Release-critical Bugreport for March 17, 2000
Bug stamp-out list for Mar 17 03:01 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 158
Number that will disappear after removing packages marked [REMOVE]: 7
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Package: alsa-source (debian/main)
Maintainer: Masato Taruishi <taru@debian.org>
60238 alsa-source postinst script is borken (again!)
Package: apache (debian/main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
60257 apache-ssl: upgrade changes DocumentRoot!
60486 Apache doesn't show README* in dir listings
60575 /etc/aliases: No such file or directory
Package: autofs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Justin Maurer <justin@debian.org>
52132 autofs: Race condition when expiring autofs submounts leaves daemon crippled
[STRATEGY] Patch available, waiting for reply from upstream
Package: base (pseudo)
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <sr1-boot-floppies@debian.org>
60370 libdb2 missing from base?
60371 base, installation glitches (configure network, start new system)
Package: base-config (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
59247 apt-setup needs to allow for user interaction from apt-cdrom add
60306 Serial console does not work on initial boot
Package: bash (debian/main)
Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
58404 bash: *ap++ == 0x55 , segmentation fault out of nowhere!
Package: bbdb (debian/main)
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
59177 xemacs20 didn't compile bbdb-gnus on installation
Package: bind (debian/main)
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
59649 bind: Gives core dump
Package: boot-floppies (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
57625 base: PCMCIA cards not recognize during installation
58266 bf-2.2.7: PCMCIA network install is broken
58779 boot-floppies: Can't boot on my Powerpc
58857 The boot floppies do not work with milex raid on root.
60218 error when setting active partition
Package: bug (debian/main)
Maintainer: Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
59782 bug: /usr/bin/bug: 3: Bad file descriptor
59784 bug: unable to file against ftp.debian.org
Package: clisp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Kevin Dalley <kevind@rahul.net>
46059 package fails to build on sparc
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: communicator (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
60193 communicator: buss error when replying to message
Package: communicator-smotif-461 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
42259 [TBF] If you open a menu and a cookie pops up, the browser hangs
43849 communicator-smotif: Floating point exception error
Package: cons (debian/main)
Maintainer: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
60569 Insufficient docs
Package: cooledit (debian/main)
Maintainer: Tom Lear <tom@trap.mtview.ca.us>
60579 cooledit: source is still really messed up
Package: cvs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Tom Lees <tom@debian.org>
59543 cvs: cvs-makerepos does not exist
59909 cvs: cvs segfaults when commiting a dir
Package: debconf (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
60160 Finnish mirrors not included
60583 dist-upgrade fails when dpkg-preconfigure is not found
Package: debiandoc-sgml (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ardo van Rangelrooij <ardo@debian.org>
60246 debiandoc-sgml: error handling in two commands is inappropriate
60313 debiandoc2latexps file.sgml removes file.dvi
Package: debianutils (debian/main)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
59121 run-parts hangs during /etc/cron.daily runs
Package: dgs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ryuichi Arafune <arafune@debian.org>
60286 dgs_0.5.9.1+000228-3(unstable): build error (self dependency)
Package: doc-base (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
60483 severely underrates dwww's capabilities
Package: dotfile-bash (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian QA Group <debian-qa@lists.debian.org>
60060 dotfile-bash doesn't start
Package: dpkg (debian/main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
33237 /etc/alternatives/emacs not managed properly - /usr/bin/emacs doesn't run emacs20
[STRATEGY] Switches to manual-mode too quickly, maintainer will look at
it this weekend.
58091 package name "Eterm" --> "eterm"
Package: emacs19 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Mark W. Eichin <eichin@thok.org>
59860 [NMU] Emacs19 can't be built from source
Package: emacsen-common (debian/main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
60314 emacs-package-install crashes with octave & psgml with emacs20&xemacs21
Package: epic4 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org>
58508 Epic pre2.503 has bugs which 2.505 has not
Package: exim (debian/main)
Maintainer: Mark Baker <mbaker@iee.org>
60567 Exim turns itself back on on upgrade
Package: fetchmail (debian/main)
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
[HELP] Maintainer is not responding.
Someone should take over the package. (RB)
43139 fetchmail flushed after failed delivery
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
50990 fetchmail: mail was fetched and deleted from server but never sent to local MTA
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
Package: fetchmailconf (debian/main)
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
57287 generates wrong config files
Package: filerunner (debian/main)
Maintainer: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
60412 filerunner: Error loading FileRunner binary extensions code.
