pending normal debian bugs for Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Maintainer: Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Severity: normal
Status: pending
This mail is being sent to you because the indicated bug reports have been
marked as overdue (i.e. has been open longer than 9 months). Overdue
reminders are repeated monthly.
#1399 dpkg dselect error handling not consistent http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/13/1399.html
#1642 dpkg dpkg recursive package listing doesn't do the right thi http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/16/1642.html
#1818 dpkg configure ordering based on Recommends http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/18/1818.html
#2531 dpkg install-info should use better locking strategy http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/25/2531.html
#2701 dpkg conffiles purge / directory removal ordering bug http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/27/2701.html
#2828 dpkg have to install xosview twice to work http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/28/2828.html
#2834 dpkg desect loses state if it can't find a pre-dependancy http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/28/2834.html
#2863 dpkg dselect and ncurses in select window http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/28/2863.html
#2904 dpkg install-info doesn't cope with nonexistent /usr/info/di http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/29/2904.html
#2973 dpkg install-info created 5 Development sections in my /usr/ http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/29/2973.html
#3218 dpkg install-info adds Miscellaneous section badly http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/32/3218.html
#3233 dpkg dselect for 1.1 as of June, 2nd http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/32/3233.html
#3410 dpkg some problems/bugs/suggestions with install-info http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/34/3410.html
#3704 dpkg Weird dselect behavior (bug?) http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/37/3704.html
#4074 dpkg problems with 1.1 release http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/40/4074.html
#4195 dpkg dpkg-source and new tar package don't mix http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/41/4195.html
#4319 dpkg netbase and netstd packages overwrite config-files http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/43/4319.html
#4393 dpkg dpkg-buildpackage doesn't seem to work correctly http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/43/4393.html
#4394 dpkg dselect does not appear to look for updates when access http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/43/4394.html
#4398 dpkg dpkg broken??? http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/43/4398.html
#4450 dpkg dselect package downgrades http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/44/4450.html
#4468 dpkg dpkg cannot cope with erased postrm script http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/44/4468.html
#4524 dpkg-dev controllib.pl doesn't show file name in error msg http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/45/4524.html
#4525 dpkg-dev NOT A BUG [was: dpkg-buildpackage assumes file protecti http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/45/4525.html
#4641 dpkg-dev NOT A BUG [was: dpkg-source cannot create existing .tmp http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/46/4641.html
#4771 dpkg update-alternatives flakey http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/47/4771.html
#4784 dpkg dselect/dpkg errors http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/47/4784.html
#4801 dpkg Incorrect display in dselect's big info mode http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/48/4801.html
#4901 dpkg dpkg and file perms http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/49/4901.html
#4947 dpkg dpkg doesn't handle complex Replaces: situations proper http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/49/4947.html
#4974 dpkg dpkg -s exit status 0 for nonexistent package http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/49/4974.html
#5044 dpkg-dev dpkg-buildpackage and dpkg-source don't agree on what's http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/50/5044.html
#5210 dpkg dpkg-source complains on substitution variables http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/52/5210.html
#5226 dpkg dselect doesn't honor epoch field of installed version http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/52/5226.html
#5380 dpkg dselect does not support frozen distribution http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/53/5380.html
#5536 dpkg dpkg-deb --no-check problem http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/55/5536.html
#5571 dpkg-dev dpkg-buildpackage & dpkg-genchanges do not honor &q http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/55/5571.html
#5623 dpkg problem recompiling dpkg http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/56/5623.html
#5853 dpkg Dpkg -iGROEB loops endlessly http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/58/5853.html
#6017 dpkg dpkg -iGOEB <-> tex packages http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/60/6017.html
#6019 dpkg repeated identical conflicts messages http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/60/6019.html
#6039 dpkg dpgk does not resolve all dependencies correctly http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/60/6039.html
#6225 dpkg compiling dpkg without !/usr/bin/perl fails http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/62/6225.html
#6633 dpkg dpkg... one program in many pakcages http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/66/6633.html
#6714 dpkg dselect missing package sizes http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/67/6714.html
#6786 dpkg dselect and mirrors with incomplete archives http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/67/6786.html
#6820 dpkg-dev dpkg-source and programmers' manual 3.4.1 http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/68/6820.html
#6871 dpkg-dev dpkg-dev: dpkg-source and final newlines http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/68/6871.html
