Re: Release-critical Bugreport for February 25, 1999
Brian has stated that Bug >30000 won't make it into slink. Please
exclude them from this listing to avoid confusion.
BugScan reporter wrote:
> Bug stamp-out list for Feb 25 00:05 (CST)
>
> Total number of release-critical bugs: 21
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Package: boot-floppies (main)
> Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
> 33276 FW: Boot disks 2.1.7 has "broken" dpkg_slinkcd ;(
> [FIX] A fixed package (2.1.8) is in Incoming
> 33428 gpm: freopen(stderr) failed
> [FIX] A fixed package (2.1.8) is in Incoming
I hope, this pkg is important enough to bypass the above statemen. :)
> Package: debiandoc-sgml (main)
> Maintainer: Ardo van Rangelrooij <ardo@debian.org>
> 33813 debiandoc-sgml: debiandoc2text fails to ru
This is a candidate.
> Package: dpkg (main)
> Maintainer: Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
> 17624 dpkg: installs regular dir when .deb contains symlink !
> 21182 dpkg: dpkg can go into an infinite loop with --force-configure-any
> 28519 dpkg: dpkg creates circular symlinks
> 30090 weirdass dpkg coredumps and xbase upgrade insanity
> 33046 dpkg: severe breakage after removal of xbase
These are two more.
> Package: ftp.debian.org (pseudo)
> Maintainer: Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>
> 33788 Please add new files in upgrade directories
> Package: fvwmconf (main)
> Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
> 33825 fvwmconf: Please change control file for fvwm rearrangement
This is another one.
> Package: general (pseudo)
> Maintainer: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
> 32888 base: Removing "Obsolete" package base kills a system
This is ... umh ... difficult...
> Package: libc6 (main)
> Maintainer: Joel Klecker and others <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
> 33832 libc6: dlopen problem. causes libraries to get opened about 4x (patch included)
There is a fix, but this is another candidate.
> Package: libtricks (main)
> Maintainer: joost witteveen <joostje@debian.org>
> 32842 libtricks: segfault
> [STRATEGY] libtricks does not work for libc5 programs. Bug should be
> downgraded
And another one...
> Package: mailagent (main)
> Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
> 33589 mailagent: Patch to fix mail corruption with C filter
> [FIX] A fixed version (3.65-2) is in Incoming
And this is one as well.
> Package: metamail (main)
> Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
> 33487 [PATCH included] metamail installed exploitable mailcap-line
> [STRATEGY] as the title says, a patch is included in the report
I hope this will make it into slink anyway, fixes a security problem.
> Package: metro-motif-man (contrib)
> Maintainer: Lawrence Chim <ychim@debian.org>
> 18659 Incorrect control file
> [FIX] A fixed version (2.0-3) is in Incoming
Since it's also a >30000 bug it has been rejected and the slink package has
been removed.
> Package: rc (main)
> Maintainer: Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>
> 33506 rc - no signal messages since "mksignal" doesn't like linux signal.h
That's another one.
> Package: shellutils (main)
> Maintainer: Galen Hazelwood <galenh@micron.net>
> 33756 shellutils: printf prints weird characters and sometimes even segfaults
... and another one.
> Package: smb2www (main)
> Maintainer: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
> 32131 smb2www: smb2www in slink incompatible with samba in slink
... and one more.
> Package: xlib6g (main)
> Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
> 33733 /etc/init.d/xdm calls wrong binary
... and another one more.
> Package: zgv (main)
> Maintainer: Andy Mortimer <andy.mortimer@zetnet.co.uk>
> 33580 [chris@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk: [HOLE] [FIX RPM]: zgv]
> [FIX] A fixed version (3.0-4) is in Incoming
... and the least one to to.
Regards,
Joey
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