Package: fortify (non-US/non-free)
Maintainer: Roberto Lumbreras <rover@debian.org>
60162 fortify: Does the index file / database need to be updated? Is there a new upstream?
[STRATEGY] Upstream 1.6.4 added support for 4.72, upgrade necessary
Package: ftp.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>
59607 please change priority of some gstep-* packages from extra to optional
60378 ftp.debian.org: Remove libapache-mod-fastcgi
Package: fwctl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@lina.inka.de>
59857 fwctl: fwctl sets wrong interface for denied address
Package: g++ (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
[HELP] For gcc/g++ bug reports to be sent to the upstream maintainers,
certain procedures must be followed, so help from clueful people is required
48530 g++ [fixed in 2.96 CVS Feb 2000] [alpha]: internal compiler error building open-amulet
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply.
55291 [alpha] g++ causes internal compiler error compiling hatman
Package: gcc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
59819 gcc_2.95.2-7(frozen): fails to compile itself on m68k
Package: gdb (debian/main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
58450 gdb: Won't compile on PowerPC
Package: geomview (debian/main)
Maintainer: Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
59585 geomview: depends on mesag3 instead of libgl1
Package: gimp1.1 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>
58976 gimp1.1: SigSegv when LANG=ru_RU.KOI8-R
60453 gimp: bad translation for menupath: /Stack/Raise Layer
Package: gltt-bin (debian/main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
59584 gltt-bin: depends on mesag3, but needs to depend on libgl1
Package: gnome-guile (debian/main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
58433 gnome-guile: can't build from source
Package: gnomeicu (debian/main)
Maintainer: Edward C. Lang <edlang@debian.org>
58919 gnomeicu causes XServer to grab all the memory.
Package: gnucash (debian/main)
Maintainer: Tyson Dowd <trd@cs.mu.oz.au>
60417 docs are split between /usr/doc/gnucash and /usr/share/doc/gnucash
Package: gnuchess-book (debian/main)
Maintainer: Martin Mitchell <martin@debian.org>
57945 gnuchessbook: /usr/lib/games/gnuchess/gnuchess.data doesn't exist (another dir)
Package: gnudip (debian/main)
Maintainer: Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
59248 gnudip: Gnudip prerm script fails with error `groupdel: group gnudip does not exist'
Package: gpm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Zephaniah E. Hull <warp@whitestar.soark.net>
58081 [PATCH] priviledge elevation in gpm-root
59793 gpm: gpm won't start from remote telnet session
Package: grmonitor (debian/main)
Maintainer: Martin Mitchell <martin@debian.org>
59592 grmonitor needs to depends on libgl1 instead of mesag3
Package: gxedit (debian/main)
Maintainer: Chris Waters <xtifr@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
60302 gxedit: Segmentation fault when changing font size
Package: hostname (debian/main)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
59410 hostname: found how to set domainname for linux
Package: imlib-progs (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ossama Othman <ossama@debian.org>
60052 imlib-progs: imlib_config segfaulting without /etc/imlib/imrc
Package: ircd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
58757 wont start
Package: jdk1.1-dev (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
60504 jdk1.1-dev: one more crufty old alternative to clean up
Package: kaffe (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ean R. Schuessler <ean@novare.net>
59420 kaffe_1:1.0.5e-0.3(frozen): bad register names on m68k
59575 kaffe: jit3 not supported on sparc build
Package: kernel-image-2.2.14-ide (debian/main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
57451 where are the sources for the ide patch ?
Package: libc6 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
58691 Upgrading libc6 fails with tetex-bin installed
58770 libc6: Problem when upgrading.
59098 libc6: Problem in preinst
Package: libc6-dev (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
59962 sys/ucontext.h shouldn't define ERR
Package: libgd-graph-perl (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Piotr Roszatycki <dexter@debian.org>
59442 libgd-graph-perl: Missing files, missing dependencies
Package: libgtkada1 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Samuel Tardieu <sam@debian.org>
59590 libgtkada1 depends on mesag3, but needs to depend on libgl1
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Mar 16, awaiting reply.