#7056 dpkg dpkg 1.4.0.7 : problem with dselect/dpkg package order http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/70/7056.html
#7137 dpkg dpkg 1.4.0.5 will not upgrade itself. http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/71/7137.html
#7181 dpkg dselect should upgrade dpkg first http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/71/7181.html
#7182 dpkg Pre-Depends: + Provides: don't work http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/71/7182.html
#7330 dpkg dpkg 1.4.0.5 : http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/73/7330.html
#7400 dpkg Failed assertion. http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/74/7400.html
#7522 dpkg dpkg uses wrong test for fputs() return value http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/75/7522.html
#7564 dpkg bug (possibly in dpkg 1.4.0.7) http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/75/7564.html
#7582 dpkg dselect can't install with "cdrom" method if http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/75/7582.html
#7610 dpkg bash2/libreadline2.1 pre-dependency problem http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/76/7610.html
#7638 dpkg Incomplete man page for dpkg http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/76/7638.html
#7701 dpkg dpkg-buildpackage fails on source packages with too man http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/77/7701.html
#7714 dpkg-dev CLOSABLE [was: dpkg-source should possibly not use unif http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/77/7714.html
#7732 dpkg dpkg: compile from src tarball difficult http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/77/7732.html
#8241 dpkg dpkg --print-architecture broken http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/82/8241.html
#8294 dpkg dpkg: Packages with epochs make old Debian installation http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/82/8294.html
#8340 dpkg dselect ordering of packages http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/83/8340.html
#8389 dpkg dpkg doesn't properly upgrade? http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/83/8389.html
#8848 dpkg dpkg: dselect : does not restore old color http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/88/8848.html
#9085 dpkg dpkg: bottom status lines cnfusing http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/90/9085.html
#9305 dpkg exim: Can't load exim to replace smail http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/93/9305.html
#9353 dpkg 822-date is obsolete http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/93/9353.html
#9771 dpkg install-info name conflict http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/97/9771.html
#9894 dpkg dpkg-source assume that host build arch == generated ar http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/98/9894.html
#9955 dpkg dpkg eats available filename if unpack fails http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/99/9955.html
#10026 dpkg Serious problem after installing tar. http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/10/10026.html
#10253 dpkg-dev dpkg-dev: dpkg-buildpackage signs using the value for M http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/10/10253.html
#10263 dpkg dpkg: Segmentation fault while installing!!! http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/10/10263.html
#10298 dpkg A couple of problems with boot-floppies http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/10/10298.html
#10405 dpkg-dev NOT A BUG [was: inconsistent docs] http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/10/10405.html
#10520 dpkg dpkg: dselect installs only main distribution not non-f http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/10/10520.html
#10573 dpkg dpkg: can dpkl only replace one package ? http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/10/10573.html
#10660 dpkg ld.so breaks debian 1.3 upgrade. http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/10/10660.html
#10811 dpkg-dev Problems with + characters in package names. http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/10/10811.html
#10879 dpkg /etc/init.d/sysklogd vanished http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/10/10879.html
#11018 dpkg dpkg violates FSSTND :( http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/11/11018.html
#11033 dpkg dpkg: /^libg++272-2.7.2.5.orig/: nested *?+ in regexp a http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/11/11033.html
#11073 dpkg dselect http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/11/11073.html
#11093 dpkg-dev dpkg-dev: Missing manpage http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/11/11093.html
#11153 dpkg-dev Bug in dpkg-shlibdeps!! http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/11/11153.html
#11154 dpkg-dev dpkg-genchanges fails http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/11/11154.html
#11229 dpkg i386-linux should be used http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/11/11229.html
#11544 dpkg dpkg-source insists on containing directory http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/11/11544.html
#11601 dpkg dpkg Source-Depends on gettext. http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/11/11601.html
#11611 dpkg /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/setup needs updating http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/11/11611.html
#11631 dpkg dselect: internal error - no file name at -e line 12, & http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/11/11631.html
#11772 dpkg dpkg: build on Solaris 5.5.1 fails http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/11/11772.html
#11791 dpkg dpkg: Solaris dpkg-shlibdeps failure illegal seek http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/11/11791.html
#11800 dpkg several runs needed http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/11/11800.html
#11984 dpkg-dev dpkg-genchanges: lists all packages even with -B http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/11/11984.html
#12260 dpkg-dev perl cannot be unpacked http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/12/12260.html
#12417 dpkg dpkg: dpkg-shlibdeps does not works with open(1) http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/12/12417.html
