Release-critical Bugreport for October 15, 1999
Bug stamp-out list for Oct 15 00:04 (CST)
Total number of release-critical bugs: 286
Number that will disappear after removing packages marked [REMOVE]: 8
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Package: abiword (main)
Maintainer: Darren Benham <gecko@debian.org>
[REMOVE] abiword and abi-fonts can be removed when abisuite is packaged
41980 abiword_0.7.3-1(unstable): m68k configuration missing
Package: adduser (main)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
45249 adduser breaks going from slink -> potato
Package: alsa-source (main)
Maintainer: David Huggins-Daines <dhd@debian.org>
46515 missing files for alsa-source
Package: apache-ssl (non-US)
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
45478 Apache-ssl doesn't start because of missing /etc/apache/mime.types
45884 apache-ssl_1.3.9.5+1.37-1(unstable): source.unpack broken
Package: apt (main)
Maintainer: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>
46096 apt: pb upgrading libgtk-1.2.5
46537 apt-get update with apt-cdrom broken
46857 apt: If source URI contains password, the password is printed on the screen during fetches
Package: autoconf (main)
Maintainer: Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu>
46097 doc++_3.3.14-1(unstable): gcc comnplains
46384 autoconf: test for C++ compiler's "const" support is broken
46393 incorrect inline test breaks with gcc 2.95
Package: autofs (main)
Maintainer: Justin Maurer <justin@debian.org>
46638 autofs: /etc/init.d/autofs syntax error
Package: base-passwd (main)
Maintainer: Galen Hazelwood <galenh@micron.net>
36007 update-passwd did many stupid things
47264 base-passwd: Default home directory of postgres should be /var/lib/postgres
Package: bash (main)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
45161 bug: Test
45162 bug: bug script crashes on a "read -er" on Debian/PowerPC
45656 bash: /bin/sh link removed during `apt-get upgrade`
Package: bb (main)
Maintainer: Michael Bramer <grisu@debian.org>
47344 BB Package with slang1
Package: berlin (main)
Maintainer: Aaron Van Couwenberghe <vanco@sonic.net>
47240 berlin: linked with wrong version of libomniORB
Package: bigloo (main)
Maintainer: Craig Brozefsky <craig@red-bean.com>
46040 [PATCH] compilation on sparc, cleanup, etc
Package: binutils-multiarch (main)
Maintainer: Christopher C. Chimelis <chris@classnet.med.miami.edu>
47359 binutils-multiarch: No diversion made when upgrading.
Package: boot-floppies (main)
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
35729 rootdisk: Installation from 5.25" floppies seems to require resc1440.bin
[STRATEGY] 5.25" floppy support will probably be dropped in potato.
36947 boot-floppies: base.tgz not found - no error message
[HELP] There is not enough sanity checking during the phase where base.tgz
is unpacked. Should be fixed for slink, too.
41866 [potato only and fixed in CVS] please recompile against libpopt0
43057 bootdisk: rawrite uses 8.3 names
43058 bootdisk: root.bin gzipped on CDs.
