Hmpf, I sent the previous announcement before it was quite finished.
Here is the list of bugs I meant to append.
This is the current list of bugs that are headed for the horizon.
I generated it from the bugscan report of Mar 12 15:08, and subtracted
the bugs that were fixed by uploads I installed today.
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Total number of bugs listed: 161
Explanation for tags:
* [FIX]: describes a simple method to deal with the bug.
* [STRATEGY]: describes a possible approach for fixing the bug.
* [HELP]: help is needed to fix this bug.
Package: alsa-source (debian/main).
Maintainer: Masato Taruishi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
60238 alsa-source postinst script is borken (again!)
Package: apache-perl (debian/main).
Maintainer: Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
57679 apache-perl: Comes without config, but is needed for install
Package: autofs (debian/main).
Maintainer: Justin Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
52132 autofs: Race condition when expiring autofs submounts leaves daemon
crippled
[STRATEGY] Patch available, waiting for reply from upstream
Package: balsa (debian/main).
Maintainer: Jules Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
58662 balsa: It doesn't work.
Package: base-config (debian/main).
Maintainer: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59247 apt-setup needs to allow for user interaction from apt-cdrom add
Package: bash (debian/main).
Maintainer: Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
58404 bash: *ap++ == 0x55 , segmentation fault out of nowhere!
Package: bbdb (debian/main).
Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59177 xemacs20 didn't compile bbdb-gnus on installation
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.
59329 ppp driver will not load
60179 [dbootstrap] nf_http_netfetchfile:: http.us.debian.org:80 couldn't be
resolved.
60180 Should detect previous installation attempt and explicitly ask for
really installing over
60182 New screen is drawn on wrong tty if changing tty while module detection
60218 error when setting active partition
Package: bplay (debian/main).
Maintainer: Peter Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
60041 bplay doesn't play wav files
Package: bug (debian/main).
Maintainer: Nicolás Lichtmaier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59782 bug: /usr/bin/bug: 3: Bad file descriptor
59784 bug: unable to file against ftp.debian.org
Package: communicator (debian/contrib).
Maintainer: Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
60193 communicator: buss error when replying to message
Package: communicator-smotif-461 (debian/non-free).
Maintainer: Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
42259 [TBF] If you open a menu and a cookie pops up, the browser hangs
43849 communicator-smotif: Floating point exception error
Package: console-data (debian/main).
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
60019 console-data: Bad debconf questions prevent installation
Package: cooledit (debian/main).
Maintainer: Tom Lear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59910 cooledit_3.11.6-3(frozen): broken source package
Package: cucipop (debian/non-free).
Maintainer: Debian QA Group <debian-qa@lists.debian.org>
59605 cucipop: Bulletins do not function correctly - requires DB2 support
compiled in.
Package: cvs (debian/main).
Maintainer: Tom Lees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59543 cvs: cvs-makerepos does not exist
59909 cvs: cvs segfaults when commiting a dir
Package: debiandoc-sgml (debian/main).
Maintainer: Ardo van Rangelrooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
60094 userv_1.0.0(unstable): build error (non-extisting debiandoc2ps)
60246 debiandoc-sgml: error handling in two commands is inappropriate
Package: debianutils (debian/main).
Maintainer: Guy Maor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59121 run-parts hangs during /etc/cron.daily runs
Package: debsums (debian/main).
Maintainer: Petr Cech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
60228 [PATCH] debsums unsafe /tmp handling
Package: devscripts (debian/main).
Maintainer: Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
58458 cannot find 2 *.changes file
Package: dhelp (debian/main).
Maintainer: Marco Budde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
20891 dhelp: insecure use of temporary file in /usr/bin/dhelp
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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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"
60105 dselect dies with 'failed to getch in main menu: Success'
Package: emacs19 (debian/main).
Maintainer: Mark W. Eichin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
57636 [NMU] gnus under emacs19 opens files in /tmp insecurely
59860 [NMU] Emacs19 can't be built from source
Package: epic4 (debian/main).
