 texidoc `texidoc' should use `info-bro Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1470 (base) many base packages not Essenti (unknown)
1475 (base) base disk (16th September) tes (unknown)
1477 binutils ld -R coredumps Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1480 dpkg start-stop-daemon doesn't chec Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1481 smail smail paniclog suggestion Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1482 dpkg dpkg --purge eats configuratio Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1483 w3-el w3-el-2.2.16-1.tar.gz doesn't (unknown -- `w')
1484 manpages Original sources not available Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1488 dld dld control file dsccription p gthomas@native-ed.bc.ca (Guy R.
1490 pico pico control file description Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
1496 (base) dpkg returns to dselect on SIG (unknown)
1498 nvi nvi-1.34.7 and termcap problem Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1499 sysvinit Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1502 ltxtool lt Uniform lists in debian.contro Nils Rennebarth <nils@nus.pan-n
1503 fvwmR5 How to remove fvwmr5 (unknown -- `fvwmr')
1505 miscutils setterm is missing Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1506 gs ghostscript does not honour -d Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
1510 (general) prermission denied /usr/doc (unknown)
1515 mount mount -- wrong error msg Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1519 perl perl postinst complains about Carl Streeter <streeter@cae.wis
1520 miscutils mkboot won't make a boot flopp Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1521 miscutils mkboot won't make a boot flopp Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1523 miscutils Re-report of bug in /sbin/inst Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
Over one month old:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Package maintainer
1526 dpkg man dpkg(5) dpkg(8) dselect Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1527 miscutils binary in source package Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1530 source Source doesn't seem to depend Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1532 repair no revision number with repair (unknown -- `repair')
1533 procps `w' produces bogus login@, idl Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1534 adduser adduser problems with home dir Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresde
1537 xbase /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-default Stephen Early <sde1000@hermes.c
1539 strace strace source package does not Robert Sanders <Robert.Sanders@
1541 (base) root can't login on /dev/tty2 (unknown)
1546 (bootdisk) boot disk won't (unknown)
1547 (base) hostname -fqdn fails on the la (unknown)
1549 bash bash should not have world-rea Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1550 (base) hostname -fqdn fails on the la (unknown)
1552 miscutils miscutils/fdisk.c small fix Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1555 dpkg suggestion for dselect Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1557 (rootdisk) umount problem on install disk (unknown)
1560 shellutils `su' produces incomplete log e Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1562 xdvik xdvi installs man page in wron Nils Rennebarth <nils@nus.pan-n
1604 (rootdisk) cfdisk: data loss and failed i (unknown)
1606 image image*.deb source - and diff! Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1607 libc sysinfo(2) documented and impl Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1611 diald Diald 0.10 man pages Giuseppe Vacanti <vacanti@bart.
1613 diald diald: minor typo in config-sc Giuseppe Vacanti <vacanti@bart.
1614 (base) /etc/networks: localnet twice (unknown)
1615 ftape ftape package contains only so Robert Read <rread@ic.net>
1616 shellutils 'who' can't find utmp Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1617 (base) R6 intstall from R5 (unknown)
1618 (base) netstd conffiles on basedisks? (unknown)
1619 tin tin depends on inn | inewsinn Kenny Wickstrom <kenny@kennet.c
1620 xnest (doe Xnest missing (unknown -- `xnest')
1621 xbase Xmark has no manpage Stephen Early <sde1000@hermes.c
1623 dialog dialog segfaults on illegal va Mike Deisher <deisher@dspsun.ea
1624 bash thermal run away problem Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1629 dialog dialog copyright file Mike Deisher <deisher@dspsun.ea
1631 dialog dialog doesn't handle dumb ter Mike Deisher <deisher@dspsun.ea
1635 lrzsz revision should be package_rev Matt Porter <porter+@osu.edu>
1637 pmake pmake 1.0-1 Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1641 ncurses-de ^Z doesn''t do the right thing Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1642 dpkg dpkg recursive package listing Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1643 binutils ld gets fatal eror when linkin Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1645 ncurses-de termcap Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1647 texbin dpkg can present incorrect inf Nils Rennebarth <nils@nus.pan-n
1652 xbase xbase postinst doesn't restart Stephen Early <sde1000@hermes.c
1653 texbin Missing dvicopy(1) man page. Nils Rennebarth <nils@nus.pan-n
1655 cern-httpd world-writable httpd pid file Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
1659 miscutils MAKEDEV sets wrong tty perms Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1661 minicom minicom should use /etc for co Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@lo