44800 boot-floppies: apt can't install the boot-floppies package
Package: bsdmainutils (main)
Maintainer: Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org>
43413 gettext: While installing, got error on configure phase: "sh: tsort: command not found"
Package: bugs.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Darren O. Benham <owner@bugs.debian.org>
42508 Maintainer for oo2c is wrong
Package: bzip2 (main)
Maintainer: Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>
43656 bzip2: bad shlibs file for libbz2
Package: cdrecord (main)
Maintainer: Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org>
46700 cdrecord does not build on Sparc64
Package: cecilia (non-free)
Maintainer: Marco Budde <Budde@tu-harburg.de>
44747 cecilia: `Error: couldn't execute "/usr/lib/cecilia/files/csound_linux2.0.x"'
Package: clanlib0-display-fbdev-dev (main)
Maintainer: Daniel Patterson <danpat@debian.org>
46704 clanlib0-display-fbdev-dev: Depends: libgl1 but it is not installable
Package: clanlib0-display-ggi-dev (main)
Maintainer: Daniel Patterson <danpat@debian.org>
46702 clanlib0-display-ggi-dev depends on libgl1 but it is not installable
Package: clanlib0-display-glx (main)
Maintainer:
46412 clanlib0-display-glx: depends on unavailable package
Package: clanlib0-display-glx-dev (main)
Maintainer:
47090 clanlib0-display-glx-dev: depends on libgl1 which is unavailable
Package: clanlib0-display-svgalib-dev (main)
Maintainer: Daniel Patterson <danpat@debian.org>
46703 clanlib0-display-svgalib-dev: Depends: libgl1 but it is not installable
Package: clanlib0-display-x11-dev (main)
Maintainer: Daniel Patterson <danpat@debian.org>
46701 clanlib0-display-x11-dev depends on libgl1 but it is not installable
Package: clisp (main)
Maintainer: Kevin Dalley <kevind@rahul.net>
46059 package fails to build on sparc
Package: cmucl (main)
Maintainer: Peter Van Eynde <pvaneynd@debian.org>
46675 Problem with newer glibc's and CMUCL
Package: communicator (contrib)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
45873 communicator: Bus error when getting mail
Package: communicator-smotif-461 (non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
42259 [TBF] If you open a menu and a cookie pops up, the browser hangs
43849 communicator-smotif: Floating point exception error
45154 communicator-smotif-461: dead keys no longer work with libc5 version
Package: console-data (main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
42086 console-tools-data: Doesn't gracefully upgrade configuration
Package: crossfire-server (main)
Maintainer: Darren Benham <gecko@debian.org>
43614 crossfire-server: Creates logfile in /
Package: debian-keyring (contrib)
Maintainer: James Troup <keyring-maint@debian.org>
43536 debian-keyring: Non self-signed keys
Package: debian-policy (main)
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
43529 debian-policy: mail locking in Debian is _not_ NFS safe
Package: debianutils (main)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
46162 savelog: bashisms [patch]
Package: dh-make (main)
Maintainer: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
47152 dh-make: wrong policy version in dh_make
Package: dhcp (main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
41974 dhcp: dhcp requires kernel 2.2??
Package: dhcp-client (main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
45537 significant error in dhclient man pages
Package: diald (main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
32592 diald: Problems with dynamic addressing and 2.2.1 kernel
[STRATEGY] There is a new upstream version that fixes this.
46399 diald will not work with 2.2.10 + potato
Package: docbook (main)
Maintainer: Mark Eichin <eichin@kitten.gen.ma.us>
47375 docbook: docbook should check if install-sgmlcatalog is present before calling it.
Package: dpkg (main)
Maintainer: Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
28519 dpkg: creates circular symlinks [POSSIBLE WORKAROUND]
28817 dpkg takes no care over libdpkg
Package: dwww (main)
Maintainer: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
38821 dwww: dwww-txt2html output is always empty
43094 dwww config chowns entire system to 'www-data'
45092 publib-dev: main_filter crashes dwww-txt2html
Package: emacs20 (main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
33237 /etc/alternatives/emacs not managed properly - /usr/bin/emacs doesn't run emacs20
[STRATEGY] Maintainer promised to fix this.
