Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink
Well, let's see what's holding up slink. :)
> apache 32204 user directories allow symlinks to other files [0] (Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>)
There's a suggested fix in the bug report. Is it problematic?
> autoconf 32391 Autoconf patches for slink [0] (Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu>)
This is supposedly fixed and uploaded.
> automake 32390 Automake patches for proper Alpha detection [0] (Kevin Dalley <kevind@rahul.net>)
Maintainer says upload is coming.
> automake 32404 automake upgrade is not backwards compatible [0] (Kevin Dalley <kevind@rahul.net>)
This bug is against the version in potato, not slink?
> boot-floppies 32269 partion harddisk fails if WIN95_EXTENDED present [0] (Enrique Zanardi <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>)
The report log is a little unclear. It looks like there is a version of cfdisk
that works...are we just waiting for an upload?
> chameleon 32522 chameleon in slink depends on too-new libs [0] (shaleh@debian.org (Sean E. Perry))
Looks like it just needs a recompile against the right libs; or does it not
work against the older glib?
> dpkg 17624 dpkg: installs regular dir when .deb contains symlink ! [364] (Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>)
> dpkg 21182 dpkg: dpkg can go into an infinite loop with --force-configure-any [288] (Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>)
> dpkg 28519 dpkg: dpkg creates circular symlinks [93] (Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>)
> dpkg 28817 dpkg takes no care over libdpkg [87] (Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>)
> dpkg 30090 weirdass dpkg coredumps and xbase upgrade insanity [62] (Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>)
> dpkg 30891 dpkg: Patch for update-alternatives to fix jdk problems [40] (Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>)
> dpkg 32283 xbase postinst refers to nonexistent README.Debian [0] (Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>)
> dpkg-dev 31508 parsechangelog broken? [22] (Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>)
No one ever wants to touch dpkg...
> fileutils 31717 fileutils: 'mv regularfile symlink' problems [17] (Galen Hazelwood <galenh@micron.net>)
There's a patch in the log, waiting on an upload?
> ftp.debian.org 31282 upgrade-1386 directory in Incoming [30] (Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>)
> ftp.debian.org 32364 ftp.debian.org: please remove filters from stable/frozen [0] (Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>)
?
> general 28850 gettext: security problem when used in setuid programs [0] (debian-devel@lists.debian.org)
What needs to be done here?
> jdk1.1 32548 Java doesn't work at all for me on slink [0] (Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>)
There isn't much info here.
> libtool 32384 libtool: Correct detection of 'alphapca56' patch [0] (Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>)
Just waiting for installation of provided patch?
> lyx 32299 LyX Copyright problems [0] (Stuart Lamble <lamble@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au>)
Fixed?
> modutils 32539 Kernel 2.2 errors if no module support [0] (Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>)
Fixed?
> nonus.debian.org 23780 nonus.debian.org: libssl-dev is obsolete [220] (Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@datom.de>)
> nonus.debian.org 26443 nonus.debian.org: apache-common_1.3.0+1.19 is obsolete [144] (Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@datom.de>)
> nonus.debian.org 29246 nonus.debian.org: remove fortify-unix-ppc_1.2.8-1.deb [79] (Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@datom.de>)
> nonus.debian.org 31326 Broken symlinks on nonus.debian.org [29] (Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@datom.de>)
> nonus.debian.org 32171 umet dependency for mutt-i [8] (Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@datom.de>)
Will non-us ever be fixed?
> perl-suid 31904 [B.A.McCauley@BHAM.AC.UK: Secuity hole with perl (suidperl) and nosuid mounts on Linux] [13] (Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>)
I'm not sure there's much we can do about this one--it's a library (kernel?)
problem. Perhaps a note in the postinst that the 'nosuid' mount option won't
work, and a suggestion that care be taken with user-mountable media?
> sendmail-wide 32475 sendmail-wide: different db file is used [0] (Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.or.jp>)
This is supposedly fixed...is it?
> smb2www 32131 smb2www: smb2www in slink incompatible with samba in slink [9] (Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>)
Is the potato version going to be installed, or is there another fix?
> sysutils 29392 oldversion procinfo in sysutils is broken [76] (Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@debian.org>)
Is there a reason not to put the new version in?
> tcsh 28959 meta keys in tcsh don't work anymore! [85] (Luis Francisco Gonzalez <luisgh@debian.org>)
A fix was suggested; is there a reason not to use it?
> transfig 32520 transfig: puts files in /usr/lib/X11, should use /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 instead [0] (Edward Betts <edward@debian.org>)
This seems fairly simple, right?
> wdm 32485 wdm: Doesn't let people log on when using MD5 passwords [0] (mmagallo@debian.org (Marcelo E. Magallon))
Looks like this needs a patch.
> wdm 32529 Typo in Xsession [0] (mmagallo@debian.org (Marcelo E. Magallon))
Log's unclear again; is this really an xbase problem? Is it fixed?
> xbase 30852 X packages do not upgrade automatically due to name change. [41] (Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>)
I think we all know what's happening with this package. :)
> xdm 29360 xdm: Stopped X without warning/asking [77] (Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>)
This is supposedly going to be closed.
> xlib6 31610 xlib6: requires gcc but declares no dependency (dpkg --print-gnu-build-architecture?) [20] (Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>)
What's the current state of this one?
> xserver-common 29166 xserver-common: should depend or at least recommend properly ver'd xlib6g [81] (Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>)
This should just be a change in the dependencies, right?
> xxgdb 32206 xxgdb: Can't rebuild xxgdb from source [7] (Helmut Geyer <Helmut.Geyer@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de>)
Needs some work...
Ok. So what we have are various packages that need to have (apparantly) simple
changes uploaded (e.g., dependencies changed or provided patch added.) There's
dpkg, which is probably never going to be done. :( And there's ftp.debian and
nonus, which are dependent on their respective administrators.
Then there are some things that actually need to be looked at: 28850 says that
any suid static-linked gettext program needs to be checked. We need a way to
address 31904. 32485 needs someone to write a patch. Someone needs to figure
out whats wrong with java (32548.) And xxgdb is toasted (32206.) Am I missing
anything? (I.e., what's holding up slink beyond these few items?)
I'm not sure what needs to be done for 28850, can anyone clarify? Is a
postinst message sufficient to downgrade 31904 (and can someone take care of
that?) I'll look at 32485 unless someone has a patch ready. Likewise with
32548 and 32206. Beyond that, can we start doing NMU's for the other packages
that have fixes already in the bug reports? There were a few people who said
they were interested in fixing bugs--let's do it, and finish slink.
Mike Stone
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