Bug stamp-out list for Jan 14 03:06 (CST) Total number of release-critical bugs: 267 Number that will disappear after removing packages marked [REMOVE]: 68
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package: alsaplayer (debian/main) Maintainer: Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 55055 MOD library missing Package: altgcc (debian/main) Maintainer: Galen Hazelwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53401 altgcc does not build anymore from source. Package: aolserver (debian/main) Maintainer: Brent A. Fulgham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 53880 aolserver: fails to build Package: apt (debian/main) Maintainer: APT Development Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54756 apt: segmentation fault while accessing package lists Package: aptitude (debian/main) Maintainer: Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54971 aptitude_0.0.4a-1(unstable): error in build dependencies 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. 55030 autofs: mangles _ in maps 55066 autofs: mangles _ in maps Package: base-config (debian/main) Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org> 54972 base-config_0.04(unstable): Errors in debian/rules targets Package: bash (debian/main) Maintainer: Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54876 bash: [hurd] preinst.c doesn't compile 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. 46586 depends on libgc4-dev, which is not installable 51583 bigloo: build failure on sparc Package: boa (debian/main) Maintainer: Jonathon D Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54057 [PATCH] Boa computes SCRIPT_ARGS incorrectly Package: boot-floppies (debian/main) Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org> 53671 configured keyboard layout is not stored on the target system 53807 lilo can not parse compact Package: buici-clock (debian/main) Maintainer: Marc Singer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 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: cbb (debian/main) Maintainer: Philippe Troin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53846 cbb: y2k date problem. [STRATEGY] (Jan 7) Philip will upload a new cbb this weekend. Package: cdrecord (debian/main) Maintainer: Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 55046 cdrecord is trying to use a /dev/pg* device for drive access, which doesn't exist 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: clanlib0-common (debian/main) Maintainer: Vaidhyanathan G Mayilrangam <[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. 53528 cln: does not generate cl_intparam.h, intparam.c does not compile 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 55031 console-data: does not contain important (for Russian) translation tables Package: curves (debian/main) Maintainer: Marc Singer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 53367 curves: uses old stdc++ library 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]> 55020 debconf: debconf should depend on perl-5.005 Package: dhcpcd (debian/main) Maintainer: Dennis Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53501 /etc/init.d/dhcpcd will not create pidfile correctly Package: dhis (debian/main) Maintainer: Remi Lefebvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54677 dhis: dhis cannot be used -- no providers Package: diald (debian/main) Maintainer: Philippe Troin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 52981 diald: Does not bring link up second time. 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) 54220 dwww reports incorrect content-type to http server for man pages Package: elvis-tiny (debian/main) Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54607 elvis-tiny_1.4-7.1(unstable): doesn't remove debian/files 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. 51112 emacs20: emacs20 cannot compile on powerpc [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: explorer (debian/contrib) Maintainer: Paul J Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 29053 package explorer depends on obsolete library libstdc++2.8 29686 explorer: the HELP->HelpTopic menu generate a segmentation fault 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: filerunner (debian/main) Maintainer: John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54274 filerunner: FileRunner 2.5 is not Y2K compliant Package: flwm (debian/main) Maintainer: Tommi Virtanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54934 Depends on libgl, but libgl is not available Package: fortune-mod (debian/main) Maintainer: Brian Bassett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54619 Wrong behaviour, epigrams not found Package: ftp.debian.org (pseudo) Maintainer: Guy Maor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54881 Remove *msql* 54937 gnu-pop3d needs to not be included in release Package: ftpd (debian/main) Maintainer: Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54223 ftpd: ftp causes repeated Oopses on 2.2.14 potato system 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: gaby (debian/main) Maintainer: Michael Meskes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 53834 gaby: 1.9.6 is _really_old, NMU proposed Package: gbatnav (debian/main) Maintainer: Radovan Garabik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 55009 Error parsing in `read' 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. Package: gdm (debian/main) Maintainer: Ryan Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53988 