Package: esh (main)
Maintainer: Edward Betts <edward@debian.org>
45185 missing file .dhelp prevents dpkg installation
Package: fakeroot (main)
Maintainer: joost witteveen <joostje@debian.org>
44447 fakeroot_0.4.3-3(unstable): doesn't compile
44543 fakeroot: Doesn't build on Alpha
45069 fakeroot: fakeroot - doesn't work with current glibc
Package: fetchmail (main)
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
43139 fetchmail flushed after failed delivery
Package: fileutils (main)
Maintainer: Galen Hazelwood <galenh@micron.net>
26770 fileutils: ln does not work with dangling symlinks [PATCH]
45750 fileutils: Doesn't build on Alpha
46988 fileutils: mv segfaults
Package: ftp.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>
38599 packages which should be moved to the base section
41274 Please remove the old netcdf packages
43889 An experimental version of gnus was uploaded by mistake into main
47117 John Hasler: dunc orphaned
Package: ftpd (main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
47409 ftpd: unable to login
Package: fvwm (main)
Maintainer: Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>
47021 fvwm: Preinst Hangs With No Files in /etc/X11/fvwm2
Package: g++ (main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
44446 [m68k] mico compile fails because exception support appears broken
Package: gdm (main)
Maintainer: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
47425 Nothing happens after logging out
47451 gdm: when gdm starts after a boot it is unable to read from the keyboard
Package: gedit (main)
Maintainer: Robert S. Edmonds <stu@novare.net>
46351 gedit crashes on startup
Package: gem (main)
Maintainer: Guenter Geiger <geiger@debian.org>
46668 gem_0.81-4(unstable): build errors
Package: general (pseudo)
Maintainer: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
46388 NO 2.1r3 M68K CDs: trn depends
Package: genpower (main)
Maintainer: Brian White <bcwhite@pobox.com>
46818 Important bugfix for genpower-1.0.1-10 and minor additions
Package: gnome-apt (main)
Maintainer: Apt Packaging Team <apt@packages.debian.org>
44427 gnome-apt: Broken Package
45928 gnome-apt: gnome-apt depends on libapt-pkg2.5 when apt provides lib-apt-pkg2.6
Package: gnome-card-games (main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
47429 gnome-card-games: post installation script of gnome-card-games fails
Package: gnome-libs-data (main)
Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@debian.org>
46438 gnome-libs-data: gnome-libs-data 1.0.50-0.1 overwrite file in gnome-bin 1.0.10-3
47290 gnome-libs-data: overlap : trying to overwrite `/usr/share/gnome/gtkrc.ja', which is also in package gnome-bin
Package: gnome-media (main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
45172 gnome-media: gtcd just dies
47083 gnome-media: Doesn't build on alpha
Package: gnome-network (main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
47437 gnome-network: gmailman dies on startup
Package: gnome-same-gnome (main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
46930 gnome-same-gnome: Stones are never removed
Package: gnu-smalltalk (main)
Maintainer: Alexander Shinn <foof@debian.org>
45180 gnu-smalltalk: entry blox in window manager menu does not work
Package: gnucash (main)
Maintainer: Tyson Dowd <trd@cs.mu.oz.au>
43822 gnucash needs to declare a dependency on perl-5.005 and recompile
43823 gnucash: Unable to launch gnc-prices
Package: gnumeric (main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
47110 gnumeric: won't start
Package: gnupg (non-US)
Maintainer: James Troup <james@nocrew.org>
44698 gnupg does not build on Sparc/Linux
Package: gpart (main)
Maintainer: David L. Coe <david.coe@someotherplace.org>
46101 gpart_0.1d-1(unstable): unnecessary arch switch; arch specific?
Package: gpasman (non-US)
Maintainer: Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>
43061 gpasman segfaults when opening database
Package: grace (main)
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <ezanard@debian.org>
41146 grace_5.0.1-1.1(unstable): doesn't build with newer t1lib
42115 grace: grace should conflict with xmgr
Package: gs (main)
Maintainer: Marco Pistore <pistore@di.unipi.it>
41570 Can not handle kanji font PS
[STRATEGY] There is a patch in the report
Package: gsl (main)
Maintainer: Michael J. Booth <booth@debian.org>
42116 gsl-histogram double counts last input
[STRATEGY] There is a patch in the report
Package: gstalker (main)
Maintainer: Davide Barbieri <paci@prosa.it>
47167 gstalker: Dumps core
Package: gtksee (main)
Maintainer: Robert S. Edmonds <stu@novare.net>
42077 core dump
[HELP] Can anyone reproduce this?
Package: hostname (main)
Maintainer: Peter Tobias <tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de>
44415 hostname: patch for hostnames/domainnames of arbitrary length
[STRAGETY] There is a patch in the report
Package: html2ps (main)
Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
46275 html2ps; html2ps does not work with new perl
Package: iceconf (main)
Maintainer: Jules Bean <jules@debian.org>
39251 iceconf: iceconf uses old workspace commands
[HELP] Could be fixed now...?
