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"
-[[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"
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=506748 506748]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/rtorrent rtorrent]
+"crash rtorrent by scgi-interface (function: 'fi.get_filename_last')"
+[[BR]]This is fixed in experimental, but in a newer, less-stable version; Someone might be able to backport the fix.
+
These ones are only about 2 weeks old:
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507071 507071]
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=495603 495603]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/installation-reports installation-reports]
+"grub-installer fails on a FSC Primergy RX300 with a level 5 RAID"
+
= Examples =
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496954 496954]
"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.)
+= Vaguely tedious =
+
+[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"
= Unclassified =
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=490999 490999]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/libqt3-mt libqt3-mt]
-"kicker: crashes on startup"
-
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494293 494293]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/installation-reports installation-reports]
"installation-reports: Grub error: not a regular file..."
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/quagga quagga]
"quagga: zebra ignores routes added via command line"
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=495603 495603]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/installation-reports installation-reports]
-"grub-installer fails on a FSC Primergy RX300 with a level 5 RAID"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496334 496334]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/mdadm mdadm]
-"mdadm segfault on --assemble --force with raid10"
-
[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"
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501800 501800]
-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=502140 502140]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/pam pam]
-"cannot unlock screen during etch -> lenny transition"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=502751 502751]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/clamav-getfiles clamav-getfiles]
-"clamav-getfiles: piuparts test fails: eicar.com md5sum mismatch, file needs downloading"
-
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=503303 503303]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/upgrade-reports upgrade-reports]
"etch -> lenny minimal chrrot upgrade fails due to Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop"
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=503532 503532]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/dbus dbus]
-"send_requested_reply="true" allows all non-reply messages"
-
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=503712 503712]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ghostscript ghostscript]
"etch->lenny upgrade left the system in broken state"
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/sun-java6 sun-java6]
"AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit causes java to segfault on amd64"
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504626 504626]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/nvidia-glx nvidia-glx]
-"[nvidia-glx] Quietly drops support for several chipsets"
-
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504661 504661]
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"
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505237 505237]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/snmpd snmpd]
-"/etc/init.d/snmpd start reports error if already running"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506748 506748]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/rtorrent rtorrent]
-"crash rtorrent by scgi-interface (function: 'fi.get_filename_last')"
-
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506853 506853]
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=507003 507003]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/open-iscsi open-iscsi]
-"initiatorname.iscsi should maybe not be in /etc"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507059 507059]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/initramfs-tools initramfs-tools]
-"initramfs-tools: Wrong check for udevadm in functions"
-
= Unclassified Security =
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505563 505563]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/xine-lib xine-lib]
"xine-lib: CVE-2008-5246 heap overflow"
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506741 506741]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/wireshark wireshark]
-"wireshark: DoS caused by sending a SMTP request with large content"
-
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504977 504977]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ffmpeg-debian ffmpeg-debian]
"ffmpeg-debian: Several security issues"
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504771 504771]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/wordpress wordpress]
-"wordpress can be subject of delayed attacks via cookies"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504283 504283]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/egroupware-core egroupware-core]
-"CVE-2007-3215: phpmailer issue (embedded code-copy)"
-
= Fresh bugs =
These are very recent and presumably will get dealt with by the package maintainers without help.
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=507947 507947]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/moodle moodle]
-"moodle: html2text.php is not DFSG-free"
-
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507996 507996]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/uim-tcode uim-tcode]
"mazegaki conversion cannot be used"
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508026 508026]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/phppgadmin phppgadmin]
-"phpPgAdmin: Local File Inclusion Vulnerability"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508091 508091]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/tuxguitar tuxguitar]
-"maintainer address bounces"
-
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508124 508124]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/python-m2crypto python-m2crypto]
"Yum crashes when setting-up a CentOS chroot OS"
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/sun-java5 sun-java5]
"sun-java5: New upstream release fixes several security issues"
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508257 508257]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/twiki twiki]
-"CVE-2008-5305: TWiki SEARCH variable allows arbitrary shell command execution"
-
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508265 508265]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/sysprof-module-source sysprof-module-source]
"sysprof-module-source: doesn't compile on AMD64 arch (wrong register names)"
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/linux-2.6 linux-2.6]
"ppp: USB Modem removal after PPP exits kills keyboard"
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508635 508635]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/libexif-gtk-dev libexif-gtk-dev]
+"libexif-gtk-dev: References no longer existing libXcursor.la"
+
= Mostly solved? =
-These look like good progress is being made and they'll get fixed soon.
+These look like good progress is being made and they'll get fixed
+soon. Do we need a DD to do an NMU on any of these?
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504283 504283]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/egroupware-core egroupware-core]
+"CVE-2007-3215: phpmailer issue (embedded code-copy)"
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507316 507316]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/smarty smarty]
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/libjs-jquery libjs-jquery]
"libjs-jquery: Should compile jquery.min.js and jquery.pack.js from jquery.js"
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507059 507059]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/initramfs-tools initramfs-tools]
+"initramfs-tools: Wrong check for udevadm in functions"
+[[BR]](No maintainer activity since it was reported 2 weeks ago; One-line patch attached.)
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496334 496334]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/mdadm mdadm]
+"mdadm segfault on --assemble --force with raid10"
+[[BR]]Seems to be fixed and uploaded, but got reopened for some reason?
+
+[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"
+[[BR]](Note: There's a patch that may be good enough -- blocking on some guy responding)
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505237 505237]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/snmpd snmpd]
+"/etc/init.d/snmpd start reports error if already running"
+(Note: fixed, waiting on an upload?)
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508257 508257]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/twiki twiki]
+"CVE-2008-5305: TWiki SEARCH variable allows arbitrary shell command execution"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508026 508026]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/phppgadmin phppgadmin]
+"phpPgAdmin: Local File Inclusion Vulnerability"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501800 501800]
+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=503532 503532]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/dbus dbus]
+"send_requested_reply="true" allows all non-reply messages"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506741 506741]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/wireshark wireshark]
+"wireshark: DoS caused by sending a SMTP request with large content"
+
+
= Not much of use one can do =
(this one looks like it'll be removed from Lenny or have amd64 disabled)
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/xml2rfc xml2rfc]
"Yet another boilerplate change"
+[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"
+
+[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"
+
+(misc)
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508091 508091]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/tuxguitar tuxguitar]
+"maintainer address bounces"
+
+(trivial fix may cause regression, may punt)
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507003 507003]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/open-iscsi open-iscsi]
+"initiatorname.iscsi should maybe not be in /etc"
+
+(legal issue involving non-free file)
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=502751 502751]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/clamav-getfiles clamav-getfiles]
+"clamav-getfiles: piuparts test fails: eicar.com md5sum mismatch, file needs downloading"
+
= Flamewars =
You might enjoy reading these, but they may not be good targets to fix.
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=504771 504771]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/wordpress wordpress]
+"wordpress can be subject of delayed attacks via cookies"
+
For this one, the actual flameware is off the bug report log.
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=497823 497823]
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.
in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/release.debian.org release.debian.org]
"RM: astrolog/stable -- RoQA; orphaned long time, non-free, contains potentially undistributable code"
-[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]
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