#12505 dpkg-dev /usr/doc/dpkg/{internals,index}.html identical http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/12/12505.html
#12659 dpkg-dev dpkg-shlibdeps cannot cope with certain libraries http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/12/12659.html
#12667 dpkg dselect can't install a new system containing gv and gs http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/12/12667.html
#13187 dpkg --quiet|--verbose on update-alternatives don't do anyth http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/13/13187.html
#13213 dpkg dpkg: hold status is lost after manual upgrade http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/13/13213.html
#13248 dpkg dpkg: no utmp available http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/13/13248.html
#13303 dpkg main in debian tree http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/13/13303.html
#13426 dpkg dselect won't accept Packges Master file from NFS site http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/13/13426.html
#13432 dpkg libpaper depends on itself (fwd) http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/13/13432.html
#13500 dpkg dselect should better pinpoint the location of core fil http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/13/13500.html
#13559 dpkg dpkg.pot is not copyright FSF... http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/13/13559.html
#13730 dpkg dpkg uses outdated libtool http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/13/13730.html
#13755 dpkg dpkg does weird things with NFS mounted filesystems http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/13/13755.html
#13785 dpkg-dev dpkg-dev: strange behaviour of parsechangelog if locale http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/13/13785.html
#13810 dpkg dpkg badly handles replacement of erased conffile http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/13/13810.html
#13844 dpkg dselect needs unstable -> hamm/hamm symlink http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/13/13844.html
#13929 dpkg dpkg: bad error message when package is already configu http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/13/13929.html
#14059 dpkg amd: purging causes error messages and dangling symlink http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/14/14059.html
#14080 dpkg dpkg: Features Request http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/14/14080.html
#14341 dpkg-dev dpkg-genchanges files-to-be-present logic wrong http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/14/14341.html
#14549 dpkg dpkg: dpkg should keep old permissions when upgrading p http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/14/14549.html
#14660 dpkg dpkg 1.4.0.19 debian/rules clean can fail http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/14/14660.html
#14662 dpkg Something is causing files to be compiled with >/dev http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/14/14662.html
#14663 dpkg dpkg 1.4.0.19 has compiler warning http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/14/14663.html
#14949 dpkg-dev dpkg-shlibdeps can't cope with statically linked binari http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/14/14949.html
#15003 dpkg-dev dpkg-genchanges does not consider 0.1 new http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/15/15003.html
#15017 dpkg dpkg: start-stop-daemon: wrong return code http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/15/15017.html
#15162 dpkg dpkg: error, but dpkg does not detect it http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/15/15162.html
#15370 dpkg dpkg: Incorrect upgrade behavior http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/15/15370.html
#15531 dpkg dselect bugs http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/15/15531.html
#15644 dpkg-dev dpkg-genchanges checks too much (package, files, and fu http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/15/15644.html
#15672 dpkg dpkg: dselect dynamically linked against libstdc++ http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/15/15672.html
#15695 dpkg dpkg: corrupt .deb should abort upgrade http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/15/15695.html
#15823 dpkg dpkg: found core in /var/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/ after ds http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/15/15823.html
#15865 dpkg dpkg: low diskspace http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/15/15865.html
#15912 dpkg-dev nfs problem http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/15/15912.html
#16020 dpkg dselect refuses installation http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/16/16020.html
#16021 dpkg dpkg trashes installation http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/16/16021.html
#16022 dpkg dselect is impractical http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/16/16022.html
#16217 dpkg dselect update action doesn't clear package list http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/16/16217.html
#16415 dpkg-dev dpkg-dev: dpkg-source fooled by removal of a line begin http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/16/16415.html
#16845 dpkg Same diversions problem again (fwd) http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/16/16845.html
#16855 dpkg dpkg: Bug regarding Provides/Replaces/Conflicts http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/16/16855.html
#16895 dpkg dpkg: dpkg depends on gcc ??? http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/16/16895.html
#16970 dpkg dpkg: doesn't like deleted conffiles http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/16/16970.html
#16996 dpkg dpkg using ftp http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/16/16996.html
#17124 dpkg update-alternatives with update-rc.d http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/17/17124.html
#17125 dpkg-dev debian-changelog-mode should copy stable as unstable http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/17/17125.html
#17238 dpkg-dev dpkg-dev: Files installed as user 1000 instead of root http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/17/17238.html
#17260 dpkg-dev Missing debian-changemode.el in dpkg-dev http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/17/17260.html
