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 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.
OVER 7 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Package maintainer
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
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
OVER 6 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Package maintainer
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')
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
1143 mount Cannot nfs mount a partition. Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
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
OVER 3 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Package maintainer
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
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
Over two months old - attention is required:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Package maintainer
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
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
1357 nvi removing nvi removes vi Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.or
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
1370 xpm xpm problam 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)
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