Unanswered problem reports
The following problem reports have not yet been marked as `taken up'
by a message to debian-bugs-done@pixar.com.
Package Ref Subject
Nils Rennebarth <support@building.pan-net.de> (1 bugs):
gpm 1669 shutdown hangs on gpm -k until mouse is moved
Erick Branderhorst <branderhorst@heel.fgg.eur.nl> (1 bugs):
xypic 1998 xypic-3.2-3 requires nonexistant packages.
Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.north.de> (1 bugs):
syslogd 786 syslogd gone awol
Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@qed.econ.queensu.ca> (1 bugs):
acct 1737 missing man pages for accouting commands
Bill Mitchell <mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com> (1 bugs):
diff 2002 Missing manpages
dgregor@gregor.com (D.J. Gregor) (1 bugs):
unclutter 1779 unclutter - I need -noevents
Kenneth MacDonald <K.MacDonald@ed.ac.uk> (1 bugs):
linuxdoc-s 1830 version of doc behind linuxdoc package
Matt Porter <porter+@osu.edu> (1 bugs):
lrzsz 1635 revision should be package_revision
gthomas@native-ed.bc.ca (Guy R. Thomas) (1 bugs):
dld 1488 dld control file dsccription problem
adfernan@cnd.mcgill.ca (Andrew D. Fernandes) (1 bugs):
motifnls 1964 motifnls desc should say how useful it is for Mosaic & Nets
Kenny Wickstrom <kenny@kennet.com> (2 bugs):
tin 1619 tin depends on inn | inewsinn | inews
tin 1753 trn recommends, instead of depends
dhs@firefly.com (David H. Silber) (2 bugs):
fortune 1118 fortune is setuid games ?!
uucp 1265 Misc. uucp bugs
Robert Read <rread@ic.net> (2 bugs):
ftape 1615 ftape package contains only source
ftape 1983 ftape source has wrong permissions
Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@lot49.med.miami.edu> (2 bugs):
minicom 1661 minicom should use /etc for config files
minicom 1679 Minicom has default lockfile in /var/spool/uucp
(orphan) (2 bugs):
inewsinn 1441 `inewsinn' should provide virtual package
inewsinn 1752 inewsinn recommends trn
Robert Sanders <Robert.Sanders@linux.org> (2 bugs):
strace 1205 strace doesn't compile with newer kernel sources
strace 1539 strace source package does not compile
Christian Linhart <chris@horus.com> (2 bugs):
tgif 1821 tgif should read /etc/papersize
xarchie 1857 xarchie doesn't honour default archie server setting
dgregor@bronze.coil.com (D.J. Gregor) (2 bugs):
workbone 1381 workbone postinst fails
workbone 1973 workbone postinst needs rewording
Helmut Geyer, Helmut.Geyer@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de (3 bugs):
ghostview 1225 ghostviewR6 bad name, depends on xbaseR6, ghostviewR5 exist
ghostview 1963 ghostview desc has errant space in it
xxgdb 1231 xxgdbR6 bad name, depends on xbaseR6, xxgdbR5 exists
David Engel <david@ods.com> (3 bugs):
expect 1836 expect core dumps
snmp 1820 snmp postinst backgrounds start-stop-daemon ?