gdm should not force a vt. Package: gemdropx (debian/main) Maintainer: Christian T. Steigies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54637 opening joystick: No such file or directory Package: gfontview (debian/main) Maintainer: Steve Haslam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54856 unmet dependency: Depends: t1lib0(>=0.9.1-0) but 0.7.1-5 is to be installed. Package: gglyph (debian/main) Maintainer: David Huggins-Daines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 54072 gglyph: recompile for t1lib1 Package: ghc4 (debian/main) Maintainer: Aaron Van Couwenberghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 52794 ghc4_4.04.19990916-3(unstable): configure doesn't know m68k Package: giram (debian/main) Maintainer: Jerome Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54560 giram coredumps on color change Package: giram-gnome (debian/main) Maintainer: Jerome Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54430 problems when removing Package: giram-gnome-mesa (debian/main) Maintainer: Jerome Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54561 cannot remove giram-gnome-mesa Package: gnatsweb (debian/main) Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54658 dependency problem: needs cgi.pm version 2.56 from libcgi-pm-perl 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: gnome-gturing (debian/main) Maintainer: James LewisMoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 54216 gnome-gturing: segfault at startup Package: gnotepad+ (debian/main) Maintainer: James LewisMoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53976 gnotepad+: Toolbar buttons may cause SIGABRT. Package: gnu-pop3d (debian/main) Maintainer: Sean E. Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 54211 gnu-po3d sudden failure 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: Jules Bean <[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: gsnes9x (debian/main) Maintainer: Robert Edmonds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 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: http-analyze (debian/non-free) Maintainer: Hanno Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54029 Y2K bug in http-analyze Package: hylafax-server (debian/main) Maintainer: Christophe Le Bars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 50523 hylafax-server: faxq now doesn't complain, but doesn't work, either Package: iceconf (debian/main) Maintainer: Jules Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] Superseded by icepref? 39251 iceconf: iceconf uses old workspace commands [HELP] Could be fixed now...? </FONT> Package: imagemagick (debian/main) Maintainer: Scott K. Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54872 display linked with libbz2.so.0.1, and won't start. Should be linked with libbz.so.0 only Package: imp (debian/main) Maintainer: Ivan E. Moore II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 52241 imp: Error message when saving drafts... [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: infview (debian/main) Maintainer: Ivan Baldo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54656 infview: wrong changelog Package: inn (debian/main) Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54609 inn_1.7.2-11.1(unstable): doesn't remove debian/files 54759 Overwritten inn.conf and newsfeeds Package: iraf (debian/contrib) Maintainer: Zed Pobre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54896 Y2K compliance problem (String_File errors) Package: isapnptools (debian/main) Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54898 isapnp probes serial ports before setup by setserial which causes modem problems 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: 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: kdrill (debian/main) Maintainer: Fabien Ninoles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 53588 kdrill: fails to build on sparc Package: kerberos4kth (non-US/main) Maintainer: Greg Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 40025 kerberos4kth: won't compile on glibc2.1 [STRATEGY] Maintainer is preparing a new release. Package: kernel-package (debian/main) Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54510 kernel-package: Symlinks in / are not updated when new kernel image is installed Package: kernel-source-2.2.13 (debian/main) Maintainer: Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 55071 kernel-source-2.2.13: Still requires bzip2 but doesn't depend on it Package: libapache-mod-perl (debian/main) Maintainer: Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. 50913 sysvinit should have /etc/init.d/devpts.sh [PATCH] 53448 db2 symbol conflict 53842 devpts.sh missing in latest release 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: 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: libncurses5 (debian/main) Maintainer: Debian ncurses Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54140 libncurses5: breaks lincurses4-dev, but no conflicts line Package: liborbit-dev (debian/main) Maintainer: Chris Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54534 Error upgrading from slink to potato Package: libpam-modules (debian/main) Maintainer: Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53049 vlock spins Package: libqt2 (debian/main) Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53543 libqt2: configure scripts report: "/usr/lib/libqt.so: no symbols" Package: libwww-perl (debian/main) Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54202 libwww-perl slink version probably not Y2K compliant. Package: lilo (debian/main) Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53517 lilo: installed lilo bootsector during an upgrade when i didn't want it to Package: locales (debian/main) Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org> 53659 locales: Russian locale does not seem to be correct Package: logcheck (debian/main) Maintainer: Rene Mayrhofer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 50994 logcheck: "["s in /etc/logcheck/logcheck.violations.ignore kill logcheck. 