Bug stamp-out list for Dec 24 03:05 (CST) Total number of release-critical bugs: 249 Number that will disappear after removing packages marked [REMOVE]: 68
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package: abacus (debian/main) Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53364 abacus: recompile for libstdc++2.10 Package: acroread (debian/non-free) Maintainer: Klee Dienes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [STRATEGY] Adam Heath (netscape maintainer) plans to take this package. 51593 acroread: netscape crashes hard when acroread activated [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: apache (debian/main) Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 50423 browsing the whole / directory [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: apache-common (debian/main) Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [STRATEGY] Maintainer will have this fixed by Oct. 30. 45428 apache-common: mod_mime.so depends on /etc/apache/mime.types [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: autofs (debian/main) Maintainer: Justin Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 52132 autofs: Race condition when expiring autofs submounts leaves daemon crippled [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: bash (debian/main) Maintainer: Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 34717 bash: contains /bin/sh link 45656 bash: need better way to handle /bin/sh symlink Package: bigloo (debian/main) Maintainer: Craig Brozefsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. [HELP] Maintainer would not mind an NMU to fix these bugs. 46040 [PATCH] compilation on sparc, cleanup, etc [STRATEGY] It appears that a new .diff.gz was uploaded, but it was never recompiled on the original arch. 46586 depends on libgc4-dev, which is not installable 51583 bigloo: build failure on sparc Package: bug (debian/main) Maintainer: Nicolás Lichtmaier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 53076 bug: severity request results in huge user-interaction bug 53255 quits after receiving brief description on powerpc Package: buici-clock (debian/main) Maintainer: Marc Singer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53362 buici-clock: recompile for libstdc++2.10 Package: calc (debian/main) Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 50142 emacs20: wont install correctly..... [HELP] Maintainer cannot reproduce it. </FONT> Package: cecilia (debian/non-free) Maintainer: Marco Budde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] No source available, so we can't fix this. Also hasn't been updated upstream in over a year it seems. 44747 cecilia: `Error: couldn't execute "/usr/lib/cecilia/files/csound_linux2.0.x"' [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: clanbomber (debian/main) Maintainer: Fredrik Hallenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53169 clanbomber: crashes on the loading pic; previous versions did not Package: clisp (debian/main) Maintainer: Kevin Dalley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 46059 package fails to build on sparc [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: cln (debian/main) Maintainer: John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 51524 new upstream version available for a long time [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. 51564 current old version causes loop on well-defined input [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: communicator (debian/contrib) Maintainer: Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2) 45873 communicator: Bus error when getting mail 52541 Communicator won't collect pop mail 52554 Communicator won't download newsgroups Package: communicator-dmotif-408 (debian/non-free) Maintainer: Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2) 48163 Cannot coexist with current LessTif package. Package: communicator-smotif-461 (debian/non-free) Maintainer: Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2) 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: communicator-smotif-47 (debian/non-free) Maintainer: Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2) 47658 communicator-smotif-47: we need libc6 version 50068 communicator-smotif-47: 8-bit characters cannot be entered when using Xkb. Package: console-data (debian/main) Maintainer: Yann Dirson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 52200 Bug in console-data : cannot find a keymap Package: cthugha (debian/non-free) Maintainer: Debian QA Group <debian-qa@lists.debian.org> 53365 cthugha: recompile for libstdc++2.10 Package: cvs (debian/main) Maintainer: Tom Lees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53233 cvs: sysopen commands require "use Fcntl" Package: cyrus-imapd (debian/non-free) Maintainer: Michael-John Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 52857 cyrus-imapd uses imap2 instead of imap which is not recognized by inetd Package: ddd-smotif (debian/contrib) Maintainer: Alexander Yukhimets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package is no longer needed and can be removed. 34802 ddd-smotif: Generate core-dumps after start [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: debconf (debian/main) Maintainer: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53316 debconf: Needs lib.pm, which is provided by perl-5.005; not in depends line Package: debhelper (debian/main) Maintainer: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53281 debhelper: causes lots of confusion in packages Package: diald (debian/main) Maintainer: Philippe Troin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 52981 diald: Does not bring link up second time. Package: dpkg-perl (debian/main) Maintainer: Klee Dienes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53178 Don't depend on "perl-base" Package: dwww (debian/main) Maintainer: Jim Pick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 49664 dwww unable to access docs in /usr/share/doc [STRATEGY] (Dec 12) Maintainer expects to have fixes uploaded "in the next week or so". 