in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/jfsutils jfsutils]
"jfsutils: Bus Error when running fsck.jfs on sparc"
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501804 501804]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/installation-reports installation-reports]
+"installation-reports: Lenny b2 install on ThinkPad X61 - fails to detect hard disk"
+
= Examples =
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496954 496954]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/fenix fenix]
"fenix: not 64 bit clean"
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=490171 490171]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/rtorrent rtorrent]
+"rtorrent: random crash"
+[[BR]](Reproducing this seems to require runnin 20+ torrents for a ~day)
+
= Puzzling =
Someone please explain what's going on (Debian Project-wise) in these bugs.
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/installation-reports installation-reports]
"cdrom: Most of the system's files have a future timestamp causing at least update/config problems."
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=490171 490171]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/rtorrent rtorrent]
-"rtorrent: random crash"
-
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=490999 490999]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/libqt3-mt libqt3-mt]
"kicker: crashes on startup"
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/bind9 bind9]
"bind9: bind crashes with a list for allow-update"
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501804 501804]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/installation-reports installation-reports]
-"installation-reports: Lenny b2 install on ThinkPad X61 - fails to detect hard disk"
-
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=502140 502140]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/pam pam]
"cannot unlock screen during etch -> lenny transition"
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ghostscript ghostscript]
"etch->lenny upgrade left the system in broken state"
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=503907 503907]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/libwebkit-1.0-1 libwebkit-1.0-1]
-"epiphany-webkit: Crashes at startup whenever I go to a site."
-
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504524 504524]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/sun-java6 sun-java6]
"AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit causes java to segfault on amd64"
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/nvidia-glx-legacy-96xx-dev nvidia-glx-legacy-96xx-dev]
"nvidia-glx-legacy-96xx-dev: /usr/lib/libGL.so symlink broken"
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504747 504747]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/gnu-fdisk gnu-fdisk]
-"gnu-fdisk: wipes out MBR when used on GPT partitions"
-
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504918 504918]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/network-manager network-manager]
"Updating to lenny failed when NetworkManager got updated"
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/hibernate hibernate]
"ignores "LockXLock yes" setting in /etc/hibernate/common.conf (e.g. does not lock the screen)"
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507576 507576]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/xbattbar-acpi xbattbar-acpi]
-"missing dependency: libconfig"
-
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507579 507579]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/yocto-reader yocto-reader]
"Package installation results in license violation"
-
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507706 507706]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/cdimage.debian.org cdimage.debian.org]
"Missing sources for d-i components/kernel of etch-n-half images"
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/mdadm mdadm]
"mdadm: initramfs-tools script is broken, system with root on RAID won't boot"
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507915 507915]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/povray povray]
-"Povray unusable with non-ascii filenames"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507927 507927]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/acpi-support acpi-support]
-"Fix suspend-resume in Thinkpad R50e (intel 855gm card)"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507944 507944]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/xwhois xwhois]
-"xwhois: segfaults on start in get_servers()"
-
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507947 507947]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/moodle moodle]
"moodle: html2text.php is not DFSG-free"
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/sysprof-module-source sysprof-module-source]
"sysprof-module-source: doesn't compile on AMD64 arch (wrong register names)"
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508272 508272]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/gnome-splashscreen-manager gnome-splashscreen-manager]
-"gnome-splashscreen-manager: Refuses to start, undefined symbol: gtk_file_system_error_quark"
-
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508313 508313]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/xine-lib xine-lib]
"xine-lib: CVE-2008-5234 heap overflow in atom parsing"
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
"ftp.debian.org: gcc-4.2-base is not really required"
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508351 508351]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/open-iscsi open-iscsi]
-"open-iscsi: will not install, looking for missing /sys/module/scsi_transport_iscsi/version file"
-
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508434 508434]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ipmitool ipmitool]
"ipmitool: Several init script problems due to wrong pidfile name"
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/debget debget]
"Can't parse packages.debian.org output anymore"
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508392 508392]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/dpkg dpkg]
+"Handling of conflicting conffiles broken"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508565 508565]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/f2c f2c]
+"f2c: does not translate properly in EMT64 machines"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508551 508551]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/merkaartor merkaartor]
+"merkaartor: crash on startup: QPaintEngine::setSystemClip: Should not be change
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=502845 502845]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/open-iscsi open-iscsi]
+"open-iscsi: no login using amd64"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508589 508589]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/linux-2.6 linux-2.6]
+"ppp: USB Modem removal after PPP exits kills keyboard"
= Mostly solved? =
"document procedure to recover from "/dev/hda became /dev/sda" boot failure"
[[BR]](Note: looks done, just not closed.)
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476210 476210]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/xbat xbat]
-"xbat: game elements do not display properly"
-
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506883 506883]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/tuxguitar tuxguitar]
"tuxguitar: hard-codes dependencies on libraries"
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
"longstanding DFSG violations in linux-2.6 package"
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504747 504747]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/gnu-fdisk gnu-fdisk]
+"gnu-fdisk: wipes out MBR when used on GPT partitions"
+
= Would have been fun =
Entertaining to read but sadly already fixed.
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504373 504373]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/libtemplate-perl libtemplate-perl]
"libtemplate-perl: Upgrade from etch breaks code using DBI plugins"
+
+This one is fixed in experimental:
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=503907 503907]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/libwebkit-1.0-1 libwebkit-1.0-1]
+"epiphany-webkit: Crashes at startup whenever I go to a site."