Package: imagemagick (main)
Maintainer: Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>
47309 imagemagick: No imagemagick utils seem to start after updating libhdf4g
Package: imap (main)
Maintainer: Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar@debian.org>
46940 imap unusable on sparc
Package: inn (main)
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
44656 INN 1.7.2-4.1 overwrites local access control files
[STRATEGY] Maintainer is packaging version 2.0.
Package: isapnptools (main)
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
46674 isapnptools: Loads of obsolete bugs for isapnptools to be closed
Package: jdk1.1 (non-free)
Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package must be removed if its license is not fixed.
37599 jdk1.1: no permission to distribute
Package: kbd (main)
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
47460 kbd: kbd setup gets caught in endless loop
47472 kbd: config script loop forever
Package: kerberos4kth (non-US)
Maintainer: Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>
40025 kerberos4kth: won't compile on glibc2.1
Package: kernel-image-2.0.36 (main)
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
34328 Slink w. kernel 2.0.36 hangs during Adaptec 2940 init
Package: kernellab (main)
Maintainer: Tommi Virtanen <tv@debian.org>
43392 kernellab: Bad arguments to fakeroot
43393 kernellab: Fakeroot should be required
Package: libapache-mod-perl (main)
Maintainer: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
45753 libapache-mod-perl: Doesn't build on Alpha
47273 Debian/Sparc libapache-mod-perl Package Problems...
Package: libasound0 (main)
Maintainer: David Huggins-Daines <dhd@debian.org>
46561 alsaplayer-alsa: Upgrading to libasound0 requires removal of alsaplayer-alsa
Package: libc-client-dev (main)
Maintainer: Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar@debian.org>
42390 libc-client-dev: c-client.a contains objects with PIC code
Package: libc6 (main)
Maintainer: Debian GNU C Library Maintainers <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
21810 libc6: rexec call dumps core with user="string" and password=NULL
36584 nss' compat does not work with shadow nis
43549 libc6: system() call zombies process while using threads
45912 `ping', and name resolution in general, hangs
Package: libc6-dev (main)
Maintainer: Debian GNU C Library Maintainers <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
44444 netkit-telnet_0.14-3(unstable): doesn't compile with gcc 2.95.1
Package: libc6.1 (main)
Maintainer: Debian GNU C Library Maintainers <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
45693 Bizarre Multia clock behavior
Package: libcgi-perl (main)
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
47271 libcgi-perl: can not purge package to eliminate conflicts
Package: libg++272 (main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
47212 [m68k] libg++272_2.7.2.8-1 build failure
Package: libgcj0 (main)
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
46062 [sparc] build fails in all-target-boehm-gc
Package: libgd1g (main)
Maintainer: Dermot Bradley <bradley@debian.org>
45794 libgd1g: libgd fails a dpkg-buildpackage on powerpc
Package: libgimp-perl (main)
Maintainer: Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>
44008 libgimp-perl: depends on nonexistent package
45124 libgimp-perl: perlcc eats all the memory
47257 libgimp-perl: libgimp-perl is impossible to build
Package: libglade-gnome0 (main)
Maintainer: Paolo Molaro <lupus@debian.org>
47269 libglade-gnome0: libglade-gnome.la in the wrong package
Package: libglade0 (main)
Maintainer: Paolo Molaro <lupus@debian.org>
47270 libglade0: libglade.la in the wrong package
Package: libgnome-dev (main)
Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@debian.org>
46487 Subject: /usr/include/gnome.h doesn't find gnomesupport.h
Package: libhdf4g (main)
Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
47420 doc-base-libhdf4-user breaks update-menus
Package: libjpeg62-dev (main)
Maintainer: Mark Mickan <mmickan@debian.org>
41795 libjpeg62: Wrong JPEG library version: library is 62, caller expects 61
Package: libmagick4g-lzw (non-free)
Maintainer: Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>
38649 libmagick4g-lzw: is version 4.0.4-3, while libmagick4g 4.2.2-0.0
Package: libpgjava (contrib)
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
45549 libpgjava: doesn't work at all
Package: libpgsql2 (main)
Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
46690 pgl seg faults
Package: libwrap0-dev (main)
Maintainer: Anthony Towns <ajt@debian.org>
44542 libwrap0-dev: Missing symbols
Package: linbot (main)
Maintainer: Jean Pierre LeJacq <jplejacq@quoininc.com>
41345 linbot: Remove versioned dependencies on python-net and python-misc
46526 linbot conflicting with python
Package: linuxconf (main)
Maintainer: Stefan Gybas <sgybas@debian.org>
46625 Linuxconf conflicts with gdm
Package: lpr (main)
Maintainer: Adam Klein <aklein@debian.org>
45820 lpr; lpd dumps core and does not print
47006 lpr doesn't send files to remote printer
Package: lprng (main)
Maintainer: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
42914 [3.5.2-1.3] lprng doesn't work with networked printer
44685 [sparc only] Dependency problem with LPRng
45857 lprng: Fails to configure
46239 lprng: Bug in postinst
Package: lynx (main)
Maintainer: Christian Hudon <chrish@debian.org>
46021 lynx on alpha exits immediately with interrupt 15, is useless
Package: mailcrypt (contrib)
Maintainer: Davide G. M. Salvetti <salve@debian.org>
47419 mailcrypt: 50mailcrypt should be 50mailcrypt.el
Package: man-db (main)
Maintainer: Fabrizio Polacco <fpolacco@debian.org>
47434 man-db: HTML manual registered incorrectly.
Package: manpages-dev (main)
Maintainer: Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org>
46792 setreuid(2) contains invalid security information
Package: mawk (main)
Maintainer: James Troup <awkmaint@nocrew.org>
47082 mawk: Doesn't build on Alpha
Package: mercury (main)
Maintainer: Tyson Dowd <trd@cs.mu.oz.au>
42016 Mercury does not work on Potato
42934 mercury_0.8.1.rotd19990809-1(unstable): cannot unpack source
43028 Simple example does not work
Package: mesag-dev (main)
Maintainer: James A. Treacy <treacy@debian.org>
44489 mesag-dev: GLU_* constants incompatible with GLenum type
Package: mgetty-fax (main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
47439 pre-removal script fails
Package: mh (main)
Maintainer: Edward Brocklesby <ejb@debian.org>
46647 Copyright of JP patch
Package: midentd (main)
Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org>
45344 midentd: needs a Conflicts: with other identd's available
46950 midentd fails with perl error
Package: mime-support (main)
Maintainer: Brian White <bcwhite@pobox.com>
42022 mime-support: bzip2, whitespaced filenames
Package: mixviews (main)
Maintainer: Guenter Geiger <geiger@debian.org>
46165 mixviews_1.20-5(unstable): compile error
Package: moodss (main)
Maintainer: Lars Steinke <lss@debian.org>
47205 moodss_9.0-1(unstable): can't build
Package: muffin (main)
Maintainer: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@debian.org>
43174 muffin: muffin fails with kaffe
Package: navigator-smotif-461 (non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
43976 netscape 4.6 says 'bus error'
44094 Dynamically linked plugins don't load
Package: navigator-smotif-47 (non-free)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
46777 navigator-smotif-47: Closing a window quit the application
Package: netbase (main)
Maintainer: Anthony Towns <ajt@debian.org>
47084 netbase: Doesn't build on Alpha
Package: newt0.30 (main)
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <ezanard@debian.org>
46951 This package needs to be recompiled
47203 newt0.30: Broken package
47387 newt0.30: wrong slang depends
Package: oskit (main)
Maintainer: Ed Boraas <ed@debian.org>
43872 oskit: i586-oskit-gcc forks endlessly
Package: pccts (main)
Maintainer: Ed Petron <epetron@leba.net>
45495 pccts_1.4 (dist=unstable): initializer not constant
Package: pd (main)
Maintainer: Guenter Geiger <geiger@debian.org>
43379 pd_0.26-1(unstable): Build error (dir obj/ missing)
Package: perl (main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
44033 Perl exits with "Illegal instruction" when executing
Package: perl-5.005-base (main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
41436 New Perl should get rid of old Perl if the corresponding package isn't installed
Package: peruser (main)
Maintainer: Josip Rodin <jrodin@jagor.srce.hr>
46794 peruser_4b33-3(unstable): build fails
Package: pilot-link (main)
Maintainer: Dermot Bradley <bradley@debian.org>
46346 pilot-link: Doesn't work
Package: pingus (main)
Maintainer: Daniel Patterson <danpat@debian.org>
41768 ClanLib related pingus problem
Package: pkglist (main)
Maintainer: Atsushi KAMOSHIDA <kamop@debian.org>
43201 pkglist: correct_packages.pl does not care pre-depends packages.