51206 dwww: update-menus doesn't work correctly with dwww [STRATEGY] (Dec 12) Maintainer expects to have fixes uploaded "in the next week or so" 53355 dwww doesn't render any manpages (dwww-convert returns an error) Package: dx (debian/main) Maintainer: Konstantinos Margaritis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53135 dx-package still broken on powerpc Package: eeyes (debian/main) Maintainer: Dan Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53338 eeyes_1:0.3.11-2.1(unstable): strange version number problem Package: emacs20 (debian/main) Maintainer: Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 33237 /etc/alternatives/emacs not managed properly - /usr/bin/emacs doesn't run emacs20 [STRATEGY] Maintainer promised to fix this. [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. 43249 Y2K problem in timezone.el [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. 48997 emacs20_20.4-1(unstable): hardcoded i386 in debian/rules [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. 51112 emacs20: emacs20 cannot compile on powerpc [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: exim (debian/main) Maintainer: Mark Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53229 Exim Problem (Can't Send Email Locally) 53325 exim: exim-config does not work 53326 exim: eximconfig doesn't work II Package: festival (debian/main) Maintainer: David Huggins-Daines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 51614 festival_1.4.0-3(unstable): no config for m68k [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: fetchmail (debian/main) Maintainer: Paul Haggart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 43139 fetchmail flushed after failed delivery [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. 48159 I had to downgrade to fetchmail_4.6.4-1.1 because I couldn't get my mail from the server! Fetchmail was able to query the IP of the server, but told me something about "file not found". After downgrading fetchmail it worked without problems. I haven't touched any fetchmail relevant scripts! [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]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 51899 Syntax error in script prevents running at all. [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: fileutils (debian/main) Maintainer: Michael Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53240 touch -d no longer parses date/times like "Tue, 21 Dec 1999 04:17:00 GMT" Package: fml (debian/main) Maintainer: Fumitoshi UKAI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 52108 fml contains non-free code [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: ftp.debian.org (pseudo) Maintainer: Guy Maor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 50048 libg++2.8.2-dev: empty package on sparc [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. 53232 please remove optimizer from potato 53353 ftp: please remove funnelweb-doc from main Package: g++ (debian/main) Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 48530 g++ [alpha]: internal compiler error building open-amulet [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: gcc (debian/main) Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 48338 [known problem with gcc-2.95.x on alpha] lapack (complex) does not build [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. 52033 __linux is not defined on powerpc [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: gccchecker (debian/main) Maintainer: Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53239 gccchecker: Infinite loop in the garbage detector Package: gconv-modules (debian/main) Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org> 48120 gconv-modules would not be loaded properly when setgid [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: gdm (debian/main) Maintainer: Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 51846 Locale setting C-locale missing [INFO] Package was given to Ryan Murray, who is waiting for a new upstream version. Package: gensig (debian/main) Maintainer: Andrew Feinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 48071 gensig: binary name conflict Package: ghc4 (debian/main) Maintainer: Aaron Van Couwenberghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 52794 ghc4_4.04.19990916-3(unstable): configure doesn't know m68k Package: ghostview (debian/main) Maintainer: Jens Ritter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 52860 ghostview: Missing linefeed in /var/lib/dpkg/info/ghostview.prerm. Package: gnomba (debian/main) Maintainer: Timshel Knoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 50399 XFree eat all the memory when i launch gnomba [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: gnotes (debian/main) Maintainer: James LewisMoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 50088 Looses text [STRATEGY] Maintainer is working on it; "should be fixed soon". Package: gnu-smalltalk (debian/main) Maintainer: Alexander Shinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 45180 gnu-smalltalk: entry blox in window manager menu does not work 51854 hardcoded dependance on tcl8.0 in blox/Makefile.body Package: gpasman (non-US/main) Maintainer: Michael Meskes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 43061 gpasman segfaults when opening database [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. 