snmp 1824 snmpd not killed by pre/post-rm, ignored SIGTERM
jimr@simons-rock.edu (Robinson, Jim) (3 bugs):
ifrench 1233 Bad french.hash file in ifrench.deb
igerman, w 1793 german.hash has wron magic number
wenglish 416 perl doesn't flush output automatically
Alvar Bray <alvar@meiko.co.uk> (3 bugs):
man 1805 man package problem
man 1841 man_db problems
man 1897 apropos not resilient to index.db corruption
mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) (4 bugs):
ae 1945 permissions ae-493/debian.rules
git 1848 git gets SIGV
indent 850 [indent] option mentioned in documentation not supported
mtools 1355 mformat does not work
Andrew Howell <andrew@it.com.au> (4 bugs):
rxvt 1161 rxvt manual page differs from implementation
samba 1946 nmbd won't browse
tcsh 820 tcsh builtin `echo' doesn't check write errors
xtron 1703 xtron documentation
Giuseppe Vacanti <vacanti@bart.nl> (4 bugs):
diald 1611 Diald 0.10 man pages
diald 1613 diald: minor typo in config-script
diald 1941 diald man page
diald 1942 /etc/services and diald
dgregor@coil.com (D.J. Gregor) (4 bugs):
gnuplot 1991 gnuplot has no 'fig' or 'bfig' terminal
xfig 1224 xfig depends on xpmR6, xbaseR6
xfig 1408 xfig always asks about colour/mono
xfig 1453 `xfig' should depend on `X11R6'
Peter Tobias <tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de> (7 bugs):
lpr 902 lpr can't print a PostScript file ?!
lpr 1061 /etc/printcap vs. /usr/man/man5/printcap.5
lpr 1923 lpr not de-installing
netstd 1925 rusers causes segmentation fault
netstd 1982 popclient dumps core
wu-ftpd 1872 wu-ftpd in CPU loop
xwpe 1866 xwpe should depend on xcompat
Mike Deisher <deisher@dspsun.eas.asu.edu> (7 bugs):
auto-pgp, 1672 non-free packages
dialog 1623 dialog segfaults on illegal values
dialog 1629 dialog copyright file
dialog 1631 dialog doesn't handle dumb terminals well
dialog 2007 dialog segfault
dosemu 1788 dosemu depends on xbaseR6
dosemu 1791 dosemu troubles
Jim Robinson <jimr@simons-rock.edu> (8 bugs):
auctex 1979 auctex postinst is completely insane
mh 713 mh should pause after printing important message ?
mh 1440 `mh' dependencies wrt mail
mh 1780 mh looks in the wrong place for 'more'
mh 1781 mh looks in the wrong place for 'more'
pari 1842 pari's user-manual has a permission problem
pari 1888 pari 1.39: a few minor Debian bugs
pbmplus 1115 pbmplus version number and PATH requirements
Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de> (9 bugs):
adduser 1534 adduser problems with home directories
adduser 1711 adduser replaces NIS entries in /etc/passwd
adduser? m 1708 `passwd' not interruptible when invoked by `adduser'
bigloo 1354 bigloo: several problems (ELF, packaging, manpage)
mailx 1967 mailx desc should say something about /bin/mail
mailx 2009 mailx ignores ^C at Subject prompt
mailx 2010 mailx misses VM-generated From_ lines
xonix 1377 xonix can't write its score file.
xonix 1966 xonix: desc is deeply unhelpful
Stephen Early <sde1000@hermes.cam.ac.uk> (18 bugs):
xbase 725 twm places windows incorrectly
xbase 740 xclock leaves `droppings' in its window
xbase 773 xmh falls over if mh is not installed
xbase 775 twm reports errors on incorrect line numbers
xbase 923 xdm failed with `unknown session exit code'
xbase 1537 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults
xbase 1621 Xmark has no manpage
xbase 1652 xbase postinst doesn't restart xdm after upgrade
xbase 1706 xterm sets wrong tty perms
xbase 1835 [branderhorst@fgg.eur.nl: PATH in pre,post inst,rm]
xbase 1985 xdm won't redirect to remote machines.
xbase 2003 xon uses `hostname' rather than `hostname -f'
xbase (?) 1847 xterm and TERM=linux
xmono (I t 1142 xmono 3.1.1-3
xstd 1277 installing kernel sources doesn't upgrade /usr/lib/X11/conf
xstd 1819 X11 doesn't set a lock on the mouse port
xstd 1981 xman fails to format ascii(7) correctly
xtrlock 1952 xtrlock doesn't handle out of colourmap situations well
Carl Streeter <streeter@cae.wisc.edu> (19 bugs):
elm 1227 elm recommends pgp
elm 1456 `elm' depends on editors
elm 1457 `elm' dependencies wrt mail
ircii 981 irc package should ask for default server
ircii 1173 ircII bug? ircII.servers
perl 1099 perl bug
perl 1170 perl fails to make headers first time...