Package: plugger (contrib)
Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
47397 plugger: Plugger don't work
Package: pose (main)
Maintainer: Ben Darnell <bgdarnel@unity.ncsu.edu>
41288 pose_2.1d29-1(unstable): build error on m68k (union semun redefined)
[STRATEGY] New upstream version fixes it. If not, can revert to old one.
Package: powertweak (main)
Maintainer: Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <thaths@netscape.com>
43243 my SCSI system locks up whenever I run powertweak
Package: ppp (main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
43885 ppp: Dial-out now fails
Package: ppp-pam (main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
38639 ppp-pam auth. security problem
[STRATEGY] There is a patch in the report
Package: prc-tools (main)
Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
37923 prc-tools manpage collisions
Package: premail (contrib)
Maintainer: Brent Fulgham <bfulgham@pacbell.net>
44518 premail doesn't work on potato
Package: proftpd (main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
46407 proftpd: <Limit LOGIN> refuses all connections
46695 proftpd: Still configured anonymous access when I answered "no" to the debconf dialog.
47147 proftpd: please link to mysql and postgres libraries dynamically
Package: python-gtk (main)
Maintainer: Torsten Landschoff <torsten@debian.org>
46585 python-gtk: python-gtk does not start
Package: quake2 (non-free)
Maintainer: Michael Beattie <mike@omnic.dhis.org>
45985 quake2: After correcting mouse and mouse unconfig in vga.config, I get segfault loading ref_soft.so
Package: quota (main)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
41753 quota: repquota and quotacheck segfault
47222 quota: edquota - confusing
Package: rc (main)
Maintainer: Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>
41930 rc_1.6-2(unstable): build problem (undefined __va_copy)
Package: roxen (main)
Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org>
46063 roxen is not stopped correctly by /etc/cron.weekly/roxen
Package: rsync (main)
Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
36179 directory specification is ignored
[STRATEGY] There is a patch in the report
43912 rsync removes "directory qualifications" from include/exclude list
[STRATEGY] 36179 contains a patch.
Package: ruari-diff (main)
Maintainer: James Troup <jjtroup@comp.brad.ac.uk>
38952 ruari-diff glibc 2.1 patch
Package: samba (main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
40645 samba: build uses setresuid which doesn't work under 2.0.34 (does apparently under 2.2.x
[HELP] Incompatibility between glibc2.1/kernel2.2 and kernel2.0 ?
45931 samba: Samba dies with SIGILL on startup.
Package: sash (main)
Maintainer: Raul Miller <moth@debian.org>
47307 /usr/sbin/sashconfig is not executable
Package: screen (main)
Maintainer: Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org>
45628 screen: does not correctly free ptys
Package: sdr (main)
Maintainer: Chu-yeon Park <kokids@debian.org>
43755 sdr wont compile, still requires files not present on a Debian system
Package: sendmail (main)
Maintainer: Richard Nelson <cowboy@debian.org>
46387 NO 2.1r3 ALPHA CDs: sendmail depends
Package: sgml-base (main)
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
28704 sgml-base: sgml entity handling should conform to Cees de Groot's proposed std
[HELP] Maintainer is away; NMU's shall be appreciated.