1663 texbin TeX comes without configuratio Nils Rennebarth <nils@nus.pan-n
1664 texbin TeX is lacking documentation o Nils Rennebarth <nils@nus.pan-n
1666 sysvinit C-A-D doesn't work after shutd Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1667 chfn chsh can change the login shel Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1669 gpm shutdown hangs on gpm -k until Nils Rennebarth <support@buildi
1670 dpkg start-stop-daemon is too slow Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1672 auto-pgp, non-free packages Mike Deisher <deisher@dspsun.ea
1675 w3-el w3-el-2.2.16-1.tar.gz doesn't (unknown -- `w')
1676 w3-el w3-el-2.2.16-1.tar.gz doesn't (unknown -- `w')
1677 ncurses-de tgetent() returns unexpected e Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1678 w3-el w3-el: no install-info; elisp (unknown -- `w')
1679 minicom Minicom has default lockfile i Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@lo
1681 cron Missing files Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1682 base serious permissions problems w Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1683 xdvik xdvik manpage in the wrong pla Nils Rennebarth <nils@nus.pan-n
1685 libc dpkg-split --msdos not correct Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1686 mfbin psfonts.map can't be found Nils Rennebarth <nils@nus.pan-n
1687 mfbin postinst command not found Nils Rennebarth <nils@nus.pan-n
1690 x11/xbase XDM protection fault on X conf (unknown -- `x')
1691 x11/xbase X config allows invalid numeri (unknown -- `x')
1692 texinfo dselect problem (?) Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1693 smail forwarded message from Harald Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1698 miscutils Where is which? Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1699 base Install/Config quirks: Missing Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1700 amd amd might depend on NIS and sh Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1701 amd AMD apparently does not suppor Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1702 bash telnet+su root->thermal proces Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1703 xtron xtron documentation Andrew Howell <andrew@it.com.au
1705 dpkg dselect has a strange Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1706 xbase xterm sets wrong tty perms Stephen Early <sde1000@hermes.c
1707 image image 1.2.13-5 has no msdos.o Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1708 adduser? m `passwd' not interruptible whe Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresde
1711 adduser adduser replaces NIS entries i Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresde
1713 procps procps: manpage doesn't tell t Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1714 bash bash is confused when breaking Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1716 dvipsk dvipsk recommends psfonts - no Nils Rennebarth <nils@nus.pan-n
1717 gopherd gopherd recommends freeWAIS - Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
1718 gopherd gopherd version has spurious q Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
1724 ae unexpected keypress translatio mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill
1731 cern-httpd forwarded message from Cron Da Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
1732 perl Bad arithmetic in new perl pac Carl Streeter <streeter@cae.wis
1733 ncftp ncftp problems Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
1737 acct missing man pages for accoutin Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@qed.econ
1740 nvi nvi segfaults on unknown TERM Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1741 libc getservbyport doesn't work Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1742 base /dev/tty has wrong permissions Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1744 image dpkg: cannot scan updates dire Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1745 base?, per /bin/perl Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1746 bash rsh <system> sh -i produces CP Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1747 nas nas: no manpages for au availa Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1748 gnuchess gnuchess Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1750 tar tar doesn't handle default rem Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1752 inewsinn inewsinn recommends trn (orphan)
1753 tin trn recommends, instead of dep Kenny Wickstrom <kenny@kennet.c
1757 bash Bash doesn't quote correctly Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1759 source running out of swap causes dea Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1767 cern-httpd cern-httpd installation Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
1771 ltxtool Legal problems with ltxtool Nils Rennebarth <nils@nus.pan-n
1772 disks boot, root, base disks need en (unknown -- `disks')
1774 libc <paths.h>: _PATH_DEFPATH conta Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1776 gzip zless missing Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1777 source Source not compiling properly? Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1778 cern-httpd Zombies from Cern-Httpd (solve Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
1779 unclutter unclutter - I need -noevents dgregor@gregor.com (D.J. Gregor
1780 mh mh looks in the wrong place fo Jim Robinson <jimr@simons-rock.