Maintainer: Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
58508 Epic pre2.503 has bugs which 2.505 has not
Package: fetchmail (debian/main).
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
57287 generates wrong config files
Package: fortify (non-US/non-free).
Maintainer: Roberto Lumbreras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
60162 fortify: Does the index file / database need to be updated? Is there a
new upstream?
Package: ftp.debian.org (pseudo).
Maintainer: Guy Maor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
57579 Please remove gicon from potato
58129 .debs uploaded to frozen/unstable only going into unstable?
58966 override file: libreadlineg2 and old libg++ libs should go to oldlibs
59351 ftp.debian.org: ldap needs to be removed completely removed from potato
and woody
59607 please change priority of some gstep-* packages from extra to optional
59944 need to remove old kernel images for sparc
Package: fwctl (debian/main).
Maintainer: Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59857 fwctl: fwctl sets wrong interface for denied address
Package: g++ (debian/main).
Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59819 gcc_2.95.2-7(frozen): fails to compile itself on m68k
Package: gdb (debian/main).
Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
58450 gdb: Won't compile on PowerPC
Package: geomview (debian/main).
Maintainer: Randolph Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59585 geomview: depends on mesag3 instead of libgl1
Package: gimp1.1 (debian/main).
Maintainer: Ben Gertzfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
58976 gimp1.1: SigSegv when LANG=ru_RU.KOI8-R
Package: gltt-bin (debian/main).
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59584 gltt-bin: depends on mesag3, but needs to depend on libgl1
Package: gnome-bin (debian/main).
Maintainer: Christian Marillat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
58220 gnome-terminal: Entries are not correctly entered into utmp.
Package: gnome-guile (debian/main).
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
58433 gnome-guile: can't build from source
Package: gnome-panel (debian/main).
Maintainer: James LewisMoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
58278 gnome-panel: panel no longer works
60209 gnome-panel: when starting a gnome session panel goes into 100% CPU
utilization
Package: gnomeicu (debian/main).
Maintainer: Edward C. Lang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
58919 gnomeicu causes XServer to grab all the memory.
Package: gnuchess-book (debian/main).
Maintainer: Martin Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
57945 gnuchessbook: /usr/lib/games/gnuchess/gnuchess.data doesn't exist
(another dir)
Package: gnudip (debian/main).
Maintainer: Randolph Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59248 gnudip: Gnudip prerm script fails with error `groupdel: group gnudip
does not exist'
Package: gpm (debian/main).
Maintainer: Zephaniah E. Hull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
58081 [PATCH] priviledge elevation in gpm-root
59793 gpm: gpm won't start from remote telnet session
Package: grmonitor (debian/main).
Maintainer: Martin Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59592 grmonitor needs to depends on libgl1 instead of mesag3
Package: hostname (debian/main).
Maintainer: Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59410 hostname: found how to set domainname for linux
Package: imlib-progs (debian/main).
Maintainer: Ossama Othman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
60052 imlib-progs: imlib_config segfaulting without /etc/imlib/imrc
Package: ircd (debian/main).
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
58757 wont start
Package: kaffe (debian/main).
Maintainer: Ean R. Schuessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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 (debian/main).
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59236 2.2.14 kernel images on Alpha don't have de4x5 driver compiled in
Package: kernel-image-2.2.14-ide (debian/main).
Maintainer: Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
57451 where are the sources for the ide patch ?
Package: lde (debian/main).
Maintainer: Petr Cech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59048 Needs two tiny tweaks for ARM processor
Package: libapache-mod-dtcl (debian/main).
Maintainer: David N. Welton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
58431 libapache-mod-dtcl: Serious build problems
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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59442 libgd-graph-perl: Missing files, missing dependencies
Package: libgtkada1 (debian/main).
Maintainer: Samuel Tardieu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59590 libgtkada1 depends on mesag3, but needs to depend on libgl1
Package: libgtkgl0 (debian/main).