Package: sgml-tools (main)
Maintainer: Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de>
44514 sgml-tools: can not convert Japanese characters with sgml2txt
44743 sgml-tools: unable to purge configuation files
Package: shellutils (main)
Maintainer: Galen Hazelwood <galenh@debian.org>
43334 date dumps core with --file option
Package: shhopt (main)
Maintainer: Ole J. Tetlie <olet@debian.org>
47200 shhopt_1.1.4-1(unstable): doesn't remove debian/files
Package: slrn (main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>
43477 slrn: Removes all subscribed groups when slrn thinks they're gone
Package: smbfs (main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
42764 smbfs: smbmount dies
43671 bad owner for Sparc build
44130 smbfs: failed mount is still mounted
44131 smbfs: no longer possible to set file and directory-modes
45202 wrapper scripts use $* instead of "$@"
46992 smbmount-2.2.x manpage wrong
Package: smbwrapper (main)
Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <peloy@debian.org>
42566 smbsh segfaults after asking username and password
43122 smbwrapper: `ls' in an smb mounted directory leads to the error message: "error in loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/samba/smbwrapper.so: undefined symbol: real_readdir64"
Package: snarf (main)
Maintainer: Joel Klecker <espy@debian.org>
43858 snarf: snarf does not properly resume ftp transfers
Package: sox (main)
Maintainer: Guenter Geiger <geiger@debian.org>
43394 sox: The play and rec scripts are missing.
Package: space-orbit (main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>
47459 Binary links against libglide2x (not in archive)
Package: swish++ (main)
Maintainer: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
38173 swish++ segfaults with libc6 2.1
43417 swish++: Does not compile and is not up to date.
Package: tao (non-free)
Maintainer: Ossama Othman <ossama@debian.org>
35805 tao_idl fails to load shared libraries
[STRATEGY] The upgrade to forthcoming TAO 1.0 will correct the problem.
Package: taper (main)
Maintainer: Piotr Roszatycki <dexter@debian.org>
46928 taper_6.9ra-4(unstable): typo in debian/rules
Package: telnetd-ssl (non-US)
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
43196 SSL telnet sessions pause unexpectedly
45485 telnetd-ssl: Won't let me log in.
Package: termcap-compat (main)
Maintainer: Christian Hudon <chrish@debian.org>
45363 termcap-compat: termcap-compat is linked against libc6 instead of libc5
Package: tetex-nonfree (non-free)
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
46445 tetex-nonfree: copyright issues :(
Package: textutils (main)
Maintainer: Galen Hazelwood <galenh@debian.org>
43610 textutils: tsort behaves unexpectedly
Package: tin (non-free)
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
46570 tin: rtin crashes
Package: tkchooser (main)
Maintainer: Adrian Bridgett <bridgett@debian.org>
44751 tkchooser: will not mount
Package: tkfont (main)
Maintainer: Adrian Bridgett <bridgett@debian.org>
45971 tkfont: uses files in /tmp insecurely
Package: tksmb (main)
Maintainer: Adrian Bridgett <bridgett@debian.org>
46724 TkSmb missing depencies...
46731 Segfault at start..
Package: tkstep4.2 (main)
Maintainer: Federico Di Gregorio <fog@debian.org>
45798 tkdesk no longer works; can't find ``libjpeg.so.6a''
Package: tkvnc (main)
Maintainer: Adrian Bridgett <bridgett@debian.org>
45866 tkvnc: Missing depends
45878 tkvnc: does not depend on perl-tk, as it should
Package: tuxeyes (contrib)
Maintainer: William Ono <wmono@debian.org>
47411 dependency problem: please throw out qt1g and insert libqt1g.
Package: ucbmpeg-play (non-free)
Maintainer: Malc Arnold <malc@thing.demon.co.uk>
39845 diff needed to compile on powerpc
[STRATEGY] There is a patch in the report
Package: util-linux (main)
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
37657 util-linux: hwclock --systohc dangerous
41263 hwclock --adjust doesn't work (temporary fix included)
42556 util-linux: hwclock: Continually messes up my clock
43793 Support for both GMT and UTC default/rc.S setting is wrong
47219 util-linux: errors compiling on sparc
Package: vchkpw (contrib)
Maintainer: Tommi Virtanen <tv@debian.org>
43200 vchkpw: Problem in init.d script
Package: vgacardgames (main)
Maintainer: Robert S. Edmonds <edmonds@freewwweb.com>
47080 vgacardgames: doesn't build on alpha
Package: vrweb (main)
Maintainer: Fabien Ninoles <fab@tzone.org>
39580 vrweb does not start at all
[HELP] If this isn't fixable, we'll have to pull it out.