1781 mh mh looks in the wrong place fo Jim Robinson <jimr@simons-rock.
1784 sysvinit /etc/init.d/functions and /etc Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1785 kbd Default font. Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
Submitted in the last month:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Package maintainer
1788 dosemu dosemu depends on xbaseR6 Mike Deisher <deisher@dspsun.ea
1789 timezone time zone files not right Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1791 dosemu dosemu troubles Mike Deisher <deisher@dspsun.ea
1792 miscutils? vipw, vigr missing Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1793 igerman, w german.hash has wron magic num jimr@simons-rock.edu (Robinson,
1794 ? /bin/sh is shell when none spe (unknown)
1796 xs3 missing call to ntohs in X ser (unknown -- `xs')
1797 dpkg ELF conversion Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1798 xdm /etc/login has no effect when (unknown -- `xdm')
1799 smail nameresloving problems (unknown)
1800 ncurses-ru missing terminfo keydefs Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1801 tar manpage missing (unknown)
1802 source source.deb package has unexpec Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1803 base /etc/termcap linux definition Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1804 irc manpage of irc missing (unknown -- `irc')
1805 man man package problem Alvar Bray <alvar@meiko.co.uk>
1806 genksyms misplaced? (unknown)
1808 No boot parameters available o (unknown)
1811 base (???) /etc/modules should allow opti Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1812 textutils Cut in textutils with fields Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1814 (base) Unexpected attempt to enable s (unknown)
1815 w3-el w3-el recommends netpbm | pbmp (unknown -- `w')
1816 dvipsk dvipsk recommends psfonts Nils Rennebarth <nils@nus.pan-n
1818 dpkg Perl perlconfig message Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1819 xstd X11 doesn't set a lock on the Stephen Early <sde1000@hermes.c
1820 snmp snmp postinst backgrounds star David Engel <david@ods.com>
1821 tgif tgif should read /etc/papersiz Christian Linhart <chris@horus.
1822 knews knews should read /etc/news/se Nils Rennebarth <nils@nus.pan-n
1823 texbin texbin postinst failed with er Nils Rennebarth <nils@nus.pan-n
1824 snmp snmpd not killed by pre/post-r David Engel <david@ods.com>
1826 includes `includes' creates /usr/doc/in Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1830 linuxdoc-s version of doc behind linuxdoc Kenneth MacDonald <K.MacDonald@
1831 pgp-i bug.. (unknown)
1832 Tar dumps core: film at 11 (unknown)
1834 bash [kubla@goofy.zdv.Uni-Mainz.de: Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1835 xbase [branderhorst@fgg.eur.nl: PATH Stephen Early <sde1000@hermes.c
1836 expect expect core dumps David Engel <david@ods.com>
1837 ncftp ncftp timeout is too short Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
1839 miscutils Getty doesn't work at high spe Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1840 ncftp ncftp problems Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
1841 man man_db problems Alvar Bray <alvar@meiko.co.uk>
1842 pari pari's user-manual has a permi Jim Robinson <jimr@simons-rock.
1843 manpages /etc/ttytype missing or not ne Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1844 dpkg md5sum has no manpage Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1845 trn dead.letter and dead.article a Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1846 dpkg dselect "disk" access method d Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1847 xbase (?) xterm and TERM=linux Stephen Early <sde1000@hermes.c
1848 git git gets SIGV mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill
1849 includes includes,source do not conflic Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1850 source includes,source do not conflic Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1851 gopher-cli gopher-client-2.1.1 has quotes Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
1852 ncftp ncftp: cannot enter Incoming Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
1853 procps top fails after 130 processes? Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1854 fileutils cp -dpR doesn't preserve owner Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1855 base packages adding entries to /et Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1856 perl creating perl header files Carl Streeter <streeter@cae.wis
1857 xarchie xarchie doesn't honour default Christian Linhart <chris@horus.