51270 gpasman: scrambles database when a bad password used [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: gpm (debian/main) Maintainer: Zephaniah E. Hull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 51322 gpm upgrade from slink to potato breaks X's mouse [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: grip (debian/main) Maintainer: Dima Barsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 52480 grip: default command lines for grip are broken [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: gsnes9x (debian/main) Maintainer: Robert Edmonds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53128 This isn't built correcty Package: gtkbrowser (debian/main) Maintainer: Robert S. Edmonds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 53045 gtkbrowser: package severely broken/incomplete Package: guile1.3 (debian/main) Maintainer: Craig Brozefsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 51363 gnucash: ERROR: Unbound variable: gnc:*config-dir* [STRATEGY] Craig Brozefsky is working with the gnucash maintainer to get this fixed. Package: happy (debian/main) Maintainer: Aaron Van Couwenberghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 52793 happy_1.6-8(unstable): configure doesn't like non-i386 Package: hns2 (debian/main) Maintainer: Takuo KITAME <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 52109 hns2 uses non-free software [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: horde (debian/main) Maintainer: Ivan E. Moore II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 51309 horde: postinst error [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: iceconf (debian/main) Maintainer: Jules Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 39251 iceconf: iceconf uses old workspace commands [HELP] Could be fixed now...? [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. </FONT> Package: imp (debian/main) Maintainer: Ivan E. Moore II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 50057 Upon logging into a mailbox: Warning: Unable to find stream pointer in /usr/share/horde/imp/status.php3 on line 57 [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. 52241 imp: Error message when saving drafts... [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: jdk1.1 (debian/non-free) Maintainer: Stephen Zander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package must be removed if its license is not fixed. 51490 jdk1.1 requires a dependancy on xbase-clients [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: jgroff (debian/main) Maintainer: Yoshiaki Yanagihara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53340 jgroff: dependency problem 53341 jgroff: dependency problem Package: jwhois (debian/main) Maintainer: Per Lundberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 51644 jwhois_2.2-1(unstable): build error (gai_strerror) [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: kbd (debian/main) Maintainer: Yann Dirson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53213 kbd: fails to configure on sparc Package: kerberos4kth (non-US/main) Maintainer: Greg Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 40025 kerberos4kth: won't compile on glibc2.1 [STRATEGY] Maintainer is preparing a new release. Package: lapack (debian/main) Maintainer: James A. Treacy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 48661 lapack: doesn't build from source [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: lavaps (debian/main) Maintainer: Tommi Virtanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. [STRATEGY] Maintainer is asking for help, nmu's welcome. 49787 lavaps: missing part of copyright, probably non-free :-( 49828 lavaps: memory leak Package: libapache-mod-perl (debian/main) Maintainer: Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 45753 libapache-mod-perl: Doesn't build on Alpha [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. 46906 ePerl SEGV's Apache 47273 Debian/Sparc libapache-mod-perl Package Problems... [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: libapache-mod-python (debian/main) Maintainer: Gregor Hoffleit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. [HELP] Gregor is looking for a new maintainer. Assistance in fixing these bugs,or an NMU to fix them, would also be appreciated. 48804 mod-python crashes apache 50418 libapache-mod-python explodes now and then Package: libc6 (debian/main) Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org> 21810 libc6: rexec call dumps core with user="string" and password=NULL [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. 36584 nss' compat does not work with shadow nis [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. 50167 libc6: Include ldd nad ldd man page, which are part of ldso. [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. 50311 libc6: libc6 ships binary programs: please split. [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. 52195 getaddrinfo() with PF_UNSPEC hints returns EAI_NODATA [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: libc6-dev (debian/main) Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org> 50083 libc6-dev: broken headers for sparc [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: libc6.1 (debian/main) Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org> 47584 libc6.1: localtime() hangs on alpha [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. 