perl 1201 perl doesn't know about includes
perl 1247 perl <...> globbing only works if (t)csh installed
perl 1411 perlconfig misses an opportunity to use xargs
perl 1519 perl postinst complains about not finding /usr/local/includ
perl 1732 Bad arithmetic in new perl packages
perl 1856 creating perl header files
perl 1911 Perl postinst is unecessarily slow
perl 1912 Perl (a.out) dbmopen causes Perl to exit silently with code
perl 1915 Perl doesn't like the number 0
perl 1916 perl: wrong entries in Config.pm
perl 1972 perl should suggest kernel sources
perl (elf- 1951 perl is not exportable from the US
Nils Rennebarth <nils@nus.pan-net.de> (21 bugs):
bibtex, kp 1429 several TeX packages Provide themselves
dvipsk 1716 dvipsk recommends psfonts - nonexistent package
dvipsk 1816 dvipsk recommends psfonts
dvipsk 1873 dvipsk ignores /etc/papersize!
knews 1822 knews should read /etc/news/server
knews 1861 knews does not use /etc/news/server
knews 1862 knews does not need to depend on X11R6
kpathsea 1858 kpathsea package does not install or maintain an ls-R datab
kpathsea 1865 cmr10 at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found.
ltxtool 1771 Legal problems with ltxtool
ltxtool lt 1502 Uniform lists in debian.control
mfbin 1686 psfonts.map can't be found
mfbin 1687 postinst command not found
mfbin 1934 font scaling problem
texbin 1647 dpkg can present incorrect info for virtual packages.
texbin 1653 Missing dvicopy(1) man page.
texbin 1663 TeX comes without configuration script
texbin 1664 TeX is lacking documentation on the setup
texbin 1823 texbin postinst failed with error 1, no message
xdvik 1562 xdvi installs man page in wrong place
xdvik 1683 xdvik manpage in the wrong place
Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.micro.umn.edu> (28 bugs):
cern-httpd 1126 /usr/sbin/cgiparse -form doesn't work
cern-httpd 1655 world-writable httpd pid file
cern-httpd 1731 forwarded message from Cron Daemon
cern-httpd 1767 cern-httpd installation
cern-httpd 1778 Zombies from Cern-Httpd (solved)
cern-httpd 1886 cern-httpd 3.0-4: a couple of bugs
cern-httpd 1977 cern-httpd postinst needs to conform
cern-httpd 2014 httpd doesn't write to new logfile after rotate
gopher-cli 1851 gopher-client-2.1.1 has quotes around version and revision
gopherd 1717 gopherd recommends freeWAIS - nonexistent package
gopherd 1718 gopherd version has spurious quotes
gs 1462 `gs' should provide virtual package
gs 1506 ghostscript does not honour -dX0
gs 1913 gs depends on *both* svgalib and xlibraries
gsfonts 1112 a2gs output unusable by gs but usable by ghostview
ncftp 1308 ncftp problems
ncftp 1733 ncftp problems
ncftp 1837 ncftp timeout is too short
ncftp 1840 ncftp problems
ncftp 1852 ncftp: cannot enter Incoming
pico 1490 pico control file description problem
pine 932 Pine over-encodes files and auto-requests document
pine 933 Pine wants to post my email reply, and other problems
pine 934 Pine `Full Header Mode' when reading a message doesn't work
pine 1426 `pine' dependencies wrt mail
pine 1919 pine - imapd not installed
pine 1920 problems with Pine source build
svgalib 798 svgalib gets control key mucked up after console switch
Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk> (35 bugs):
at 1423 `at' dependencies wrt mail
cron 1681 Missing files
dpkg 957 dpkg should automatically log everything
dpkg 1037 dselect user interface (was Re: debian 0.93pl5 installation
dpkg 1399 dselect error handling not consistent
dpkg 1480 start-stop-daemon doesn't check process status
dpkg 1482 dpkg --purge eats configuration files
dpkg 1526 man dpkg(5) dpkg(8) dselect
dpkg 1555 suggestion for dselect
dpkg 1642 dpkg recursive package listing doesn't do the right thing
dpkg 1670 start-stop-daemon is too slow
dpkg 1705 dselect has a strange
dpkg 1797 ELF conversion
dpkg 1818 Perl perlconfig message
dpkg 1844 md5sum has no manpage
dpkg 1846 dselect "disk" access method doesn't like symbolic links
dpkg 1880 Compile error dpkg-1.0.5.tar.gz
dpkg 1890 dselect update from packages.gz
dpkg 1921 dpkg,update-alternatives: 3 problems and a suggested patch
dpkg 1924 Version in install-info manpage
dpkg 1984 dpkg won't install cdtool
hello 2000 hello not elf
info 889 Info 3.1-6
info 1097 info-3.6-1 and manpages ...