Maintainer: Stephane Bortzmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
57773 infinite directory tree created
59599 libgtkgl0 depends on mesag3, must depend on libgl1 instead
Package: libgtkimreg (debian/main).
Maintainer: Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59021 Needs newer config.* files for ARM port
Package: libnet-perl (debian/main).
Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
60140 Need new version in potato (just released within this week)
Package: libungif3g-dev (debian/main).
Maintainer: Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
57943 libunguf3g-dev: broken postinstall script
Package: mailman (debian/main).
Maintainer: Gergely Madarasz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59867 mailman: gate_news isn't working
Package: makedev (debian/main).
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59502 raw ftape devices wrong
Package: metamail (debian/main).
Maintainer: Debian QA Group <debian-qa@lists.debian.org>
58174 metamail is unable to launch any file
Package: mh (debian/main).
Maintainer: Edward Brocklesby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59227 htdig: Apparent infinite recursion
59891 Security problem in MIME-handling code
Package: midentd (debian/main).
Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
58480 installing midentd with pidentd installed didn't change default identd
Package: mkhybrid (debian/main).
Maintainer: Chris Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
60119 mkhybrid: patch required for making sparc bootable CD's
Package: moonlight (debian/main).
Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59059 SIGILL on K6-2, many X errors
Package: mozilla (debian/main).
Maintainer: Debian Mozilla maintainers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59990 mozilla: Segmentation fault on first start
60012 M14 segfaults immediately
Package: mp3blaster (debian/main).
Maintainer: Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59564 mp3blaster: fails to build, C++ error
Package: nana (debian/main).
Maintainer: Brent A. Fulgham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
58909 nana: nana looks in the wrong place for nanafilter
59786 nana: bad timestamps in archive
Package: netbase (debian/main).
Maintainer: Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59282 netbase: portmap is killed too early on shutdown
59377 netbase: can't build
Package: netscape-smotif-472-libc5 (debian/non-free).
Maintainer: Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
60223 netscape-smotif-472-libc5: wrong dependencies
Package: nfs-kernel-server (debian/main).
Maintainer: Chip Salzenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
58474 pak does not compile from source
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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
55268 [Strategy: use older version on alpha] PDL fails to compile on alpha
Package: perl-5.005 (debian/main).
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
55794 Wrong system call numbers on alpha (and probably other non-i386)
Package: perl-5.005-doc (debian/main).
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
60233 incorrect copyright for documentation
Package: perl-base (debian/main).
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
53794 perl policy is flawed -- 5.004 and 5.005 simultaneous
Package: php3 (debian/main).
Maintainer: Gergely Madarasz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
60201 php3: Enabling php3 causes apache not to start.
Package: pilot-manager (debian/main).
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59202 pilot-manager: Method "GetRecord" missing in SyncPlan
Package: pmake (debian/main).
Maintainer: Edward Brocklesby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
56878 [PATCH] seriously poor /tmp handling in pmake when running multiple jobs
[WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Feb. 15, awaiting reply. (MH)
Package: postfix (debian/main).
Maintainer: LaMont Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
58181 postfix: /var/spool/postfix/lib and /var/spool/postfix/etc out of date
[STRATEGY] Maintainer should upload by Feb24 (MS)
58199 postfix fails to install if no hostname is available
[STRATEGY] Working on tests (Feb24MS)
Package: ppmtofb (debian/main).
Maintainer: Chris Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59820 ppmtofb_0.26(unstable): build error: no sys/io.h on m68k
Package: pvm (debian/main).
Maintainer: Drake Diedrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59903 pvm_3.4.2-4(frozen): build fails due to root-owned files
Package: python-base (debian/main).
Maintainer: Gregor Hoffleit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59713 python-base: Strange interaction between gtk and math
Package: quota (debian/main).
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[HELP] Mail to maintainer bounced.
59895 Typo in quota init-script
Package: r-base (debian/main).
Maintainer: Douglas Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
58412 r-base: Can't build from source
Package: rep-gtk (debian/main).