48455 libc6.1: libc6 fails to install and leaves installation broken [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: libcgi-perl (debian/main) Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 49189 cannot purge libcgi-perl [STRATEGY] New version will do away with the root cause of this bug. Package: libdb2.6-util (debian/main) Maintainer: Fabrizio Polacco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 50647 libdb2.6-util: trying to overwrite db_archive from libc6 [INFO] This seems to be the result of an upstream conflict. Package: libg++272 (debian/main) Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 47212 [m68k] libg++272_2.7.2.8-1 build failure [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: libgc5 (debian/main) Maintainer: Mike Goldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53112 STILL did not build on powerpc Package: libgtk-perl (debian/main) Maintainer: Paolo Molaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 51844 dumps core on Alpha [STRATEGY] Bugreport has a patch Package: libgtkmm (debian/main) Maintainer: Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 51313 /usr/bin/gensig is also in gensig [STRATEGY] This should be fixed in the gensig package. Package: libguile6 (debian/main) Maintainer: Craig Brozefsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 52415 /usr/lib/libguile.so.6.0.0 is mode 777 [STRATEGY] (Dec 12) Maintainer is working on a fix and expects to have one in a day or so. Package: libguile6-slib (debian/main) Maintainer: Craig Brozefsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 52465 libguile6-slib: Error during setup "ERROR: Could not find slib/require.scm in ("/usr/share/guile/site" "/usr/share/guile/1.3.4" "/usr/share/guile" ".") [STRATEGY] (Dec 12) Maintainer is working on a fix and expects to have one in a day or so. Package: liblockfile1 (debian/main) Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 43491 liblockfile1: lockfile_create is _not_ NFS safe (fcntl() missing) [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: libnss-ldap (debian/main) Maintainer: Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 48953 libnss-ldap: Doesn't search for groups correctly [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: libpam-ldap (debian/main) Maintainer: Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 52567 libpam-ldap: module segfaults Package: libpam-modules (debian/main) Maintainer: Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 51619 pam_pwdb.so segfaults on wrong password [HELP] Maintainer says NMU would be appreciated. </FONT> 53049 vlock spins Package: libsdl0.11 (debian/main) Maintainer: Fredrik Hallenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 51174 smpeg_0.3.0-1(unstable): configuration of sdl fails [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: libwrap0 (debian/main) Maintainer: Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 52534 ugidd: ugidd started via rcS.d before /usr/lib is nfs mounted... [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: licq-plugin-qt2 (debian/main) Maintainer: Zed Pobre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53243 licq-plugin-qt2: licq_qt-gui.so: undefined symbol: setEnabled__11QScrollViewb Package: lilypond (debian/main) Maintainer: Anthony Fok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 49314 lilypond: Can't build from source [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: lletters (debian/main) Maintainer: Lalo Martins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 37660 lletters need to be recompiled with new libglib/libgtk [HELP] NMU would be appreciated. If not, maintainer can do it one week before the freeze. </FONT> Package: logcheck (debian/main) Maintainer: Rene Mayrhofer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 50994 logcheck: "["s in /etc/logcheck/logcheck.violations.ignore kill logcheck. 51342 logcheck: Completly borken after upgrade. [STRATEGY] Fixed with logcheck 1.1.1-4; expect upload soon. Package: login (debian/main) Maintainer: Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 52917 No non-pam version Package: login.app (debian/main) Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 52612 login.app: should use xauth not xhost Package: lpr (debian/main) Maintainer: Adam Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 48642 lpr; lpr does not print on a remote printer [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. [HELP] Should be fixed by now, someone should doublecheck Package: lprng (debian/main) Maintainer: Craig Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 52509 lprng: lprng destroy my old printcaap and doesn't print Package: makepasswd (debian/main) Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 50885 no longer allows specification of cleartext from command line [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: mbr (debian/main) Maintainer: Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53210 mbr: keeps loading itself Package: mc (debian/main) Maintainer: Michael Bramer & Martin Bialasinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 50891 destruction of file system integrity [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: midentd (debian/main) Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 49570 Postrm should not fail when config file and log file do not exist [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. 49574 pidentd: dependencies not in sync with midentd [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: mixer.app (debian/main) Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53363 mixer.app: recompile for libstdc++2.10 Package: modconf (debian/main) Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 51015 package is absurdly out of date for 2.2 [HELP] This is hard to fix. modconf gets its information from the Kernel-Modules HOWTO, which is no longer maintained. Does anyone know a list of parameters and descriptions of the new modules? </FONT> Package: mp3blaster (debian/main) Maintainer: Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 52798 mp3blaster_2-0b12-1(unstable): syntax errors in big endian code [STRATEGY] Bugreport contains a patch Package: navigator-smotif-461 (debian/non-free) Maintainer: Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2) 43976 netscape 4.6 says 'bus error' 44094 Dynamically linked plugins don't load Package: navigator-smotif-47 (debian/non-free) Maintainer: Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2) 50887 navigator-smotif-47: Navigator dies (bus error) 51534 navigator-smotif-47: Distributed binary is different from the original Package: netatalk (debian/main) Maintainer: Joel Klecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53223 