#17314 dpkg-dev dpkg-dev: dpkg-source -x and tar which unpacks into `pw http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/17/17314.html
#17369 dpkg Additional info to packaging 8.3. http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/17/17369.html
#17381 dpkg dpkg: please add --force-overwrite-inexistant-files and http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/17/17381.html
#17399 dpkg xbase: fails to fail when told not to stop xfs/xdm http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/17/17399.html
#17409 dpkg dpkg: Documentation not in sync. http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/17/17409.html
#17655 dpkg dpkg: dependency problem when upgrading splitted packag http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/17/17655.html
#17748 dpkg dselect no longer resizes inside xterm http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/17/17748.html
#17775 dpkg-dev Autocompilation of Packages http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/17/17775.html
#17877 dpkg dpkg: 'help' gets annoying after a while http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/17/17877.html
#17897 dpkg dpkg: dselect core dumped http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/17/17897.html
#17915 dpkg dselect seg faults http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/17/17915.html
#18028 dpkg scanning package dir breaks install http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/18/18028.html
#18102 dpkg debmake: postinst update-rc.d line should check if init http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/18/18102.html
#18117 dpkg-dev dpkg-dev: internals.html has out of date automake infor http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/18/18117.html
#18316 dpkg-dev dpkg-dev: dpkg-shlibdeps should treat fakeroot differen http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/18/18316.html
#18484 dpkg dpkg: "internal error" in dselect http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/18/18484.html
#18511 dpkg Unable to install packages http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/18/18511.html
#18567 dpkg dpkg doesn't set PATH for running scripts http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/18/18567.html
#19476 dpkg dselect prints strange things http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/19/19476.html
#19523 dpkg dpkg-shlibdeps seems to have trouble with symlinks http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/19/19523.html
#20024 dpkg-dev dpkg-dev: dpkg-source -x fails miserably if POSIXLY_COR http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/20/20024.html
#20471 dpkg dpkg ignores conflict with unconfigured package http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/20/20471.html
#20776 dpkg-dev dpkg-dev: dpkg-dev does not use emacsen-commen method o http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/20/20776.html
#20794 dpkg dpkg: dpkg-shlibs doesn't read shlibs.local if ldd can' http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/20/20794.html
#21009 dpkg rvplayer: Namespace conflict http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/21/21009.html
#21134 dpkg dselect misuses ti/te http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/21/21134.html
#21236 dpkg-dev dpkg-source wipes out a .orig dir if it exists. http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/21/21236.html
#21330 dpkg dpkg: link and use problems on non-snprintf platform http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/21/21330.html
#21400 dpkg /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/setup outputs junk http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/21/21400.html
#21408 dpkg-dev dpkg-dev: dpkg-shlibdeps parsing of ldd is overly picky http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/21/21408.html
#21659 dpkg dpkg: dselect doesnt show describtion for obsolete pack http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/21/21659.html
#21722 dpkg dpkg-divert doesn't work with relative filenames http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/21/21722.html
#21723 dpkg-dev dpkg-dev: dpkg-buildpackage and maintainers with names http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/21/21723.html
#21758 dpkg Dselect doesn't report an error when it doesn't find a http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/21/21758.html
#21941 dpkg dpkg: dpkg places it's pre-/post install/rm scripts und http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/21/21941.html
#22200 dpkg-dev Problems compiling packages with dpkg-buildpackages http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/22/22200.html
#22649 dpkg dselect crashes http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/22/22649.html
#22690 dpkg dpkg: assertion failed http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/22/22690.html
#22748 dpkg dpkg problem with chown/lchown with recent kernels in t http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/22/22748.html
#22804 dpkg dpkg: dpkg -s is too slow http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/22/22804.html
#22880 dpkg dpkg --configure -a dumps core http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/22/22880.html
#22996 dpkg dpkg: install-infodoesn't work properly http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/22/22996.html
#23071 dpkg Problems recompiling debian packages http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/23/23071.html
#23322 dpkg dselect problem http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/23/23322.html
#23469 dpkg dpkg: dselect doesn't resize with xterm size change http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/23/23469.html
#23488 dpkg dpkg either not documented or not packaged properly http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/23/23488.html
#23611 dpkg dpkg: ../../../dpkg/packages.c:191: process_queue: Asse http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/23/23611.html
#23643 dpkg dselect isn't `still trying' http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/23/23643.html
#23711 dpkg dpkg: should not install packages sharing a conffile http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/23/23711.html
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