List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-26 Thread Brian White
The following bug reports *must* be fixed before the current frozen Debian distribution can progress further in its development cycle. Reminders have been sent to the maintainers of these packages but some of the packages with older bugs could probably use some assistance. Package Name Bug #

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-20 Thread Joseph Carter
On Fri, Feb 19, 1999 at 11:00:48AM -0500, Brian White wrote: > All is fair in love and war. love, war, and the bug tracking system... -- "There are 3 things to remember about being a Starship Captain: Keep your shirt tucked in, go down with the ship, and never, ever

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-19 Thread Brian Almeida
On Fri, Feb 19, 1999 at 03:06:35AM -0500, Brian White wrote: > eterm 33558 [SECURITY] Trivial root exploit with eterm [0] > ([EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian M. Almeida)) a) only applicable to potato b) fixed in incoming, should be installed today

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-19 Thread Brian White
> > defrag32731 defrag: e2dump quits with > > check_block_location:6678674146834 [16] (Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > > I thought that the bug submitter and the package maintainer have > agreed to remove this package from slink and potato and place it > into experimental. Perhap

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-19 Thread Mark W. Eichin
> mtools23923 mtools: Syntax error at line 3 column 0 in file > /etc/mtools.conf: unrecognized keyword [237] (Mark Eichin <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]>) Closed by 3.9.1-2, in Incoming.

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-19 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Martin Schulze wrote: > > automake 32404 automake upgrade is not backwards compatible [0] > > (Kevin Dalley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > > I wonder why this bug isn't mentioned in Wicherts list. Someone told me it's only important for potato > > bigloo32927 bigloo s

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-19 Thread Martin Schulze
Brian White wrote: > The following bug reports *must* be fixed before the current frozen Debian > distribution can progress further in its development cycle. Reminders have > been sent to the maintainers of these packages but some of the packages with > older bugs could probably use some assistanc

List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-19 Thread Brian White
The following bug reports *must* be fixed before the current frozen Debian distribution can progress further in its development cycle. Reminders have been sent to the maintainers of these packages but some of the packages with older bugs could probably use some assistance. Package Name Bug #

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-16 Thread Dale E. Martin
Stephen Zander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > jdk{-dev,}_1.1.7v1a-2 should fix this but I have reports of the > symlinks not being correctly recognised byt the preinst scripts > (although I'm unable to reproduce the problem). As you say > purge/reinstall does fix this, so I'm not willing to demand

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-16 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Stephane" == Stephane Bortzmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Stephane> On Friday 12 February 1999, at 15 h 54, the keyboard of Stephane> Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > jdk1.1 32548 Java doesn't work at all for me on slink [13] (= >> Stephen Zander <[EMAIL P

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-15 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Friday 12 February 1999, at 15 h 54, the keyboard of Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > jdk1.132548 Java doesn't work at all for me on slink [13] (= > Stephen Zander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > > I vaguely remember someone fixing this? I don't find it really fixed (it i

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-12 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Here we go with my usual comments. All from memory this time so there are probably some mistakes. Previously Brian White wrote: > defrag32731 defrag: e2dump quits with > check_block_location:6678674146834 [9] (Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) Can we remove this package? The maintai

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-12 Thread J.H.M. Dassen
On Fri, Feb 12, 1999 at 03:06:47 -0500, Brian White wrote: > libpam0g-util 33238 libpam0g-util: bogus cracklib2 dependency. [0] > (Debian QA Group ) This is fixed in pam_0.65-0.9 which is currently in Incoming. Ray -- LEADERSHIP A form of self-preservation exhibited by people with auto-

List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-12 Thread Brian White
The following bug reports *must* be fixed before the current frozen Debian distribution can progress further in its development cycle. Reminders have been sent to the maintainers of these packages but some of the packages with older bugs could probably use some assistance. Package Name Bug #

Re: Maintaining nonus (Was: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-05 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Thursday 4 February 1999, at 21 h 32, the keyboard of Sven Rudolph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Things are different. The machine is owned by and runs at Technical > University of Dresden. As does {ftp,www}.de.debian.org . > > We cannot give accounts to other people. OK, I understand your po

List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-05 Thread Brian White
The following bug reports *must* be fixed before the current frozen Debian distribution can progress further in its development cycle. Reminders have been sent to the maintainers of these packages but some of the packages with older bugs could probably use some assistance. Package Name Bug #