netatalk: can't access linux directory from mac Package: newscache (debian/main) Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 52583 newscache: Newscache corrupts its own database Package: nighthawk (debian/main) Maintainer: Adrian Bridgett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53217 nighthawk: nighthawk depends on libstdc++2.9 Package: nis (debian/main) Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 49923 yp tries to start before portmapper is ready [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: nowebm (debian/main) Maintainer: Federico Di Gregorio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 51874 syntax error in src/Makefile [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: ntp (debian/main) Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53375 ntp: Loads in uninitialized fasion. Needs to define a server in the package. Package: ntpdate (debian/main) Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53382 ntpdate: Running ntpdate against a known good server crashes Package: octave-plplot (debian/main) Maintainer: Rafael Laboissiere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53198 octave-plplot: libstdc++2.9 doesn't exist Package: parted (debian/main) Maintainer: Timshel Knoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 52205 parted: unmet dependency [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: php4 (debian/main) Maintainer: Gergely Madarasz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 51623 php4_4.0b3-1(unstable): rm misses -f [STRATEGY] Maintainer is working on this, plans to fix it "before the holidays". Package: pingus (debian/main) Maintainer: Daniel Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 51726 pingus: pingus fails to load [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: pkglist (debian/main) Maintainer: Atsushi KAMOSHIDA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 43201 pkglist: correct_packages.pl does not care pre-depends packages. [STRATEGY] Maintainer intends to fix it this month. Package: plotutils (debian/main) Maintainer: Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 52723 No shlibs Package: plugger (debian/contrib) Maintainer: Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. [STRATEGY] Adam will deal with netscape during winter holidays (Dec 24 - Jan 2) 47397 plugger: Plugger don't work 49409 plugger: plugger uses xloadimage for png Package: postgresql (debian/main) Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 48340 postgresql: Doesn't build on Alpha [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. 49580 postgresql: upgrade broken [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. 53317 File conflict between versions Package: postgresql-client (debian/main) Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 52529 postgresql-client: postgresql-client: needs "Replaces: postgresql (<< 6.5.3-2)" in its control data Package: ppp (debian/main) Maintainer: Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 43885 ppp: Dial-out now fails [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: quota (debian/main) Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [HELP] Mail to maintainer bounced. 41753 quota: repquota and quotacheck segfault 47222 quota: edquota - confusing 47718 edquota will not allow soft or hard limits above 4194303 blocks 51551 powerpc needs -fsigned-char to build Package: revtex (debian/non-free) Maintainer: Michael A. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 48691 revtex: /usr/share/texmf/doc in revtex conflicts with tetex-base_1.0-5_all [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: rrdtool (debian/main) Maintainer: Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 50728 rrdtool: needs to run "perl Makefile.PL" in perl-shared and perl-pipe [STRATEGY] Fix available, sponsor has to do an upload. Package: rscheme (debian/main) Maintainer: Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 51728 rscheme_0.7.2-3(unstable): Syntax errors in m68k code [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: rsync (debian/main) Maintainer: Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 51705 Rsync segfaults [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: samba (debian/main) Maintainer: Eloy A. Paris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 52698 samba gets internal errors Package: sawmill (debian/main) Maintainer: Mikolaj J. Habryn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 49654 missing sawmill sawmill-client sawmill-ui binary files (PowerPC only?) [STRATEGY] This can be fixed by listing build dependencies explicitly, and refusing to build empty packages when they are not met. Package: sciplot (debian/main) Maintainer: John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 49490 sciplot: can't build from source [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: sdr (debian/main) Maintainer: Chu-yeon Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 43755 sdr wont compile, still requires files not present on a Debian system [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. 