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 54680 lpr security fix Package: lvm (debian/main) Maintainer: Tom Lees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54789 vgcreate segfault Package: lynx (debian/main) Maintainer: Christian Hudon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 55047 lynx fails install Package: majordomo (debian/non-free) Maintainer: Remco van de Meent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53850 majordomo-1.94.4-16: /etc/majordomo.cf destroyed after upgrade 53955 Another majordomo security bug Package: mc (debian/main) Maintainer: Michael Bramer & Martin Bialasinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54787 mc: MC gets floating point exception on startup. Package: mesag3+ggi (debian/main) Maintainer: Aaron Van Couwenberghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 49218 Stale source -- Needs update Package: midentd (debian/main) Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 49574 pidentd: dependencies not in sync with midentd [WAITING] Maintainer was contacted on Dec 12, awaiting reply. Package: mime-support (debian/main) Maintainer: Brian White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54893 mime-support: The postinst script nukes /etc/mimes.types ? 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: modutils (debian/main) Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53660 modutils 2.3.9-1 assumes update-modules can run 54967 depmod doesn't care about unknown kernels anymore Package: moonlight (debian/main) Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53624 moonlight_0.5.3-3.1(unstable): build dependency problems 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: netbase (debian/main) Maintainer: Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54487 netbase implicitly depends on debconf 55011 netbase: net-tools needs to be updated for newer dev (2.3.x) kernels 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: nfs-server (debian/main) Maintainer: Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54924 Rename nfs-server -> nfs-user-server; Provide nfs-server Package: nis (debian/main) Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54793 domainname executable not in package Package: nntp (debian/main) Maintainer: Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54273 nntp NEWGROUPS is not Y2K compliant Package: ntpdate (debian/main) Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53805 ntpdate _BREAKS_ with Y2K Package: nvi-m17n (debian/main) Maintainer: Susumu OSAWA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54800 nvi-m17n: nvi-m17n has insecure error as nvi Package: nvi-m17n-canna (debian/main) Maintainer: Susumu OSAWA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54801 nvi-m17n-canna: nvi-m17n-canna has insecure error as nvi Package: openc++ (debian/main) Maintainer: John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 53453 package depends on glibc-2.0 based libstdc++ Package: pan (debian/main) Maintainer: Erick Kinnee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 54209 pan: startup error Package: pentium-builder (debian/main) Maintainer: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54992 pentium-builder: Typo in builder-c++ makes g++ useless Package: perl (debian/main) Maintainer: Darren Stalder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54802 [Y2K] Pod2man date format is DD/MM/100 Package: perl-5.004 (debian/main) Maintainer: Darren Stalder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53895 doc-base: install-docs depends on perl-5.004 Package: perl-5.005 (debian/main) Maintainer: Darren Stalder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54798 console-data: Wrong dependancy Package: perl-5.005-base (debian/main) Maintainer: Darren Stalder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54922 FWD: Re: Problem about debconf on potato Package: perl-base (debian/main) Maintainer: Darren Stalder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53794 perl policy is flawed -- 5.004 and 5.005 simultaneous Package: perlmagick (debian/main) Maintainer: Scott K. Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54192 perlmagick: Not work (Segmentation fault!!) Package: phpmyadmin (debian/main) Maintainer: Piotr Roszatycki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 53751 Creating tables doesn't work Package: plotutils (debian/main) Maintainer: Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 52723 No shlibs Package: postgresql (debian/main) Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54977 postgresql: /dt doesn't work Package: powertweak (debian/main) Maintainer: Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 54101 powertweak: 80867190_HOST_FAST_DATA_READY bad 54348 powertweak: MAkes the kernel freeze while upgrading with apt-get. Tried twice. 