Maintainer: Mikolaj J. Habryn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
58684 rep-gtk_0.8-2(unstable): build error (prototype mismatch)
Package: roxen (debian/main).
Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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
Package: rscheme (debian/main).
Maintainer: Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
53734 rscheme: build fails if there is no info about the packages
Package: sawmill (debian/main).
Maintainer: Mikolaj J. Habryn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59760 sawmill: Sawmill fails to load -- missing file
/usr/lib/rep/0.11/i686-pc-linux-gnu/timers.so
Package: semi (debian/main).
Maintainer: Takuo KITAME <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
56063 general: semi breaks sending mail with XEmacs.
Package: sendmail (debian/main).
Maintainer: Richard A Nelson (Rick) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
60227 Missing /etc/mail/local-host-names let install fail
Package: slirp (debian/main).
Maintainer: Roberto Lumbreras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59608 slirp: password handling bug, patch included
Package: slocate (debian/main).
Maintainer: R Garth Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
57011 upgrade of slocate fails
57046 Again slocate's install is hosed up.
57530 slocate: overwrite not allowed (prevents other programs from installing)
58023 slocate: Fails to install due to dpkg-divert error
59366 upgrade of slocate fails
59923 slocate: Subject: Anacron job 'cron.daily'
Package: smail (debian/main).
Maintainer: Soenke Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[HELP] Mail to Soenke bounced.
59135 smail: Smail doesn't work with the latest libraries
Package: ssh (non-US/main).
Maintainer: Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[HELP] Please NMU, with extreme care. Contact Tommi Virtanen for info.
59813 OpenSSH no longer connects to Solaris sshd 1.2.27
59862 ssh: X forwarding problems even after xauth upgrade
Package: ssh-nonfree (non-US/non-free).
Maintainer: Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[HELP] Please NMU. (with extreme care)
56670 ssh-nonfree: does not build on current potato
Package: ssh2 (non-US/non-free).
Maintainer: Edward Brocklesby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59031 ssh2: AARGH! ssh2-2.0.13-5 broke my box!
Package: swi-prolog (debian/main).
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59560 swi-prolog: fails to build, requires extra define
Package: tkstep8.0 (debian/main).
Maintainer: Steve Kostecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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: vtun (debian/main).
Maintainer: Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
58449 vtun: /etc/init.d/vtun does not stop vtun
58752 vtun: `persist' option does not work - eats cpu
Package: wavtools (debian/main).
Maintainer: John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59710 wavp cannot play wav files from netscape
Package: wdm (debian/main).
Maintainer: Daniel Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59216 wdm: no packages should use pam_pwdb.so by default
59843 wdm: needs non-existent parse-xf86config
60192 update_wdm_wmlist can't find /etc/X11/window-managers
Package: whiptail (debian/main).
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59150 still missing dependency on libnewt0 for m68k
Package: xfig (debian/main).
Maintainer: Roland Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
60163 xfig: xfig 3.2.3.a-1 seems to depend on transfig 3.2.3-rel-0-2
Package: xlife (debian/main).
Maintainer: Edward Betts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59383 xlife: can't build
Package: xmame-gl (debian/non-free).
Maintainer: Martin Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59595 xmame-gl depends on mesag3, must depend on libgl1 instead
Package: xpvm (debian/main).
Maintainer: Anand Kumria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59816 xpvm_1.2.5-4(frozen): build fails due to root-owned files
Package: xt (debian/main).
Maintainer: Stephane Bortzmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59596 xt depends on mesag3, must depend on libgl1 instead
Package: xterm (debian/main).
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
60256 xterm: key bindings messed up.
Package: xvt (debian/main).
Maintainer: Charles Briscoe-Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
59045 xvt/ncurses-base: New "xterm" terminfo breaks xvt
Package: zsh (debian/main).
Maintainer: Clint Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
58941 core dump with function mycd() {builtin cd "$@" && echo $PWD}