50089 sdr: does not compile from source [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: sgml-base (debian/main) Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 28704 sgml-base: sgml entity handling should conform to Cees de Groot's proposed std Package: smail (debian/main) Maintainer: Soenke Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 48614 smail: postinst leaves MTA broken if xinetd is in use [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: snmptraplogd (debian/main) Maintainer: Bernd Schumacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 50364 snmptraplogd: missing dependency (libsnmp3.6) [STRATEGY] Maintainer claims this will be fixed on December 31st. Package: ssh (non-US/main) Maintainer: Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 49902 ssh and pam conspire to deny logins [STRATEGY] Need more information from the bug submitter 50607 openssh looks in /usr/lib/ssh for ssh-askpass, but not /usr/bin 51306 Problems with clients connecting to the OpenSSH daemon; I get several esoteric replies. [STRATEGY] Need more information from the bug submitter 51393 Connecting to known hosts fails 51747 ssh: can't handle expired passwords 52317 ssh: mistakenly tries to hang on to ttys 52511 Latest openssh breaks ssh-add [STRATEGY] Need more information from the bug submitter Package: ssh-askpass (non-US/non-free) Maintainer: Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 50967 ssh-askpass: Incorrectly hard-coded path to ssh-askpass Package: ssh-nonfree (non-US/non-free) Maintainer: Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 48439 root cannot scp Package: ssh2 (non-US/non-free) Maintainer: Edward Brocklesby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 51767 ssh2: installation script runs through one question Package: strace (debian/main) Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 51648 strace_4.1-1(unstable): Wrong condition for IPv6 [STRATEGY] Maintainer has fix ready in CVS; expect release sometime in the week of December 13. Package: swi-prolog (debian/main) Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 52161 swi-prolog: incorrect compilation on sparc [STRATEGY] This is fixed in a new upstream version, which is still beta. Expect resolution before Dec 25. Package: sxid (debian/main) Maintainer: Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 48193 crashes when it is running from root [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: syslog-ng (debian/main) Maintainer: SZALAY Attila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53170 syslog-ng: causes REMOTE machines to lock out logins even! Package: tcpquota (debian/main) Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53348 tcpquota: postinst problem Package: tela (debian/main) Maintainer: John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 48079 unusable because of shared library problems [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: telnet-ssl (non-US/main) Maintainer: Christoph Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 52622 telnet-ssl: cant upgrade ok: doesnt remove diversion Package: telnetd-ssl (non-US/main) Maintainer: Christoph Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 52624 telnetd-ssl: cant upgrade ok: doesnt remove diversion Package: termcap-compat (debian/main) Maintainer: Christian Hudon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] It may be time to drop termcap-compat; no-one uses it anymore. 48747 termcap-compat: doesn't build from source [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: tix41 (debian/main) Maintainer: Philippe Troin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 47825 tix41: Doesn't work with Tcl/Tk 8.2 [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: tkrat (debian/main) Maintainer: Mark Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 51900 tkrat: Hangs while quiting [HELP] Mark no longer uses tkrat himself, he'd appreciate someone tracking down the bug. Reproducing it would help, too. [INFO] "The thing he mentions about the lock is expected, because he's killing it before it has removed the lock. The lock mechanism ought to have timeout so this isn't too much of a problem if clients only occasionally die, but it is a problem if he has to do it every time." </FONT> Package: tksmb (debian/main) Maintainer: Adrian Bridgett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 51745 tksmb: nmblookup format changed, can't parse it correctly [STRATEGY] Maintainer has a fix, is waiting for a nicer fix from upstream. 53201 tksmb: package smbmout doesn't exist Package: tkstep4.2 (debian/main) Maintainer: Federico Di Gregorio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] Obsoleted by tkstep8.0 anyway? 45798 tkdesk no longer works; can't find ``libjpeg.so.6a'' [STRATEGY] Simple recompile against libjpeg.so.62 should fix it. [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: typist (debian/main) Maintainer: Ben Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 51634 typist: sparc does not define SIGCLD Package: ultra (debian/main) Maintainer: Martin Soto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] Doesn't support current modutils setup, doesn't work with 2.2 kernels and last upload is over a year ago.... 47966 ultra: ultra should use /etc/modules.conf [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: util-linux (debian/main) Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 42556 util-linux: hwclock: Continually messes up my clock [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. 51936 util-linux: cfdisk can't handle a new disk [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. 51937 util-linux: fdisk creates invalid partitions [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: v-dev (debian/main) Maintainer: Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53366 v-dev: recompile for libstdc++2.10 Package: v1g (debian/main) Maintainer: Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53360 v1g: recompile for libstdc++2.10 Package: vivid (debian/main) Maintainer: Charles Briscoe-Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] Software is not yet functional 52992 vivid doesn't actually function Package: vm1 (debian/main) Maintainer: Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53361 vm1: recompile for libstdc++2.10 Package: vrwave (debian/non-free) Maintainer: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 49095 vrwave: It doesn't even start. Java gives fatal error and exits! [FIX] Seems to work with the latest jdk. Package: wm2 (debian/main) Maintainer: Ted Whalen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53358 wm2: recompile for