info 1434 `info' should provide virtual package
pgp-i 1103 pgp-i won-t generate key
psutils 1445 `psutils' should use `postscript-preview' virtual package
smail 1481 smail paniclog suggestion
smail 1693 forwarded message from Harald T. Alvestrand
smail 1929 aliasinclude and forwardinclude directors missing
texidoc 1469 `texidoc' should use `info-browser' virtual packages
texinfo 1427 `texinfo' should use `info-browser' virtual packages
texinfo 1692 dselect problem (?)
trn 825 trn warning messages corrupt thread selector display
trn 1845 dead.letter and dead.article are world readable
Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com> (86 bugs):
base 1682 serious permissions problems with base discs
base 1699 Install/Config quirks: Missing secondary DNS server, NIS se
base 1742 /dev/tty has wrong permissions
base 1803 /etc/termcap linux definition incomplete
base 1855 packages adding entries to /etc/group
base 1885 base 0.93.6-13: doesn't create higher ttys
base 1953 dinstall doesn't put up "please wait" dialog
base 1954 setting up the network
base 1955 base discs still aren't creating /var/log/news
base 1961 dinstall "Installation Media" dialog has display bug
base 2001 Incorrect ownership of audio device files
base (???) 1811 /etc/modules should allow options
base? gzip 1883 "compress" missing?
base?, per 1745 /bin/perl
image 1020 kernel image hangs scsi controller
image 1028 image package doesn't remove image.dep when it is removed
image 1253 image 1.3.18 modules
image 1606 image*.deb source - and diff! - missing
image 1707 image 1.2.13-5 has no msdos.o
image 1744 dpkg: cannot scan updates directory `/var/lib/dpkg/updates/
image 1914 general protection in unix_proto_connect
image 1962 kernel needs sbpcd.h editing in some cases
image 1974 vmlinuz-1.2.13
image (?) 579 missing /usr/man/man8 manpages
includes 1435 `includes' should provide virtual packages
includes 1463 `includes' should provide virtual package
includes 1826 `includes' creates /usr/doc/includes/COPYRIGHT
includes 1849 includes,source do not conflict
includes, 1216 kernel headers muck up /usr/src/linux
miscutils 918 mkboot and image packages
miscutils 1004 720/1200 Disk Format?
miscutils 1137 fdisk missing documentation
miscutils 1146 `mkfs' doesn't find /usr/local/bin/mkfs.msdos
miscutils 1206 fdisk doesn't exit on EOF
miscutils 1263 'login' doesn't work
miscutils 1352 getty man page example does not apply
miscutils 1505 setterm is missing
miscutils 1520 mkboot won't make a boot floppy
miscutils 1521 mkboot won't make a boot floppy
miscutils 1523 Re-report of bug in /sbin/installkernel
miscutils 1659 MAKEDEV sets wrong tty perms
miscutils 1698 Where is which?
