+= Open RC Bugs in Lenny =
+
+These are bugs to consider at SIPB's [LennyBugs RC-bug-squashing hackathon] for Lenny.
+
Bug list dumped early 2008-12-12. The pipeline was
`$ cd /mit/debathena/debian-bts && ./get_bugs | sort | ./bugs-format-trac`
"python-hid: hid module will not import since python policy transition"
[[BR]](Note: have patch, looks messy, looks like not-too-hard bug to fix well.)
-
-= Flamewars =
-
-You might enjoy reading these, but they may not be good targets to fix.
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=475737 475737]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/otrs2 otrs2]
-"otrs2 - makes files in /usr writable by non-root"
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=481072 481072]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/dk-filter dk-filter]
+"dk-filter reliably crashes upon connection from postfix"
+[[BR]](Note: bug report, little followup. Test, reproduce, debug, fix.)
= Specific hardware =
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ruby1.9 ruby1.9]
"ruby1.9: FTBFS on hppa: make[1]: *** [all] Segmentation fault"
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=499078 499078]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/jfsutils jfsutils]
+"jfsutils: Bus Error when running fsck.jfs on sparc"
+
+= Examples =
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496954 496954]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/bind9 bind9]
+"bind9: Fails to start due to SIGSEGV"
+[[BR]]This bug sat unfixed for months. Then someone attacked it in a bug-squashing party,
+got the first reproducible testcase, and sent that upstream, which swiftly produced a fix.
+
= Puzzling =
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/fenix fenix]
"fenix: not 64 bit clean"
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=481072 481072]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/dk-filter dk-filter]
-"dk-filter reliably crashes upon connection from postfix"
-
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=490171 490171]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/rtorrent rtorrent]
"rtorrent: random crash"
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/mdadm mdadm]
"mdadm segfault on --assemble --force with raid10"
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496954 496954]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/bind9 bind9]
-"bind9: Fails to start due to SIGSEGV"
-
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=497471 497471]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/cdimage.debian.org cdimage.debian.org]
"sarge images have syslinux binaries without source"
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=499078 499078]
-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=500460 500460]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/oss-compat oss-compat]
"oss-compat: modules are not loaded"
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/libgnutls26 libgnutls26]
"libgnutls26: 2.4.2-3 breaks OpenLDAP access"
-[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"
-
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506977 506977]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/release.debian.org release.debian.org]
"FPC: copyright infringement in pre 2.2.2 sources"
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/smarty smarty]
"smarty: Non-free logo included in package"
+
+= Fresh bugs =
+
+These are very recent and presumably will get dealt with by the package maintainers without help.
+
+If you're bored you might look through and see if some are interesting anyway. Also feel free to draw the line at some other time; I (price) picked December 1, arbitrarily.
+
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=239111 239111]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/grub grub]
+"Freeze when installing GRUB on XFS boot partition"
+[[BR]](Note: just re-opened 2008-12-12)
+
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507558 507558]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/hibernate hibernate]
"ignores "LockXLock yes" setting in /etc/hibernate/common.conf (e.g. does not lock the screen)"
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
"libgssglue1 must have priority standard"
-= Mostly solved? =
-
-These look like good progress is being made and they'll get fixed soon.
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=332782 332782]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/release-notes release-notes]
-"release-notes: Where's the license?"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=475958 475958]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/release-notes release-notes]
-"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"
-
-
-= Fresh bugs =
-
-These are very recent and presumably will get dealt with by the package maintainers without help.
-
-If you're bored you might look through and see if some are interesting anyway. Also feel free to draw the line at some other time.
-
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=239111 239111]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/grub grub]
-"Freeze when installing GRUB on XFS boot partition"
-[[BR]](Note: just re-opened 2008-12-12)
-
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507800 507800]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
"ucf must have priority standard"
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508510 508510]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/debget debget]
"Can't parse packages.debian.org output anymore"
+
+
+= Mostly solved? =
+
+These look like good progress is being made and they'll get fixed soon.
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=332782 332782]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/release-notes release-notes]
+"release-notes: Where's the license?"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=475958 475958]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/release-notes release-notes]
+"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"
+
+
+= Flamewars =
+
+You might enjoy reading these, but they may not be good targets to fix.
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=475737 475737]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/otrs2 otrs2]
+"otrs2 - makes files in /usr writable by non-root"
+
+
+= Would have been fun =
+
+Entertaining to read but sadly already fixed.
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506961 506961]
+in auctex
+"auctex: reuses old logfile on emacsen upgrades, enabling symlink attack"
+
+
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