The following problem reports are very old but have not yet been marked
as `taken up' by a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or as forwarded
to a developer by CCing 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
379 mount Repeatable mount(1) problem wi Bill Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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
OVER 7 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Submitter
579 image (?) missing /usr/man/man8 manpages Bill Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
660 gdb GDB gets address of structure [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
662 procps top doesn't behave sensibly if [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
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 xbase 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
OVER 6 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Submitter
737 gawk gawk references to `$0' in END [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
740 xbase xclock leaves `droppings' in i Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
746 cpio mt doesn't support setblk (and [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
759 kbd, xbase /usr/bin/X11/showfont conflict [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Raul Miller)
773 xbase xmh falls over if mh is not in [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard K
775 xbase 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
797 (base) /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
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 (base) 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
OVER 5 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Submitter
857 gs_both gs (2.6.1pl4-4) doesn't use /e [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
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 xbase 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 4 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
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 libc libc unknown server error Jon Rabone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
997 (base) Root Help Information Scrolls [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant R. B
998 (base) Can't Configure DOS Partitions [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant R. B
1000 (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
1009 bash bash problem with quoting/comp [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
1016 procps top has 3's in vt100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew
1017 modules Kernel Module Errors on Upgrad [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant R. B
1020 image kernel image hangs scsi contro [EMAIL PROTECTED] (S
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) 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 (project) Debian Maintainers FAQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant R. B
1066 ncurses-de ncurses-devel leaves behind ol [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mic
1071 nvi nvi segfaults with unknown TER [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill
1072 (base) Base Reboot Message [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant R. B
OVER 3 MONTHS OLD - ATTENTION IS REQUIRED:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Submitter
1077 (base) /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
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]
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 (bootdisk) 0.93R6 install disks mishandle Bill Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1130 libc Stdlib.h problems when using g [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Morley)
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
1149 make Make can't execute scripts [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Engel)
1151 bash bash exit status incorrect - s [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Jackso
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
Over two months old - attention is required:
Ref Package Keywords/Subject Submitter
1201 perl perl doesn't know about includ Richard Kettlewell <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
1205 strace strace doesn't compile with ne [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J.H.M
1206 miscutils fdisk doesn't exit on EOF Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1207 bsdutils cal produces malformed error m [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard K
1210 ppp lost bug? ppp configuration ug Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1211 libc libc __nis_getgrnam() segfault Anders Chrigstrom <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]>
1212 ppp ppp configuration ugliness Bruce Perens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
1216 includes, kernel headers muck up /usr/sr Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1224 xfig xfig depends on xpmR6, xbaseR6 Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1225 ghostview ghostviewR6 bad name, depends Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1227 elm elm recommends pgp Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1229 timezone Timezone data out-of-date [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Perens)
1230 (bootdisk) lilo-1.3.11 bootdisk 25th July Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1231 xxgdb xxgdbR6 bad name, depends on x Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1233 ifrench Bad french.hash file in ifrenc K J MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1236 libc no gdbm man page in libc packa [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew
1238 procps top fails to get terminal size Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1239 findutils /etc/cron.daily/find: updatedb Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
1240 procps ps(1) man page incomplete [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard K
1246 procps ps man page does not agree wit [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard K
1247 perl perl <...> globbing only works Peter Tobias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1251 ppp ppp gives out password [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard K
1253 image image 1.3.18 modules Erick Branderhorst <branderhors
1255 findutils Automatic update of the locate Dominik Kubla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1258 (bootdisk) Loading Bug Brian Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1263 miscutils 'login' doesn't work Steve Greenland <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
1265 uucp Misc. uucp bugs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1272 ppp More powerfull ppp-connect Winfried Truemper <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]
1275 xarchieR6 xarchie clumsy with 2-button m [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1277 xstd installing kernel sources does [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1278 libc? NIS? dpkg seg faults with NIS [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew
1279 libc Strangeness involving <bsd/sig [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1281 bin86 bin86 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1291 cpio mt program in cpio package doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill
1292 xsvga X locks up Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
1293 manpages `man 2 signal` slightly incomp Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1297 shellutils nohup doesn't seem to work Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1303 binutils `man 1 nm` slightly incomplete Ian Murdock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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