miscutils 1895 run-parts does not run scripts without #!/...
miscutils 1995 run-parts on laptops
miscutils? 1792 vipw, vigr missing
mount 379 Repeatable mount(1) problem with removable disks
mount 860 `only root can mount' can mean `already mounted'
mount 1363 mount error messages do not match problem
mount 1422 mount(8) gives stupid error message
mount 1515 mount -- wrong error msg
ncurses-de 1066 ncurses-devel leaves behind old header files
ncurses-de 1088 ncurses - segfault in wnoutrefresh in dpkg 0.93.53
ncurses-de 1314 ncurses fails in silly way on TERM=dumb
ncurses-de 1330 <ncurses/term.h> fails with C++, extern "C" missing
ncurses-de 1331 terminfo(3ncurses) says <term.h>, but nonexistent
ncurses-de 1338 ncurses apparently missing a man page
ncurses-de 1359 man tgetent fails to find anything
ncurses-de 1413 ncurses screen painting oddity in dselect
ncurses-de 1641 ^Z doesn''t do the right thing under dselect
ncurses-de 1645 termcap
ncurses-de 1677 tgetent() returns unexpected error return codes
ncurses-ru 1138 ncurses-runtime preinst unnecessarily slow
ncurses-ru 1171 ncurses-runtime bug: clear
ncurses-ru 1329 ncurses manpages - two infelicities
ncurses-ru 1800 missing terminfo keydefs
ncurses-ru 1917 ncurses-runtime replaces tput's
ncurses-ru 1936 ncurses stuffs up line wrapping
procmail 1455 `procmail' dependencies wrt mail
source 1530 Source doesn't seem to depend on bin86
source 1759 running out of swap causes deadlock
source 1777 Source not compiling properly?
source 1802 source.deb package has unexpected Debian subdirectory
source 1850 includes,source do not conflict
sysvinit 944 clock (-u) question
sysvinit 1078 Nasty bug in killall5
sysvinit 1079 Scripts in /etc/init.d cannot be called directly
sysvinit 1313 sysvinit-2.57b
sysvinit 1396 System Hangs!
sysvinit 1419 reboot too eager to reboot
sysvinit 1420 reboot too eager to reboot
sysvinit 1499
sysvinit 1666 C-A-D doesn't work after shutdown -h
sysvinit 1784 /etc/init.d/functions and /etc/init.d/skeleton
sysvinit 1859 Start/stop scripts do not work when not invoked by init
sysvinit 1867 [hag@gnu.ai.mit.edu: a little bit of flamage about single u
sysvinit 1906 inittab(5) error
(unknown) (99 bugs):
1799 smail nameresloving problems
1801 tar manpage missing
1806 genksyms misplaced?
1808 No boot parameters available on final boot disk
1831 pgp-i bug..
1832 Tar dumps core: film at 11
1860 fdisk bugs
1918 ncurses-runtime replaces tput's
1949 fax/efax security hole
1987 No information on how to get started
(base) 797 /etc/termcap console keydefs for function keys
(base) 836 Possible bugs in termcap system
(base) 903 /dev miscellaney
(base) 945 clock (-u) question
(base) 997 Root Help Information Scrolls
(base) 998 Can't Configure DOS Partitions
(base) 1000 Reconfiguring and Duplicate Entries in /etc/networks
(base) 1002 Shell Help Text: / vs. /root during install
(base) 1003 Entry Not Added to fstab
(base) 1022 No message for 'easy' pasword
(base) 1032 Linux Counter Project Info Not Included
(base) 1041 Debian printing problem
(base) 1064 cfdisk problems with large drive
(base) 1072 Base Reboot Message
(base) 1077 /etc/init.d/boot cleanup questioned
(base) 1346 Extra files in /usr/doc
(base) 1376 base: dpkg warnings
(base) 1470 many base packages not Essential
(base) 1475 base disk (16th September) test install results
(base) 1496 dpkg returns to dselect on SIGSTOP
(base) 1541 root can't login on /dev/tty2 4 and 6
(base) 1547 hostname -fqdn fails on the latest install disks
(base) 1550 hostname -fqdn fails on the latest install disks
(base) 1614 /etc/networks: localnet twice
(base) 1617 R6 intstall from R5
(base) 1618 netstd conffiles on basedisks??
