Your message dated Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:24:19 +0100 with message-id <1250961859.138763.12784.nullmailer@kmos.homeip.net> and subject line Package specter has been removed from Debian has caused the Debian Bug report #541294, regarding specter: Vanilla install segfaults to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact owner@bugs.debian.org immediately.) -- 541294: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=541294 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact owner@bugs.debian.org with problems
--- Begin Message ---
- To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
- Subject: specter: Vanilla install segfaults
- From: "J.M.Roth" <jmroth+debbug@iip.lu>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:13:51 +0200
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20090813031351.8888.70742.reportbug@mark5.iip.lu>
Package: specter Version: 1.4-2+b1 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable strace start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/specter -- -d --uid specter --gid specter open("/etc/specter.conf", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3119, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f8a000 read(3, "#\n# Sample configuration file fo"..., 4096) = 3119 _llseek(3, 0, [3119], SEEK_CUR) = 0 --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) --- +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++ Trial-and-error indicates that it does not seem to like "--gid specter" (Yes, the group does exist): # grep specter /etc/group specter:x:124: -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers oldstable APT policy: (500, 'oldstable'), (200, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages specter depends on: ii adduser 3.102 Add and remove users and groups ii iptables 1.3.6.0debian1-5 administration tools for packet fi ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch9+b1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries specter recommends no packages. -- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
- To: 541294-done@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Package specter has been removed from Debian
- From: Marco Rodrigues <gothicx@sapo.pt>
- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:24:19 +0100
- Message-id: <1250961859.138763.12784.nullmailer@kmos.homeip.net>
Version: 1.4-4+rm You filled the bug http://bugs.debian.org/541294 in Debian BTS against the package specter. I'm closing it as fixed in *unstable*, but it will remain open for older distributions. For more information about this package's removal, read http://bugs.debian.org/463451. That bug might give the reasons why this package was removed and suggestions of possible replacements. Don't hesitate to reply to this mail if you have any question. Thank you for your contribution to Debian. -- Marco Rodrigues
--- End Message ---