1858 kpathsea kpathsea package does not inst Nils Rennebarth <nils@nus.pan-n
1859 sysvinit Start/stop scripts do not work Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1860 fdisk bugs (unknown)
1861 knews knews does not use /etc/news/s Nils Rennebarth <nils@nus.pan-n
1862 knews knews does not need to depend Nils Rennebarth <nils@nus.pan-n
1865 kpathsea cmr10 at 10.0pt not loadable: Nils Rennebarth <nils@nus.pan-n
1866 xwpe xwpe should depend on xcompat Peter Tobias <tobias@et-inf.fho
1867 sysvinit [hag@gnu.ai.mit.edu: a little Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1872 wu-ftpd wu-ftpd in CPU loop Peter Tobias <tobias@et-inf.fho
1873 dvipsk dvipsk ignores /etc/papersize! Nils Rennebarth <nils@nus.pan-n
1874 a2ps a2ps ignores /etc/papersize! (unknown -- `a')
1875 sudo sudo problem Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1879 emacs Emacs shell mode weirdness - l Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1880 dpkg Compile error dpkg-1.0.5.tar.g Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1881 majordomo Majordomo UID wrong? (unknown -- `majordomo')
1883 base? gzip "compress" missing? Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1885 base base 0.93.6-13: doesn't create Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1886 cern-httpd cern-httpd 3.0-4: a couple of Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
1888 pari pari 1.39: a few minor Debian Jim Robinson <jimr@simons-rock.
1889 sudo sudo 1.3.1pl4-1: documentation Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1890 dpkg dselect update from packages.g Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1893 ncurses-* ncurses man pages need to get (unknown -- `ncurses-')
1895 miscutils run-parts does not run scripts Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1897 man apropos not resilient to index Alvar Bray <alvar@meiko.co.uk>
1898 manpages getwd(3) contains falsehood Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1901 kbd `compose' keytable command not Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1904 dpkgname dpkg-name (unknown -- `dpkgname')
1906 sysvinit inittab(5) error Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1907 gcc program ld got fatal signal 6 Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1908 procps Top and tabs Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1909 autoconf, autoconf.h missing Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1910 X, perl, d minor bugs in X, perl, dlltool (unknown -- `x')
1911 perl Perl postinst is unecessarily Carl Streeter <streeter@cae.wis
1912 perl Perl (a.out) dbmopen causes Pe Carl Streeter <streeter@cae.wis
1913 gs gs depends on *both* svgalib a Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
1914 image general protection in unix_pro Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1915 perl Perl doesn't like the number 0 Carl Streeter <streeter@cae.wis
1916 perl perl: wrong entries in Config. Carl Streeter <streeter@cae.wis
1917 ncurses-ru ncurses-runtime replaces tput' Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
1918 ncurses-runtime replaces tput' (unknown)
1919 pine pine - imapd not installed Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
1920 pine problems with Pine source buil Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.mic
1921 dpkg dpkg,update-alternatives: 3 pr Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1922 source-1.3 1.3.43 Kernel is too nice (unknown -- `source-')
1923 lpr lpr not de-installing Peter Tobias <tobias@et-inf.fho
1924 dpkg Version in install-info manpag Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1925 netstd rusers causes segmentation fau Peter Tobias <tobias@et-inf.fho
1926 procps w -n in man page but w doesn't Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1927 libc5-dev no /usr/include/linux/errno.h Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1929 smail aliasinclude and forwardinclud Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.u
1930 metamail metamail wants xloadimage Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
1931 less "less" doesn't work on /proc f mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill
1932 Debian GNU/Linux FAQ (html ver (unknown)
Please see the developers' notes on the simple bug tracking system
for details of how to deal with a bug report. Outstanding bug
reports and ones recently marked as done can be inspected at
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/iwj10/debian-bugs/
or at the US mirror:
http://www.cps.cmich.edu/~streeter/debian-bugs/
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