Well, let's see what's holding up slink. :) > apache 32204 user directories allow symlinks to other files [0] > (Johnie Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
There's a suggested fix in the bug report. Is it problematic? > autoconf 32391 Autoconf patches for slink [0] (Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]>) This is supposedly fixed and uploaded. > automake 32390 Automake patches for proper Alpha detection [0] > (Kevin Dalley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) Maintainer says upload is coming. > automake 32404 automake upgrade is not backwards compatible [0] > (Kevin Dalley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) This bug is against the version in potato, not slink? > boot-floppies 32269 partion harddisk fails if WIN95_EXTENDED present [0] > (Enrique Zanardi <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>) The report log is a little unclear. It looks like there is a version of cfdisk that works...are we just waiting for an upload? > chameleon 32522 chameleon in slink depends on too-new libs [0] > ([EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sean E. Perry)) Looks like it just needs a recompile against the right libs; or does it not work against the older glib? > dpkg 17624 dpkg: installs regular dir when .deb contains > symlink ! [364] (Ian Jackson and others <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > dpkg 21182 dpkg: dpkg can go into an infinite loop with > --force-configure-any [288] (Ian Jackson and others <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > dpkg 28519 dpkg: dpkg creates circular symlinks [93] (Ian > Jackson and others <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > dpkg 28817 dpkg takes no care over libdpkg [87] (Ian Jackson > and others <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > dpkg 30090 weirdass dpkg coredumps and xbase upgrade insanity > [62] (Ian Jackson and others <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > dpkg 30891 dpkg: Patch for update-alternatives to fix jdk > problems [40] (Ian Jackson and others <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > dpkg 32283 xbase postinst refers to nonexistent README.Debian > [0] (Ian Jackson and others <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > dpkg-dev 31508 parsechangelog broken? [22] (Ian Jackson and others > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) No one ever wants to touch dpkg... > fileutils 31717 fileutils: 'mv regularfile symlink' problems [17] > (Galen Hazelwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) There's a patch in the log, waiting on an upload? > ftp.debian.org 31282 upgrade-1386 directory in Incoming [30] (Guy Maor > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > ftp.debian.org 32364 ftp.debian.org: please remove filters from > stable/frozen [0] (Guy Maor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) ? > general 28850 gettext: security problem when used in setuid > programs [0] (debian-devel@lists.debian.org) What needs to be done here? > jdk1.1 32548 Java doesn't work at all for me on slink [0] > (Stephen Zander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) There isn't much info here. > libtool 32384 libtool: Correct detection of 'alphapca56' patch [0] > (Frederic Lepied <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) Just waiting for installation of provided patch? > lyx 32299 LyX Copyright problems [0] (Stuart Lamble <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]>) Fixed? > modutils 32539 Kernel 2.2 errors if no module support [0] (Wichert > Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) Fixed? > nonus.debian.org 23780 nonus.debian.org: libssl-dev is obsolete [220] > (Heiko Schlittermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > nonus.debian.org 26443 nonus.debian.org: apache-common_1.3.0+1.19 is > obsolete [144] (Heiko Schlittermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > nonus.debian.org 29246 nonus.debian.org: remove > fortify-unix-ppc_1.2.8-1.deb [79] (Heiko Schlittermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > nonus.debian.org 31326 Broken symlinks on nonus.debian.org [29] (Heiko > Schlittermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > nonus.debian.org 32171 umet dependency for mutt-i [8] (Heiko Schlittermann > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) Will non-us ever be fixed? > perl-suid 31904 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Secuity hole with perl (suidperl) > and nosuid mounts on Linux] [13] (Darren Stalder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) I'm not sure there's much we can do about this one--it's a library (kernel?) problem. Perhaps a note in the postinst that the 'nosuid' mount option won't work, and a suggestion that care be taken with user-mountable media? > sendmail-wide 32475 sendmail-wide: different db file is used [0] > (Fumitoshi UKAI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) This is supposedly fixed...is it? > smb2www 32131 smb2www: smb2www in slink incompatible with samba in > slink [9] (Craig Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) Is the potato version going to be installed, or is there another fix? > sysutils 29392 oldversion procinfo in sysutils is broken [76] > (Michael Alan Dorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) Is there a reason not to put the new version in? > tcsh 28959 meta keys in tcsh don't work anymore! [85] (Luis > Francisco Gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) A fix was suggested; is there a reason not to use it? > transfig 32520 transfig: puts files in /usr/lib/X11, should use > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 instead [0] (Edward Betts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) This seems fairly simple, right? > wdm 32485 wdm: Doesn't let people log on when using MD5 > passwords [0] ([EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marcelo E. Magallon)) Looks like this needs a patch. > wdm 32529 Typo in Xsession [0] ([EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marcelo E. > Magallon)) Log's unclear again; is this really an xbase problem? Is it fixed? > xbase 30852 X packages do not upgrade automatically due to name > change. [41] (Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) I think we all know what's happening with this package. :) > xdm 29360 xdm: Stopped X without warning/asking [77] (Branden > Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) This is supposedly going to be closed. > xlib6 31610 xlib6: requires gcc but declares no dependency (dpkg > --print-gnu-build-architecture?) [20] (Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) What's the current state of this one? > xserver-common 29166 xserver-common: should depend or at least recommend > properly ver'd xlib6g [81] (Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) This should just be a change in the dependencies, right? > xxgdb 32206 xxgdb: Can't rebuild xxgdb from source [7] (Helmut > Geyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) Needs some work... Ok. So what we have are various packages that need to have (apparantly) simple changes uploaded (e.g., dependencies changed or provided patch added.) There's dpkg, which is probably never going to be done. :( And there's ftp.debian and nonus, which are dependent on their respective administrators. Then there are some things that actually need to be looked at: 28850 says that any suid static-linked gettext program needs to be checked. We need a way to address 31904. 32485 needs someone to write a patch. Someone needs to figure out whats wrong with java (32548.) And xxgdb is toasted (32206.) Am I missing anything? (I.e., what's holding up slink beyond these few items?) I'm not sure what needs to be done for 28850, can anyone clarify? Is a postinst message sufficient to downgrade 31904 (and can someone take care of that?) I'll look at 32485 unless someone has a patch ready. Likewise with 32548 and 32206. Beyond that, can we start doing NMU's for the other packages that have fixes already in the bug reports? There were a few people who said they were interested in fixing bugs--let's do it, and finish slink. Mike Stone