libstdc++2.10 Package: wmaker (debian/main) Maintainer: Chris McKillop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. </FONT> 52556 WindowMaker doesn't let emacs see ALT key when using windows [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: wmmail (debian/main) Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 44569 wmmail: wmmail: defaults domain [EMAIL PROTECTED]@card/GNUstep/Defaults/WMMail corrupted Package: wn (debian/main) Maintainer: Jean Pierre LeJacq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [STRATEGY] Maintainer promised an upload on December 19 42143 wn: cron.daily/wn recurses infinitely and gives a segment violation [STRATEGY] New version fixes this; upload is on the way. 50086 wn: does not build from source [STRATEGY] New version fixes this; upload is on the way. Package: xaw95g (debian/main) Maintainer: joost witteveen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 51451 package ruins perms on ld.so.conf [FIX] Fixed in version 1.1-4.5 Package: xawtv (debian/main) Maintainer: Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 52850 xawtv_3.02-7(unstable): rebuilding webcam still doesn't work Package: xbill (debian/main) Maintainer: Adrian Bridgett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53220 xbill: xbill depends on libstdc++2.9 Package: xcircuit (debian/main) Maintainer: Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 50573 xcircuit: tries to install outside of build tree during compilation [STRATEGY] Fix is known, maintainer will have time for it before the freeze Package: xemacs21 (debian/main) Maintainer: James LewisMoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 49162 gnus: Refuses to start up [STRATEGY] Maintainer: "Know what the problem is. Working on it." Package: xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn (debian/main) Maintainer: James LewisMoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 52167 xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn: Ignoring emacs-install's error return is Evil and Rude [STRATEGY] Maintainer: "Should be fixed shortly." Package: xevil (debian/non-free) Maintainer: Ben C. Hendrickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 50409 xevil: gratuitous removal from debian [STRATEGY] Newest license will be GPL again. New package expected before the freeze. Package: xfmix (debian/contrib) Maintainer: Tom Lear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [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. [HELP] He found one person who might be the author, but has received no response. Package: xfs-xtt (debian/main) Maintainer: ISHIKAWA Mutsumi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 51084 xfs-xtt dies on reset and reload signals [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: xftp (debian/main) Maintainer: Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 49389 netstd is now a dummy package, please depend on the individual packages you need [FIX] fixed in version 2.2-12.1 Package: xirc (debian/contrib) Maintainer: Igor Grobman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 52446 xirc: xirc depends on absent package [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: xjig (debian/main) Maintainer: Dave Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53218 xjig: xjig depends on libstdc++2.9 Package: xlib6g-dev (debian/main) Maintainer: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 51076 [PATCH] tmp race in imake [STRATEGY] Branden: "This has been fixed upstream, is in the current pre-release versions, is expected to be in XFree86 3.3.6, and I can apply this patch to a 3.3.5 .deb release if for some reason 3.3.6 is delayed past our freeze." Package: xmysql (debian/contrib) Maintainer: Martin Bialasinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package must be removed if its license is not fixed. 39522 GPL is incompatible with XForms [WAITING] Upstream author agreed to change the license, but is slow in doing so. Package: xserver-common (debian/main) Maintainer: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 50209 XF86Config moved and config is broken [HELP] Branden: "This appears to be a bug in XF86Setup. I think it is unlinking its target (/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config, which for us is a symlink to /etc/X11/XF86Config) before writing to it. I need a Tcl person to help analyze the code." </FONT> Package: xserver-fbdev (debian/main) Maintainer: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 43574 xscreensaver, xscreensaver-gl don't appear to work (but do) [HELP] Anyone brave enough to help hack on it is welcome to. </FONT> Package: xserver-svga (debian/main) Maintainer: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 44995 xserver-svga: XF86_SVGA Hungs in Apm_Sync() [STRATEGY] This may be fixed in 3.3.6. [HELP] Please try the 3.3.6 pre-release packages (http://www.debian.org/~branden/) 45744 xserver-svga: Crashes console system with trio3d [INFO] Branden: "I think the problem is that this person is not using xserver-fbdev with fbcon." 47741 xserver-svga: gmc root icons in wmaker crash the X server [HELP] An strace of this would be helpful. </FONT> 50624 xserver-svga: Hangs when switching to graphic mode [HELP] Branden: "I need the output from the X server on this bug." </FONT> Package: xwave (debian/main) Maintainer: Philippe Troin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 48569 xwave: broken event handling [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: zsh (debian/main) Maintainer: Clint Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 52542 zsh: Job control broken since pws9 on Alpha [HELP] Allegedly this only occurs in autobuilt packages, and manually-rebuilt packages work fine. Thus I need help tracking this down. </FONT> This post is automatically generated. Please send comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .