Bug#535434: ia32-apt-get freezes system when aptitude update is run when 'None' mode is selected

2009-07-01 Thread Edward Guldemond
Package: ia32-apt-get Version: 20 Severity: grave Tags: patch Justification: renders package unusable ia32-apt-get freezes the system by exhausting all entries in the process table when aptitude update is run when ALLOWED is set to none. It does this because the wrapper does not append .real to

Bug#535434: ia32-apt-get freezes system when aptitude update is run when 'None' mode is selected

2009-07-01 Thread Edward Guldemond
This also applies to the apt-get wrapper. In 'None' mode, it does not append the .real suffix either. The fix is similar, so I've not included a patch for it. -- Ed signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#479207: cannot install perl on ppc

2008-05-03 Thread Edward Guldemond
Package: perl Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable When trying to install perl on freshly installed PPC sid system: The following packages are BROKEN: perl-doc perl-modules The following NEW packages will be installed: perl 0 packages upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to

Bug#401898: gnupg: remotely controllable function pointer

2006-12-06 Thread Edward Guldemond
Package: gnupg Version: 1.4.5-3 Severity: grave Tags: security Justification: user security hole According to an email that was sent to the gnupg-announce mailing list, the version of gnupg in unstable (as well as in stable) is vulnerable to remote attack. By introducing a malformed OpenPGP