+= 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`
= Juicy? =
+Try these!
+
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=374644 374644] in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/xine-ui xine-ui]
"xine-ui: ctrl/shift key press emulation implementation broken"
-(Note: have patch but it's broken. Test? Find a fix?)
+[[BR]](Note: have patch but it's broken. Test? Find a fix?)
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=426465 426465]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/initramfs-tools initramfs-tools]
"/init exports MODPROBE_OPTIONS=-qb"
-(Note: real bug report is near bottom.)
-
-= Flamewars =
+[[BR]](Note: real bug report is near bottom.)
-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=476525 476525]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/python-hid python-hid]
+"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.)
+[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.)
-= Unclassified =
+= Specific hardware =
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=323473 323473]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/wnpp wnpp]
-"ITA: mol-drivers-linux -- The Mac-on-Linux emulator - drivers for Linux"
+If you have the relevant hardware you could help a lot.
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394963 394963]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/installation-reports installation-reports]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/installation-reports installation-reports]
"cdrom: Etch does not detect CD-ROM on Acer Aspire 7100"
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=436140 436140]
-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=478717 478717]
+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=451628 451628]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"Packages might enter the archive from security without source"
+[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=456037 456037]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/fenix fenix]
-"fenix: not 64 bit clean"
+= Examples =
-[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"
+[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.
-[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=476525 476525]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/python-hid python-hid]
-"python-hid: hid module will not import since python policy transition"
+= Puzzling =
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478717 478717]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ruby1.9 ruby1.9]
-"ruby1.9: FTBFS on hppa: make[1]: *** [all] Segmentation fault"
+Someone please explain what's going on (Debian Project-wise) in these bugs.
-[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=323473 323473]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/wnpp wnpp]
+"ITA: mol-drivers-linux -- The Mac-on-Linux emulator - drivers for Linux"
+[[BR]](Note: The bug is for someone to take over maintainership. They did. Then when the bug gets automatically archived, they reply saying to keep it? I (price) don't understand.)
+
+
+= Unclassified =
+
+Please read these reports and figure out what category they belong in. Or make a new category.
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=436140 436140]
+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=456037 456037]
+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]
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/splashy splashy]
"splashy: Splashy fails to install due to missing default theme"
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506152 506152]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"libept0 should have priority important"
-
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506353 506353]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/mailscanner mailscanner]
"CVE-2008-5312/3: mailscanner might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack"
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/yocto-reader yocto-reader]
"Package installation results in license violation"
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507675 507675]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"python2.5 should have priority standard"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507678 507678]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"libsqlite3-0 should have priority standard"
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507706 507706]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/cdimage.debian.org cdimage.debian.org]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/cryptsetup cryptsetup]
"cryptsetup: Sometimes initrd ends up missing conf/conf.d/cryptroot file in it"
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507775 507775]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"libkeyutils1 should have priority standard"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507778 507778]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"libldap-2.4-2 should have priority standard"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507779 507779]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"[Priorities] libustr-1.0-1 -> standard"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507780 507780]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"python-sepolgen should have priority standard"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507783 507783]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"libxml2 should have priority standard"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507784 507784]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"python2.5-minimal should have priority standard"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507796 507796]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"libisccfg40 should have priority standard"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507797 507797]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"libisccc40 should have priority standard"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507798 507798]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"libedit2 should have priority standard"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507799 507799]
-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?"
-
-= 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"
-(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=507801 507801]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"libpci3 must have priority standard"
-
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507818 507818]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/mldonkey-server mldonkey-server]
"mldonkey-server: mlnet does not start, logs syntax error in downloads.ini"
[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"
+
+
+= Ftpmaster bugs =
+
+These bugs are probably not good targets because the work involved with them is easy for either the maintainer or ftpmasters to fix.
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=451628 451628]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"Packages might enter the archive from security without source"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506152 506152]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"libept0 should have priority important"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507675 507675]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"python2.5 should have priority standard"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507678 507678]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"libsqlite3-0 should have priority standard"
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507775 507775]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"libkeyutils1 should have priority standard"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507778 507778]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"libldap-2.4-2 should have priority standard"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507779 507779]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"[Priorities] libustr-1.0-1 -> standard"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507780 507780]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"python-sepolgen should have priority standard"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507783 507783]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"libxml2 should have priority standard"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507784 507784]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"python2.5-minimal should have priority standard"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507796 507796]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"libisccfg40 should have priority standard"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507797 507797]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"libisccc40 should have priority standard"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507798 507798]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"libedit2 should have priority standard"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507799 507799]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"libgssglue1 must have priority standard"
+
+[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=507801 507801]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"libpci3 must have priority standard"
+
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