Re: Maintaining nonus (Was: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-04 Thread Josip Rodin
On Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 09:32:55PM +0100, Sven Rudolph wrote: > > > Heiko Schlittermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is the current maintainer and > > it is his machine. > > Things are different. The machine is owned by and runs at Technical > University of Dresden. As does {ftp,www}.de.debian.org . > We

Re: Maintaining nonus (Was: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-04 Thread Daniel Patterson
On Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 09:32:55PM +0100, Sven Rudolph wrote: > > Things are different. The machine is owned by and runs at Technical > University of Dresden. As does {ftp,www}.de.debian.org . > > We cannot give accounts to other people. > Something funny has been going on with email around her

Re: Maintaining nonus (Was: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-04 Thread Sven Rudolph
Stephane Bortzmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Heiko Schlittermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is the current maintainer and it is > his > machine. Things are different. The machine is owned by and runs at Technical University of Dresden. As does {ftp,www}.de.debian.org . We cannot give accounts to

Re: Maintaining nonus (Was: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-02 Thread Daniel Patterson
On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 10:23:50AM +0100, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > > > It is but I'm afraid the bugs have not been closed. Heiko seems really > > > overloaded (and does not reply a lot even on other subjects) so an > > > help may be welcome. > > > > I'd be prepared to help, and I'm not in the

Maintaining nonus (Was: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-02 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Monday 1 February 1999, at 18 h 46, the keyboard of [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Julian Gilbey) wrote: > > It is but I'm afraid the bugs have not been closed. Heiko seems really > > overloaded (and does not reply a lot even on other subjects) so an > > help may be welcome. > > I'd be prepared to help,

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-01 Thread Josip Rodin
On Mon, Feb 01, 1999 at 06:46:49PM +, Julian Gilbey wrote: > > > > nonus.debian.org 23780 nonus.debian.org: libssl-dev is obsolete [220] > > > > (Heiko Schlittermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > > ... > > > Will non-us ever be fixed? > > > > It is but I'm afraid the bugs have not been closed. Hei

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-01 Thread Julian Gilbey
> > > nonus.debian.org 23780 nonus.debian.org: libssl-dev is obsolete [220] > > > (Heiko Schlittermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > ... > > Will non-us ever be fixed? > > It is but I'm afraid the bugs have not been closed. Heiko seems really > overloaded (and does not reply a lot even on other subje

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-01 Thread Brian White
> > Hmmm... If things were installed by hand ("dpkg --install dpkglib...") > > or if install were to fail between the two packages, then you could have > > a problem where the install tool doesn't function, right? > > Right. But since libdpkg is still a part of the dpkg package we > shouldn't nee

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-01 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Sunday 31 January 1999, at 0 h 48, the keyboard of Michael Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > boot-floppies 32269 partion harddisk fails if WIN95_EXTENDED present > > [0] (Enrique Zanardi ) > > The report log is a little unclear. It looks like there is a version of cfdisk > that work

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-01 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Brian White wrote: > Hmmm... If things were installed by hand ("dpkg --install dpkglib...") > or if install were to fail between the two packages, then you could have > a problem where the install tool doesn't function, right? Right. But since libdpkg is still a part of the dpkg packag

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-01 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Jonel Rienton wrote: > Slink's latest lprng is broken, it's give me a problem about permission or > something'. Vincent already uploaded a fix for that. Wichert. -- == This combination of bytes forms a messa

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-01 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Feb 01, 1999 at 12:05:27PM +0100, Richard Braakman wrote: > Joey Hess wrote: > > Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > > > general 28850 gettext: security problem when used in setuid > > > > programs [0] (debian-devel@lists.debian.org) > > > > > > Everyone who has a package with a setuid

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-01 Thread Richard Braakman
Joey Hess wrote: > Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > > general 28850 gettext: security problem when used in setuid > > > programs [0] (debian-devel@lists.debian.org) > > > > Everyone who has a package with a setuid program or something that runs > > as root should check if it uses gettext,

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-01 Thread Joey Hess
Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > general 28850 gettext: security problem when used in setuid > > programs [0] (debian-devel@lists.debian.org) > > Everyone who has a package with a setuid program or something that runs > as root should check if it uses gettext, and if so recompile it with >

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-01 Thread Jonel Rienton
Slink's latest lprng is broken, it's give me a problem about permission or something'.