(base) 1814 Unexpected attempt to enable swap partition
(bootdisk) 1127 0.93R6 install disks mishandle root disk problems
(bootdisk) 1230 lilo-1.3.11 bootdisk 25th July fails
(bootdisk) 1258 Loading Bug
(bootdisk) 1373 bootdisk: BIOS32 message may confuse newbies
(bootdisk) 1546 boot disk won't
(general) 1510 prermission denied /usr/doc
(project) 1065 Debian Maintainers FAQ
(rootdisk) 1364 options 7 and 0 of install program don't work
(rootdisk) 1372 rootdisk: no dvorak keytable
(rootdisk) 1557 umount problem on install disks
(rootdisk) 1604 cfdisk: data loss and failed install
(www.debia 1436 mailing list archive minor infelicities
? 1794 /bin/sh is shell when none specified in /etc/passwd
X, perl, d 1910 minor bugs in X, perl, dlltools
a2ps 1874 a2ps ignores /etc/papersize!
ax25-kerne 1467 `ax25-kernel-source', `ax25-util' should use virtual packag
backup 1406 backup postrm can fail when it shouldn't
bin86 1281 bin86
diffutils 1087 no man page for diff
disks 1772 boot, root, base disks need entries in ms-dos tree
dpkgname 1904 dpkg-name
f2c 2008 libf2c is in /lib
fort77 1988 New version of fort77 uploaded
fvwmR5 1503 How to remove fvwmr5
ghostscrip 1312 ghostscript-2.6.1pl4-4
ghostviewR 1451 `ghostviewR6' conflict with ghostview &c
gs_both 857 gs (2.6.1pl4-4) doesn't use /etc/papersize; -sPAPERSIZE not
irc 1804 manpage of irc missing
kernel 1989 mmap bug?
kernel/ter 1096 reset with terminal type 'linux' (termcap is broken)
majordomo 1881 Majordomo UID wrong?
ncurses 731 ncurses wgetnstr doesn't work
ncurses 841 dselect from dpkg 0.93.34 says "error opening terminal: co
ncurses 1332 ncurses tigetstr is not const-correct
ncurses 1340 ncurses setupterm() handles unknown terminals badly.
ncurses 1341 ncurses man pages confusing regarding #include files
ncurses 1344 ncurses should have symlink clearok.3ncurses
ncurses 1996 ncurses terminal defs and infocmp
ncurses 1997 ncurses linux terminal definition for kbs
ncurses 1999 ncurses-1.9.8a-1 missing terminals
ncurses-* 1893 ncurses man pages need to get tbl invoked
ncurses? 927 dselect display bug
repair 1532 no revision number with repair
source-1.3 1922 1.3.43 Kernel is too nice
sysklogd 835 syslogd dies, leaves system unfixable
tgifR6 1407 tgifR6 prompts about paper size when /etc/papersize exists
tgifR6 1968 tgif's desc line is badly formatted
w3-el 1483 w3-el-2.2.16-1.tar.gz doesn't build
w3-el 1675 w3-el-2.2.16-1.tar.gz doesn't build
w3-el 1676 w3-el-2.2.16-1.tar.gz doesn't build
w3-el 1678 w3-el: no install-info; elisp files; mailcrypt
w3-el 1815 w3-el recommends netpbm | pbmplus
w3-el 1969 w3-el recommends things that don't exist
x11/xbase 1690 XDM protection fault on X config error
x11/xbase 1691 X config allows invalid numeric range
xarchieR6 887 xarchie barfs when ftp closes unexpectedly
xarchieR6 1275 xarchie clumsy with 2-button mouse
xconfig 723 X server default configuration unnecessarily interlaced
xdm 1798 /etc/login has no effect when using xdm from other machines
xnest (doe 1620 Xnest missing
xs3 710 X server problem with hardware mouse cursor (?) at low res
xs3 1796 missing call to ntohs in X server
Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.org> (140 bugs):
acm 1366 acm networking problems
amd 1398 amd problems
amd 1700 amd might depend on NIS and should be started after after y
amd 1701 AMD apparently does not support Netgroups!