Package: libnet-perl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@debian.org>
60140 Need new version in potato (just released within this week)
Package: libpam-modules (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
60287 libpam-modules: Spurious Parsing Error from pam_limits.so
Package: licq-plugin-qt2 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Zed Pobre <zed@debian.org>
60492 Potato LICQ won't start (fresh install)
Package: lynx (debian/main)
Maintainer: Christian Hudon <chrish@debian.org>
59191 Have these buffer over flows in lynx been fixed?
Package: mailman (debian/main)
Maintainer: Gergely Madarasz <gorgo@sztaki.hu>
59867 mailman: gate_news isn't working
Package: man-db (debian/main)
Maintainer: Fabrizio Polacco <fpolacco@debian.org>
60339 How about testing packages before uploading them? 2.3.14 dies on unpack
Package: mh (debian/main)
Maintainer: Edward Brocklesby <ejb@debian.org>
59227 htdig: Apparent infinite recursion
59891 Security problem in MIME-handling code
Package: midentd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
58480 installing midentd with pidentd installed didn't change default identd
60271 midentd: Default installation, improper permissions on logfile. daemon != identd user.
Package: mixviews (debian/main)
Maintainer: Guenter Geiger <geiger@debian.org>
60545 mixviews: fails to compile on sparc
Package: mkhybrid (debian/main)
Maintainer: Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>
60119 mkhybrid: patch required for making sparc bootable CD's
60489 mkhybrid: patch required for making sparc bootable CD's
Package: modconf (debian/main)
Maintainer: Boot Floppies team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
60182 New screen is drawn on wrong tty if changing tty while module detection
Package: nana (debian/main)
Maintainer: Brent A. Fulgham <bfulgham@debian.org>
58909 nana: nana looks in the wrong place for nanafilter
Package: navigator-smotif-472-libc5 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
60523 Can't run netscape: 'Bus error'
Package: netbase (debian/main)
Maintainer: Anthony Towns <ajt@debian.org>
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Mar 16, awaiting reply.
59282 netbase: portmap is killed too early on shutdown
59377 netbase: can't build
60367 portmap isn't started on changing runlevels, breaking NIS/YP and NFS startup
60374 netbase: networking doesn't play well with NFS root
60517 prerm of netbase hangs
Package: netscape-java-472 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
60263 Netscape-java-472 and netscape-base-472 collide
Package: netscape-smotif-472-libc5 (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
60223 netscape-smotif-472-libc5: wrong dependencies
Package: nfs-kernel-server (debian/main)
Maintainer: Chip Salzenberg <chip@debian.org>
59641 nfs-kernel-server: conflicts with Standard package nfs-server
Package: nscd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
58367 nscd: 'broken pipe' error causes entire box to be unusable
Package: pak (debian/main)
Maintainer: Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org>
58474 pak does not compile from source
[REMOVE] Really should be removed
Package: pcmcia-modules-2.2.14 (debian/main)
Maintainer:
59315 depmod: error reading ELF header: No such file or directory
Package: pcmcia-modules-2.2.14-compact (debian/main)
Maintainer:
59638 Please recompile pcmcia modules for compact kernel
Package: pdl (debian/main)
Maintainer: Raul Miller <moth@debian.org>
55268 [Strategy: use older version on alpha] PDL fails to compile on alpha
Package: perl-5.005 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
55794 Wrong system call numbers on alpha (and probably other non-i386)
Package: perl-5.005-doc (debian/main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
60233 incorrect copyright for documentation
Package: perl-base (debian/main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
53794 perl policy is flawed -- 5.004 and 5.005 simultaneous
Package: php3 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Gergely Madarasz <gorgo@sztaki.hu>
60201 php3: Enabling php3 causes apache not to start.
Package: playmidi (debian/main)
Maintainer: Rich Sahlender <rsahlen@debian.org>
60524 playmidi: fails to compile
Package: postgresql-client (debian/main)
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
60406 bogus dependeny on libreadlineg2
Package: prc-tools (debian/main)
Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
51647 prc-tools: fails building on sparc
Package: pvm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Drake Diedrich <Drake.Diedrich@anu.edu.au>
59903 pvm_3.4.2-4(frozen): build fails due to root-owned files
Package: quota (debian/main)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
[HELP] Mail to maintainer bounced.