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-01 Thread Ben Collins
On Sun, Jan 31, 1999 at 10:10:25PM -0500, Brian White wrote: > I understand. My point, however, was that anyone who exports those things > on purpose could just as easily copy the file, ftp it, email it, or > whatever. Plugging a whole in the side of a boat doesn't help when the > boat has no bot

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-01 Thread Brian White
> > > Previously Brian White wrote: > > > > apache32204 user directories allow symlinks to other files > > > > [0] (Johnie Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > > > > > > We should just force SymLinksIfOwnerMatch for /home to solve this. > > > > You know, I don't see this as "grave". It mea

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-01 Thread Brian White
> > You know, I don't see this as "grave". It means that a user can > > effectively "export to the world" any file readable by www-data. In > > general, this means only things that can be read by public. So, > > the user can't intentionally export anything that he/she couldn't already > > do by

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-02-01 Thread Ben Collins
On Sun, Jan 31, 1999 at 02:20:00PM -0500, Brian White wrote: > > Previously Brian White wrote: > > > apache32204 user directories allow symlinks to other files > > > [0] (Johnie Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > > > > We should just force SymLinksIfOwnerMatch for /home to solve this. > >

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-01-31 Thread Kai Henningsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Branden Robinson) wrote on 31.01.99 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 29360: point 1) is an issue for the release notes; I can't retroactively > patch an old prerm; You could, but it would be fairly ugly, and I'm not sure it's worth it. Startegy: pre-depend on a package that does the

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-01-31 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Brian White wrote: > You know, I don't see this as "grave". It means that a user can > effectively "export to the world" any file readable by www-data. In > general, this means only things that can be read by public. So, > the user can't intentionally export anything that he/she could

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-01-31 Thread Brian White
> Previously Brian White wrote: > > apache32204 user directories allow symlinks to other files [0] > > (Johnie Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > > We should just force SymLinksIfOwnerMatch for /home to solve this. You know, I don't see this as "grave". It means that a user can effecti

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-01-31 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "MD" == Michael Alan Dorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MD> I need someone to confirm for me that the new sysutils that I put MD> in potato will work with 2.0.X kernels. I don't have one to test MD> with---my only non-production system can't do 2.0.X because of MD> driver issues. It does for

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-01-31 Thread Michael Alan Dorman
Michael Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > 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? I need someone to confirm for me that the new sysutils that I put in potato w

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-01-31 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sun, Jan 31, 1999 at 10:54:20AM -0500, Michael Stone wrote: > > > xbase 30852 X packages do not upgrade automatically due to > > > name change. [41] (Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > > > xdm 29360 xdm: Stopped X without warning/asking [77] > > > (Branden Ro

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-01-31 Thread Michael Stone
All right, here's the revised list (removing anything that someone confirmed as almost done.) Quoting Michael Stone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > apache32204 user directories allow symlinks to other files [0] > > (Johnie Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > > There's a suggested fix in the bug

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-01-31 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Here we go again :) Previously Brian White wrote: > apache32204 user directories allow symlinks to other files [0] > (Johnie Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) We should just force SymLinksIfOwnerMatch for /home to solve this. > autoconf 32391 Autoconf patches for slink [0] (

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-01-31 Thread David Starner
Michael Stone wrote: > > 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? The (former) maintainer just did a new upload t

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-01-31 Thread Michael Stone
Well, let's see what's holding up slink. :) > apache32204 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 <[

List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-01-29 Thread Brian White
The following bug reports *must* be fixed before the current frozen Debian distribution can progress further in its development cycle. Reminders have been sent to the maintainers of these packages but some of the packages with older bugs could probably use some assistance. Package Name Bug #

List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-01-22 Thread Brian White
The following bug reports *must* be fixed before the current frozen Debian distribution can progress further in its development cycle. Reminders have been sent to the maintainers of these packages but some of the packages with older bugs could probably use some assistance. Package Name Bug #

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-01-15 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Brian White wrote: > Alternatively, the package can be reverted to the version in the previous > release. If this is done, _don't_ close the bug but rather downgrade the > severity of the bug to "normal". What mechanism ensures that the severity is restored after Slink is re

Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-01-15 Thread Enrique Zanardi
On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 03:06:36AM -0500, Brian White wrote: > The following bug reports *must* be fixed before the current frozen Debian > distribution can progress further in its development cycle. Reminders have > been sent to the maintainers of these packages but some of the packages with > ol

List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink

1999-01-15 Thread Brian White
The following bug reports *must* be fixed before the current frozen Debian distribution can progress further in its development cycle. Reminders have been sent to the maintainers of these packages but some of the packages with older bugs could probably use some assistance. Package Name Bug #