X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/wiki.git/blobdiff_plain/74cf2dcda7e3d3731ceec5def1d7224c4164f60f..8d6c7cd7efde6ea44a9f6e73c7cfe82df69256b3:/doc/LennyBugsAll diff --git a/doc/LennyBugsAll b/doc/LennyBugsAll index d72236f..5cdc680 100644 --- a/doc/LennyBugsAll +++ b/doc/LennyBugsAll @@ -7,12 +7,161 @@ Bug list dumped early 2008-12-12. The pipeline was Please sort into useful/not useful, add notes, etc. +---- + = Juicy? = -All dealt with! See the section "Fixed by SIPB" below. +All acted on! See the "Stuff we did" sections below. + + + +---- + += Stuff we did = + +== Fixed by SIPB! == +[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." +(closed by wdaher) + +[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" +(tabbott) + +[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507071 507071] +[http://packages.debian.org/lenny/racoon racoon] +"racoon - Fails after upgrade: symbol lookup error: /usr/sbin/racoon: undefined symbol: libipsec_opt" +(fixed by broder) + +[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507072 507072] +in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ipsec-tools ipsec-tools] +"libipsec0 packaged in ipsec-tools without development headers" +(downgraded by hartmans) + +[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" +(downgraded by nelhage) + +[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" +(quentin reassigned; Bastian Blank then lowered priority) + +[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)" +(patch added by andersk) + +[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506057 506057] +in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/splashy splashy] +"splashy: Splashy fails to install due to missing default theme" +(fix suggestion added by ecprice with help from tabbott and fawkes) + +[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')" +(submitted patch that disables broken RPC; leaving to maintainer to decide if this is what he wants to do) + +[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" +[[BR]](patch added by price) + +[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=489501 489501] +in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/zekr zekr] +"zekr depends on libxul0d" +[[BR]](mako tweaked and sponsored fix by Asheesh Laroia) + +== Waiting on feedback == + +[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" +(hartmans added comment) + +[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]](quentin couldn't reproduce) + +[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507883 507883] +in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/asterisk asterisk] +"asterisk: Very frequent segfaults on startup" +(quentin couldn't reproduce) + +[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=456037 456037] +in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/fenix fenix] +"fenix: not 64 bit clean"[[BR]] +(ezyang observed upstream's website looks ~dead) + + + + +---- + += Fun stuff to read = + +== 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=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. -= Specific hardware = +[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506961 506961] +in auctex +"auctex: reuses old logfile on emacsen upgrades, enabling symlink attack" + + +== Examples to live up to == + +[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 == + +Someone please explain what's going on (Debian Project-wise) in these bugs. + +[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.) + + + + +---- + += Not so ripe for us to fix = + +== Specific hardware == If you have the relevant hardware you could help a lot. @@ -40,32 +189,16 @@ in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/installation-reports installation-reports] 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] -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. - -= May be a lot of work = +== May be a lot of work == [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. - -[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 = +== Unclassified == Please read these reports and figure out what category they belong in. Or make a new category. @@ -77,7 +210,7 @@ in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/nvidia-glx-legacy-96xx-dev nvidia-glx-legac in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/network-manager network-manager] "Updating to lenny failed when NetworkManager got updated" -= Unclassified Security = +== Unclassified Security == [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505563 505563] in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/icedove icedove] @@ -95,7 +228,7 @@ in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/xine-lib xine-lib] in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ffmpeg-debian ffmpeg-debian] "ffmpeg-debian: Several security issues" -= Fresh bugs = +== Fresh bugs == These are very recent and presumably will get dealt with by the package maintainers without help. @@ -191,7 +324,7 @@ in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/linux-2.6 linux-2.6] in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/autopkgtest-xenlvm autopkgtest-xenlvm] "adtxenlvm: initscript assumes eth0" -= Mostly solved? = +== Mostly solved? == 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? @@ -272,10 +405,6 @@ in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/sun-java6 sun-java6] 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=508124 508124] -in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/python-m2crypto python-m2crypto] -"Yum crashes when setting-up a CentOS chroot OS" - [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" @@ -285,7 +414,7 @@ in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/oss-compat oss-compat] "oss-compat: modules are not loaded" -= Not much of use one can do = +== Not much of use one can do == (waiting on reporter to reproduce) @@ -349,38 +478,8 @@ in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/mailscanner mailscanner] in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/smarty smarty] "smarty: Non-free logo included in package" -= 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=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. - -[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506961 506961] -in auctex -"auctex: reuses old logfile on emacsen upgrades, enabling symlink attack" - - -= Special team bugs = +== Special team bugs == These bugs are probably not good targets because the work involved with them at this point is to be done by someone on a special Debian team. @@ -470,79 +569,3 @@ 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." -= Waiting on feedback = - -[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" -(hartmans added comment) - -[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]](quentin couldn't reproduce) - -[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507883 507883] -in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/asterisk asterisk] -"asterisk: Very frequent segfaults on startup" -(quentin couldn't reproduce) - -[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=456037 456037] -in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/fenix fenix] -"fenix: not 64 bit clean"[[BR]] -(ezyang observed upstream's website looks ~dead) - -= Fixed by SIPB! = -[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." -(closed by wdaher) - -[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" -(tabbott) - -[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507071 507071] -[http://packages.debian.org/lenny/racoon racoon] -"racoon - Fails after upgrade: symbol lookup error: /usr/sbin/racoon: undefined symbol: libipsec_opt" -(fixed by broder) - -[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507072 507072] -in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ipsec-tools ipsec-tools] -"libipsec0 packaged in ipsec-tools without development headers" -(downgraded by hartmans) - -[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" -(downgraded by nelhage) - -[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" -(quentin reassigned; Bastian Blank then lowered priority) - -[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)" -(patch added by andersk) - -[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506057 506057] -in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/splashy splashy] -"splashy: Splashy fails to install due to missing default theme" -(fix suggestion added by ecprice with help from tabbott and fawkes) - - -[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')" -(submitted patch that disables broken RPC; leaving to maintainer to decide if this is what he wants to do) - -[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" -[[BR]](patch added by price) - -[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=489501] in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/zekr zekr] "zekr depends on libxul0d" -[[BR]](tweaked and sponsored fix by Asheesh Laroia)