The following problem reports are very old but have not yet been
marked as `taken up' by a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Please help ensure that these bugs are dealt with quickly, even if you
are not the package maintainer in question. (NB a full list of outstanding
bug reports is posted on Fridays - this is a partial list only!)
OVER 8 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Submitter
350 minicom minicom bugs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
379 mount Repeatable mount(1) problem wi Bill Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
OVER 7 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Submitter
416 wenglish perl doesn't flush output auto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
421 term unreasonable restriction on te Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
563 tar tar -x fails to overwrite or c [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
579 image (?) missing /usr/man/man8 manpages Bill Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
OVER 6 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Submitter
647 minicom minicom postinst does not setu [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mi
660 gdb GDB gets address of structure [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
662 procps top doesn't behave sensibly if [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
670 Package cl gs_both (Recommended) -depends [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
672 Package cl emacs-x (Standard) -depends-> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
680 gopher-cli gopher segmentation faults and [EMAIL PROTECTED]
691 textutils textutils package, fmt(1) prog Bill Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
702 findutils locate crash with large db Ernie Elu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
710 xs3 X server problem with hardware [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
713 mh mh should pause after printing [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
723 xconfig X server default configuration [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
725 xbaseR6 twm places windows incorrectly [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
729 procps Bizarre corrupted output from [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
731 ncurses ncurses wgetnstr doesn't work [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
737 gawk gawk references to `$0' in END [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
740 xbaseR6 xclock leaves `droppings' in i Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
746 cpio mt doesn't support setblk (and [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
OVER 5 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Submitter
759 kbd, xbase /usr/bin/X11/showfont conflict [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Raul Miller)
762 base Comments about and bugs in 0.9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard K
773 xbaseR6 xmh falls over if mh is not in [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard K
775 xbaseR6 twm reports errors on incorrec [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard K
783 tar tar --same-order doesn't work [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
784 manpages Infelicities in fopen manpage [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
785 cpio mt problems [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill
786 syslogd syslogd gone awol [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jacks
791 tex &c To the TeX mantainer. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Emil
796 base? /etc/termcap comes from what p Bill Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
797 whichever /etc/termcap console keydefs f Bill Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
798 svgalib svgalib gets control key mucke [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Raul Miller)
808 emacs Info anchors not active in ema [EMAIL PROTECTED]
817 tar tar -T /dev/null extracts whol [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
818 bash bash builtin `echo' doesn't ch [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
819 tar tar should have null-separated [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
820 tcsh tcsh builtin `echo' doesn't ch [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
821 shellutils /bin/echo doesn't check write [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
822 tar tar -t doesn't check write err [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
823 tcsh starting tcsh causes network t [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
824 cpio cpio should have non-verbose, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
825 trn trn warning messages corrupt t [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
827 libc or sh who reports wrong hostname (wa [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christian
835 sysklogd syslogd dies, leaves system un [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William
836 Possible bugs in termcap syste "Emilio C. Lopes" <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
841 ncurses dselect from dpkg 0.93.34 says [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill
844 manpages readdir(3) should document str [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
845 manpages access(2) is ambiguous [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
850 indent [indent] option mentioned in d [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J.H.M
853 shellutils `nice' does not do anything [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
857 gs_both gs (2.6.1pl4-4) doesn't use /e [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
OVER 4 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Submitter
860 mount `only root can mount' can mean [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
864 make make gets MAKEFLAGS wrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
887 xarchieR6 xarchie barfs when ftp closes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
889 info Info 3.1-6 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Emilio C.
902 lpr lpr can't print a PostScript f [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
903 base /dev miscellaney Bill Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
911 libc libc causes rsh to fail on com [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
918 miscutils mkboot and image packages [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill
923 xbaseR6 xdm failed with `unknown sessi [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
927 ncurses? dselect display bug Bill Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
932 pine Pine over-encodes files and au [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
933 pine Pine wants to post my email re [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
934 pine Pine `Full Header Mode' when r [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
OVER 3 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Submitter
944 sysvinit clock (-u) question "James A. Robinson" <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
945 base clock (-u) question [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James W.