59895 Typo in quota init-script
Package: r-base (debian/main)
Maintainer: Douglas Bates <bates@stat.wisc.edu>
58412 r-base: Can't build from source
Package: realplayer (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
60587 RP 7 plugin keeps netscape from starting
Package: rep-gtk (debian/main)
Maintainer: Mikolaj J. Habryn <dichro-debian@rcpt.to>
58684 rep-gtk_0.8-2(unstable): build error (prototype mismatch)
Package: roxen (debian/main)
Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org>
58501 initial configuration user/pass OK gives HTTP/1.0 500 Internal Server Error
59339 roxen_1.3.122-7(frozen): non-executable script during building
60261 roxen: Wrong install perms on /etc/roxen
Package: rscheme (debian/main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
53734 rscheme: build fails if there is no info about the packages
Package: scwm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Francesco Tapparo <cesco@debian.org>
60585 scwm segfaults on frozen
Package: semi (debian/main)
Maintainer: Takuo KITAME <kitame@northeye.org>
56063 general: semi breaks sending mail with XEmacs.
Package: sendmail (debian/main)
Maintainer: Richard A Nelson (Rick) <cowboy@debian.org>
60227 Missing /etc/mail/local-host-names let install fail
Package: slirp (debian/main)
Maintainer: Roberto Lumbreras <rover@debian.org>
59608 slirp: password handling bug, patch included
Package: smail (debian/main)
Maintainer: Soenke Lange <soenke@escher.north.de>
[HELP] Mail to Soenke bounced.
59135 smail: Smail doesn't work with the latest libraries
Package: sniffit (debian/main)
Maintainer: Edward Betts <edward@debian.org>
60435 sniffit: sniffit -i doesn't seem to work
Package: ssh (non-US/main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
[HELP] Please NMU, with extreme care. Contact Tommi Virtanen for info.
59862 ssh: X forwarding problems even after xauth upgrade
Package: ssh-nonfree (non-US/non-free)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
[HELP] Please NMU. (with extreme care)
56670 ssh-nonfree: does not build on current potato
60355 missing slogin
Package: ssh2 (non-US/non-free)
Maintainer: Edward Brocklesby <ejb@debian.org>
59031 ssh2: AARGH! ssh2-2.0.13-5 broke my box!
60498 new SSH2 broke SSH1 (sshd2 reports v2.0 not 1.99)
Package: tkstep8.0 (debian/main)
Maintainer: Steve Kostecke <steve@debian.org>
55953 tkstep8.0: upgrade from tkstep8.0_8.0p2-3.3 removes /usr/bin/wish8.0
56950 tk8.0, tk8.2
57600 PowerPC port of tkstep8.0 has broken dependencies, and breaks many tk applications
Package: userv (debian/main)
Maintainer: Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>
60094 userv_1.0.0(unstable): build error (non-extisting debiandoc2ps)
Package: vtun (debian/main)
Maintainer: Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>
58449 vtun: /etc/init.d/vtun does not stop vtun
58752 vtun: `persist' option does not work - eats cpu
Package: whiptail (debian/main)
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <ezanard@debian.org>
59150 still missing dependency on libnewt0 for m68k
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Mar 16, awaiting reply.
Package: wu-ftpd (debian/main)
Maintainer: Chris Butler <chrisb@sandy.force9.co.uk>
60307 wu-ftpd-academ cron.weekly script breakage
Package: xfce (debian/contrib)
Maintainer: Kevin Donnelly <kdonn@debian.org>
60258 xfce: Version available in frozen is severely outdated and should be removed
Package: xmame-gl (debian/non-free)
Maintainer: Martin Mitchell <martin@debian.org>
59595 xmame-gl depends on mesag3, must depend on libgl1 instead
Package: xpvm (debian/main)
Maintainer: Anand Kumria <wildfire@progsoc.uts.edu.au>
59816 xpvm_1.2.5-4(frozen): build fails due to root-owned files
Package: xt (debian/main)
Maintainer: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@debian.org>
59596 xt depends on mesag3, must depend on libgl1 instead
Package: xviddetect (debian/main)
Maintainer: Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
60472 xviddetect: does not create XF86Config, anXious does nothing, even with --force options
Package: xview (debian/main)
Maintainer: Martin Buck <mbuck@debian.org>
60536 xview: compile expects sparc to be sunos
Package: xvt (debian/main)
Maintainer: Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org>
59045 xvt/ncurses-base: New "xterm" terminfo breaks xvt
Package: zsh (debian/main)
Maintainer: Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>
58941 core dump with function mycd() {builtin cd "$@" && echo $PWD}
[STRATEGY] Fixed in the next .deb. Already fixed upstream. (Mar15MH)
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