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: qftp (debian/main) Maintainer: Robert S. Edmonds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 53449 package depends on glibc-2.0 based libstdc++ Package: quake-server (debian/contrib) Maintainer: Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54152 included qwprogs.dat is bad 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 Package: r-pdl (debian/main) Maintainer: John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 53828 r-pdl both conflicts and depends on pdl 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. 53734 rscheme: build fails if there is no info about the packages 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: sendmail (debian/main) Maintainer: Rick <Nelson> 54976 check_rcpt & MX records 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: siteaccess-zope (debian/main) Maintainer: Mike Goldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54676 siteaccess-zope: Should depend on "zope" not "Zope" (was: Package is not installable) Package: slocate (debian/main) Maintainer: R Garth Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53905 slocate: locate: warning: database /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db' is more than 8 days old 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: snort (debian/main) Maintainer: Christian Hammers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54553 snort: /etc/cron.daily/snort defunct's Package: squid (debian/main) Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54568 setting dns_children to 0 prevents squid from starting 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 53697 ssh: scp broken on alpha and sparc 54243 ssh: ssh shouldn't conflict with ssh2 54823 openssh: config file parse error 54894 ssh: Segmentation fault in auth_password Package: ssh-askpass (non-US/main) 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 54758 Postinst prevents sshd startup 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: 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: task-objc-dev (debian/main) Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54571 task-objc-dev: recommends unknown package poc 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 54557 should conflict/provide telnet or provide alternative telnet Package: telnetd-ssl (non-US/main) Maintainer: Christoph Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 52624 telnetd-ssl: cant upgrade ok: doesnt remove diversion Package: tetex-base (debian/main) Maintainer: teTeX maintainers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54122 tetex-base: incorrect users Package: tix41 (debian/main) Maintainer: Philippe Troin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 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]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 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: 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: toshutils (debian/main) Maintainer: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54954 toshutils: toshutils compiled for kernel 2.2.13 only 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. 54252 cfdisk fails to detect DAC960 partitions 54978 ordinary user can change keyboard repeat vor all users Package: uudeview (debian/main) Maintainer: Steven J. Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54970 Tcl stack trace in xdeview Package: vivid (debian/main) Maintainer: Charles Briscoe-Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] Software is not yet functional 52992 vivid doesn't actually function 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: wterm (debian/main) Maintainer: Mark Triggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54825 wterm: wterm is NOT 8-bit clean Package: x10 (debian/main) Maintainer: Mark W. Eichin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 53456 package depends on glibc-2.0 based libstdc++ 54520 messed up postinst Package: xaw3d (debian/main) Maintainer: joost witteveen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 53515 xaw3d: control file does not match build for libc5 compat packages Package: xbase-clients (debian/main) Maintainer: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54745 abiword: abiword does not find fonts 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." 53879 xemacs21: fails to build Package: xemacs21-mule (debian/main) Maintainer: James LewisMoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54069 ada-mode: cannot upgrade xemacs21 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. 54415 xfs-xtt uses /etc/X11/xfs/xfs.options for restart in postinst, but will stop regardless of content of file. Package: xirc (debian/contrib) Maintainer: Igor Grobman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 29029 package xirc depends on obsolete library libstdc++2.8 48937 xirc broken in potato -- depends on qt1g, not libqt1g Package: xjig (debian/main) Maintainer: Dave Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 53218 xjig: xjig depends on libstdc++2.9 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: xscavenger (debian/main) Maintainer: Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed. 54435 Strips non-binary, cannot build from source. 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/) 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: zope (debian/main) Maintainer: Gregor Hoffleit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 54628 apt-get confused by 'Z' 54941 zope installation problem 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. 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