autoconf, 1909 autoconf.h missing
bash 818 bash builtin `echo' doesn't check write errors
bash 1009 bash problem with quoting/completioon
bash 1151 bash exit status incorrect - seriously affects dpkg upgrade
bash 1549 bash should not have world-readable history
bash 1624 thermal run away problem
bash 1702 telnet+su root->thermal process
bash 1714 bash is confused when breaking lines
bash 1746 rsh <system> sh -i produces CPU hog
bash 1757 Bash doesn't quote correctly
bash 1834 [kubla@goofy.zdv.Uni-Mainz.de: /etc/profile on Debian Linux
binutils 1108 No manpage ar(5)
binutils 1303 `man 1 nm` slightly incomplete
binutils 1477 ld -R coredumps
binutils 1643 ld gets fatal eror when linking for profiling
binutils 1959 binutils desc should says its necessary for gcc
bsdutils 988 `script' is insecure, and general tty insecurity
chfn 1667 chsh can change the login shell to anything
cpio 746 mt doesn't support setblk (and other options)
cpio 785 mt problems
cpio 824 cpio should have non-verbose, null-separated archive list o
cpio 1291 mt program in cpio package doesn't behave as described on i
cpio 1360 cpio -a option produces spurious messages on read-only fs
emacs 808 Info anchors not active in emacs under X
emacs 1449 `emacs' should provide virtual packages
emacs 1879 Emacs shell mode weirdness - looks like C code bug
fileutils 1854 cp -dpR doesn't preserve ownership of symlinks
findutils 702 locate crash with large db
findutils 1239 /etc/cron.daily/find: updatedb doesn't exclude cdrom and ot
findutils 1255 Automatic update of the locate database includes AFS and AL
findutils 1943 findutils: cron.daily/find does not work if /root is not re
flex 1944 Flex package doesn't create lex symlink
gcc 1309 Problems with Debian: gcc or glib
gcc 1907 program ld got fatal signal 6
gdb 660 GDB gets address of structure member wrong in memory breakp
gdb 2013 gdb can't find executables in current directory
glibcdoc 1468 `glibcdoc' should use `info-browser' virtual packages
gnuchess 1748 gnuchess
hostname 1094 Problem in reading the host name from file
jargon 1425 `jargon' should use `info-browser' virtual packages
kbd 1029 compile failed (both a.out and ELF)
kbd 1048 kbd reinstall breaks console setup, setfont scrambles displ
kbd 1181 `setfont' screws up my console display
kbd 1785 Default font.
kbd 1901 `compose' keytable command not documented
kbd, xbase 759 /usr/bin/X11/showfont conflicts with /usr/bin/showfont
libc 911 libc causes rsh to fail on commands with option arguments
libc 991 libc unknown server error
libc 1045 tgetflag("hc") segfaults (fwd)
libc 1130 Stdlib.h problems when using gcc -O-traditional
libc 1211 libc __nis_getgrnam() segfaults for dpkg when using NIS
libc 1236 no gdbm man page in libc package
libc 1279 Strangeness involving <bsd/signal.h>
libc 1378 weird ELF/a.out difference
libc 1432 `libc' should use `kernel-headers' virtual package
libc 1607 sysinfo(2) documented and implemented but not in libc
libc 1685 dpkg-split --msdos not correct
libc 1741 getservbyport doesn't work
libc 1774 <paths.h>: _PATH_DEFPATH contains `.'
libc or sh 827 who reports wrong hostname (was: resolver problems FIXED!)
libc4 2011 very silly messages from rsh
libc5 1986 stdio broken? Strange behaviour of fgets() and scanf()
libc5 2012 libc5 recommends libc5-dev
libc5-dev 1927 no /usr/include/linux/errno.h
libc? NIS? 1278 dpkg seg faults with NIS
libg++ 1416 libg++ asks silly question
librl 1971 librl should be in required
make 864 make gets MAKEFLAGS wrong
make 1149 Make can't execute scripts
manpages 784 Infelicities in fopen manpage
manpages 844 readdir(3) should document struct dirent
manpages 845 access(2) is ambiguous
manpages 985 struct dirent is not documented in opendir/readdir/closedir
manpages 1293 `man 2 signal` slightly incomplete
manpages 1484 Original sources not available
manpages 1843 /etc/ttytype missing or not needed?
manpages 1898 getwd(3) contains falsehood
manpages 1948 scandir(3) incorrect
metamail 1930 metamail wants xloadimage
modules 1017 Kernel Module Errors on Upgrade
modules 1031 problem w/ gcc-2.7.0?
nas 1747 nas: no manpages for au available
nas 2004 /etc/init.d/nas doesn't work.
nvi 1071 nvi segfaults with unknown TERM
nvi 1498 nvi-1.34.7 and termcap problem
nvi 1740 nvi segfaults on unknown TERM
pmake 1637 pmake 1.0-1
ppp 1210 lost bug? ppp configuration ugliness
ppp 1212 ppp configuration ugliness
ppp 1251 ppp gives out password
ppp 1272 More powerfull ppp-connect
procps 662 top doesn't behave sensibly if fields overflow
procps 729 Bizarre corrupted output from top
procps 1016 top has 3's in vt100
procps 1176 /usr/bin/top segfault with unknown terminal
procps 1238 top fails to get terminal size from termcap/terminfo
procps 1240 ps(1) man page incomplete
procps 1246 ps man page does not agree with implementation
procps 1336 CFLAGS shouldn't be used when linking
procps 1337 Improper use of sscanf in procps
procps 1533 `w' produces bogus login@, idle time &c for xdm login entry
procps 1713 procps: manpage doesn't tell the truth
procps 1853 top fails after 130 processes?
procps 1908 Top and tabs
procps 1926 w -n in man page but w doesn't support
procps 1933 w from procps gives wrong idle times
procps 1992 "w" has invalid option
shellutils 821 /bin/echo doesn't check write errors
shellutils 853 `nice' does not do anything
shellutils 1164 who --help uses /etc/{w,u}tmp
shellutils 1297 nohup doesn't seem to work
shellutils 1560 `su' produces incomplete log entries when not in ordinary s
shellutils 1616 'who' can't find utmp
sudo 1162 sudo: syslog and hostname problems
sudo 1875 sudo problem
sudo 1889 sudo 1.3.1pl4-1: documentation errors
tar 563 tar -x fails to overwrite or check for symlinks
tar 783 tar --same-order doesn't work
tar 817 tar -T /dev/null extracts whole archive !
tar 819 tar should have null-separated archive list option
tar 822 tar -t doesn't check write errors on stdout
tar 1085 no man page for tar
tar 1102 tar v 1.11.8 gives a segmentation fault error
tar 1110 tar coredumps when given incorrect arguments
tar 1144 tar --listed-incremental doesn't restore renames
tar 1174 tar gives `Visible longname error'
tar 1353 tar has no manual page
tar 1358 tar can't extract device numbers stored using cpio -Hustar
tar 1750 tar doesn't handle default remote arguments
textutils 691 textutils package, fmt(1) program
textutils 1812 Cut in textutils with fields
timezone 1229 Timezone data out-of-date
timezone 1789 time zone files not right
xboard 1371 cmail program in xboard.deb fails
xboard 1459 `xboard' should depend on `X11R6'
xsvga 1292 X locks up
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