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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 00:15:11 -0600
From: BugScan reporter <wakkerma@debian.org>
To: debian-devel-announce@lists.debian.org
Subject: Release-critical Bugreport for January 25, 1999

Bug stamp-out list for Jan 25 00:02 (CST)

Total number of release-critical bugs: 34

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Package: apache (main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
  32204  user directories allow symlinks to other files                         

Package: boot-floppies (main)
Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
  31099  the 'load modules' screen hangs                                        
[FIX] Fixed in 2.1.5, which is in Incoming

Package: dpkg (main)
Maintainer: Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
  17624  dpkg: installs regular dir when .deb contains symlink !                
  1797   upgrade/downgrade dependency calculation problem                       
  21182  dpkg: dpkg can go into an infinite loop with --force-configure-any     
  28519  dpkg: dpkg creates circular symlinks                                   
  28817  dpkg takes no care over libdpkg                                        
  30090  weirdass dpkg coredumps and xbase upgrade insanity                     
  30891  dpkg: Patch for update-alternatives to fix jdk problems                
[FIX] Fixed in NMU 1.4.0.32, which is in Incoming
  32283  xbase postinst refers to nonexistent README.Debian                     

Package: dpkg-dev (main)
Maintainer: Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
  31508  parsechangelog broken?                                                 
[FIX] Fixed in NMU 1.4.0.33, which is in Incoming

Package: emacs20 (main)
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
  28177  dpkg --print-architecture requires gcc                                 

Package: filters (main)
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>
  32333  filters is blatantly non-free                                          

Package: gettext (main)
Maintainer: Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>
  28850  gettext: security problem when used in setuid programs                 
[FIX] A NMU (version 0.10.35-6.1) is in Incoming

Package: html2ps (main)
Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
  31824  html2ps: can't execute                                                 

Package: licq (contrib)
Maintainer: Zed Pobre <zed@debian.org>
  31614  licq: licq reads from the console when started from the menus!         
[FIX] A new version (0.44-2) without menu entry is in Incoming

Package: lprng (main)
Maintainer: Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de>
  23682  lprng: The default configuration permits _anyone_ to use a printer     
[FIX] A NMU (version 3.5.2-1.1) is in Incoming
  31889  lprng: error in postinst                                               
[FIX] A NMU (version 3.5.2-1.1) is in Incoming

Package: lyx (contrib)
Maintainer: Stuart Lamble <lamble@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au>
  32299  LyX Copyright problems                                                 

Package: modutils (main)
Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
  32306  modutils: conffile not tagged as such                                  
[FIX] A new version (2.1.121-15) is in Incoming

Package: nonus.debian.org (pseudo)
Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@datom.de>
  23780  nonus.debian.org: libssl-dev is obsolete                               
  26443  nonus.debian.org: apache-common_1.3.0+1.19 is obsolete                 
  29246  nonus.debian.org: remove fortify-unix-ppc_1.2.8-1.deb                  
  31326  Broken symlinks on nonus.debian.org                                    
  32171  umet dependency for mutt-i                                             

Package: perl-suid (main)
Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
  31904  [B.A.McCauley@BHAM.AC.UK: Secuity hole with perl (suidperl) and nosuid mounts on Linux]

Package: smb2www (main)
Maintainer: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
  32131  smb2www: smb2www in slink incompatible with samba in slink             

Package: sysutils (main)
Maintainer: Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@debian.org>
  29392  oldversion procinfo in sysutils is broken                              
[FIX] A new version (1.3.3.1) is in Incoming

Package: tcsh (main)
Maintainer: Luis Francisco Gonzalez <luisgh@debian.org>
  28959  meta keys in tcsh don't work anymore!                                  
[FIX] A new version (6.08.01-3) is in Incoming

Package: xbase (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
  30852  X packages do not upgrade automatically due to name change.            
[STRATEGY] Fixed in release-candidate, test it at http://master.debian.org/~branden/xfree86/

Package: xdm (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
  29360  xdm: Stopped X without warning/asking                                  
[STRATEGY] Fixed in release-candidate, test it at http://master.debian.org/~branden/xfree86/

Package: xlib6 (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
  31610  xlib6: requires gcc but declares no dependency (dpkg --print-gnu-build-architecture?)

Package: xserver-common (main)
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
  29166  xserver-common: should depend or at least recommend properly ver'd xlib6g
[STRATEGY] Fixed in release-candidate, test it at http://master.debian.org/~branden/xfree86/

Package: xxgdb (main)
Maintainer: Helmut Geyer <Helmut.Geyer@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de>
  32206  xxgdb: Can't rebuild xxgdb from source                                 

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