Package: vtun (main)
Maintainer: Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>
47368 vtun: complains about `char-major-108'
Package: vtwm (main)
Maintainer: Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>
43474 vtwm: vtwm does not source system.vtwmrc on startup
Package: watchdog (main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
46082 watchdog: watchdog - unexpected shutdowns
Package: wdg-html-reference (non-free)
Maintainer: Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar@debian.org>
46517 wdg-html-reference: Many links should be internalised.
Package: wmaker (main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
41434 Window Maker 0.60.0 "assertion failed"
[HELP] Any help is welcome, preferably patches.
41671 wmaker: WMaker segfaults when using gnome-pager to switch to other workspace and show (unminimize) window from other desktop
[HELP] Any help is welcome, preferably patches.
45936 wmaker assertion failed in RCreateImageFromXImage
Package: wmmail (main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
44569 wmmail: wmmail: defaults domain HC!@HC!@card/GNUstep/Defaults/WMMail corrupted
Package: wn (main)
Maintainer: Jean Pierre LeJacq <jplejacq@quoininc.com>
42143 wn: cron.daily/wn recurses infinitely and gives a segment violation
[STRATEGY] Maintainer promised to fix this.
Package: wsoundserver (main)
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
42647 wsoundserver: segfault in PLIsArray
Package: xamixer (main)
Maintainer: David Huggins-Daines <dhd@debian.org>
42935 xamixer: There are no widgets in the window
Package: xbel (main)
Maintainer: Rob Tillotson <robt@debian.org>
47376 xbel: xbel should check if install-sgmlcatalog is present before removing it.
Package: xemacs20-support (main)
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
47476 new gnus tries to read .newrc-new.eld
Package: xfmix (contrib)
Maintainer: Tom Lear <lear@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package must be removed if its license is not fixed.
39521 GPL is incompatible with XForms
[STRATEGY] Maintainer is trying to reach upstream authors.
Package: xfstt (main)
Maintainer: Stephen J. Carpenter <sjc@debian.org>
47383 xfstt: xfstt runs endlessly
Package: xinetd (main)
Maintainer: Norbert Veber <nveber@debian.org>
45602 Netbase don't start inetd if /etc/init.d/inetd doesn't exist
Package: xldlas (contrib)
Maintainer: Debian QA Group <debian-qa@lists.debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package must be removed if its license is not fixed.
39524 GPL is incompatible with XForms
Package: xloadimage (main)
Maintainer: Austin Donnelly <and1000@debian.org>
40414 xloadimage: Package should be recompiled with libjpeg62
Package: xmysql (contrib)
Maintainer: Martin Bialasinski <martinb@debian.org>
[REMOVE] This package must be removed if its license is not fixed.
39522 GPL is incompatible with XForms
[STRATEGY] Maintainer is talking to upstream authors about the
license addition.
Package: xserver-fbdev (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
43574 xscreensaver, xscreensaver-gl don't appear to work (but do)
Package: xserver-svga (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
44990 xserver-svga: fonts corrupted with ViRGE/DX card
44995 xserver-svga: XF86_SVGA Hungs in Apm_Sync()
45744 xserver-svga: Crashes console system with trio3d
Package: xserver-xsun (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
45654 Xsun crashing
Package: xt (main)
Maintainer: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@debian.org>
37899 xt: xt: Depends: gtkglarea but it is not installable
Package: xxgdb (main)
Maintainer: Helmut Geyer <Helmut.Geyer@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de>
47452 xxgdb: does not work (Cannot perform malloc)
Package: zicq (main)
Maintainer: Mark Ng <ng@debian.org>
47081 zicq: Doesn't build on Alpha
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