957 dpkg dpkg should automatically log [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
960 base? base? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
962 dpkg dselect re-display [EMAIL PROTECTED]
981 ircii irc package should ask for def [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew
985 manpages struct dirent is not documente [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
988 bsdutils `script' is insecure, and gene [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
991 base (?) libc unknown server error Jon Rabone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
996 kermit minor typo in kermit postinst [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
997 base Root Help Information Scrolls [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant R. B
998 base Can't Configure DOS Partitions [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant R. B
999 base Ethernet Help Information Scro [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant R. B
1000 base Reconfiguring and Duplicate En [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant R. B
1001 base Reconfiguring and Duplicate En [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant R. B
1002 base Shell Help Text: / vs. /root d [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant R. B
1003 base Entry Not Added to fstab [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant R. B
1004 miscutils 720/1200 Disk Format? [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant R. B
1005 base Display Current System Clock [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant R. B
1008 base Defaults Not All Set [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant R. B
1009 bash bash problem with quoting/comp [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
1011 base FSF business office has moved [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Perens)
1016 procps top has 3's in vt100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew
1017 base Kernel Module Errors on Upgrad [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant R. B
1020 image kernel image hangs scsi contro [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mic
1021 image image postinst fails [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mic
1022 base No message for 'easy' pasword [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J.H.M
1028 image image package doesn't remove i Bill Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1029 kbd compile failed (both a.out and [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J.H.M
1031 modules problem w/ gcc-2.7.0? [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J.H.M
1032 base Linux Counter Project Info Not [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant R. B
1037 dpkg dselect user interface (was Re [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
1041 base, lpr Debian printing problem [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Raul Miller)
1045 libc tgetflag("hc") segfaults (fwd) Bill Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1048 kbd kbd reinstall breaks console s [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
1059 ppp pppd's README needs updated Charles A. Stickelman <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
1061 lpr /etc/printcap vs. /usr/man/man [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Raul Miller)
1064 base cfdisk problems with large dri [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew
1065 developers Debian Maintainers FAQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant R. B
1066 ncurses-de ncurses-devel leaves behind ol [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mic
1067 0.93R6 roo "examine partition table" info [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill
1070 mailx 'mail' command hangs after ret Roy Bixler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
1071 nvi nvi segfaults with unknown TER [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill
1072 base Base Reboot Message [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant R. B
1073 base Base Dependencies Error [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant R. B
Over two months old - attention is required:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Submitter
1077 0.93R6 /etc/init.d/boot cleanup quest Bill Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1078 sysvinit Nasty bug in killall5 Swen Thuemmler <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
1079 sysvinit Scripts in /etc/init.d cannot Swen Thuemmler <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
1085 tar no man page for tar [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew
1087 diffutils no man page for diff [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Perens)
1088 ncurses-de ncurses - segfault in wnoutref [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
1090 gzip Gzip 1.2.4-6 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1093 lpr lpd used lpf by default victor the cleaner <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
1094 hostname Problem in reading the host na [EMAIL PROTECTED] (S
1096 kernel/ter reset with terminal type 'linu homey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
1097 info info-3.6-1 and manpages ... [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1099 perl perl bug [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1102 tar tar v 1.11.8 gives a segmentat [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James D.
1103 pgp-i pgp-i won-t generate key [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill
1105 cron Problems with `cron' [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
1108 binutils No manpage ar(5) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
1109 doc info version of Linux FAQ in o [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard J
1110 tar tar coredumps when given incor [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard J
1112 gsfonts a2gs output unusable by gs but [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1114 mailx mailx(1) should be a link to m [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
1115 pbmplus pbmplus version number and PAT [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
1118 fortune fortune is setuid games ?! [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
1126 cern-httpd /usr/sbin/cgiparse -form doesn [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Raul Mil
1127 0.93R6 0.93R6 install disks mishandle Bill Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1130 libc Stdlib.h problems when using g [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Morley)
1133 vim vim asks unnecessary and uncle [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
1135 base disks Base _disks_ source missing [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
1137 miscutils fdisk missing documentation [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard K
1138 ncurses-ru ncurses-runtime preinst unnece [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
1142 xmono (I t xmono 3.1.1-3 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1143 mount Cannot nfs mount a partition. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1144 tar tar --listed-incremental doesn [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
1146 miscutils `mkfs' doesn't find /usr/local [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
1148 w3-el w3-el doesn't clean up properl [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard K
1149 make Make can't execute scripts [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Engel)
1151 bash bash exit status incorrect - s [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
1157 (ftp site) ftp.debian.org:/debian/binary/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill
1161 rxvt rxvt manual page differs from [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Raul Mil
1162 sudo sudo: syslog and hostname prob [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1164 shellutils who --help uses /etc/{w,u}tmp Charles A. Stickelman <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
1170 perl perl fails to make headers fir [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1171 ncurses-ru ncurses-runtime bug: clear [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1173 ircii ircII bug? ircII.servers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1174 tar tar gives `Visible longname er [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
1176 procps /usr/bin/top segfault with unk [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill
1181 kbd `setfont' screws up my console [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
1183 xbase xbase inistent about creating [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
1184 kermit kermit blurb in postinst inapp [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
1187 nvi, elvis Various `vi' versions trample [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
1196 mailx mailx problem with early-exiti [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
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for details of how to deal with a bug report. Outstanding bug
reports and ones recently marked as done can be inspected at
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/iwj10/debian-bugs/
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