Debian bug reports I've contributed to
This page lists most of the bug reports that I've contributed to. That contribution could be reporting the bug, supplying a fix, or simply supplying additional information about it.
Bug list
Missing manpage direnv.toml(1)
Use of tempfile(1) produces a warning message
Using lessfile and latest debianutils results in a deprecation warning
Fails to start with ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'fava.help'
postinst script fails
Upgrade attempts to recreate dovecot user and fails when adduser reports the user already exists
setWindowTitle() includes application name in window title when configured not to do so
sed call in cron script fails with "invalid opdtion -- 'z'"
Alternatives broken for long time during upgrade from zsh4 to zsh5
Unrelated env var causes failure
Debconf prompts for info that might contain password, saves to world-readable file (CVE-2013-4223)
no built-in options for kde screen locker
Undefined variable used in pg_ctlcluster error messages
Errors from cron.daily script with MTA other than exim
Images for manual aren't included
Mismatch of state.xml and enigma.score
Missing dependency on libtagc0
update-grub generates incorrect entries for Xen hypervisor
Change "Recommends: ssh" to ssh-client
NEWS.Debian file not included in binary package
Upgrade fails if /usr/doc is a symlink to /usr/share/doc
Dies if foreign key constraint refers to non-primary key field
Please add a link to the message-id search page
vimtutor moving from -common to -runtime causes problems
YAML loading of quoted symbols is broken
Incorrect expansion of %[ and %] in prompts
JavaScript syntax highlighting broken
%[ and %] broken in psql
Map backends to virtual http-server
Postinst fails when calling install-docs
Fails to parse fstab
TypeError trying to execute irb
check-setuid uses obsolete diff -0
Bashisms prevent running when /bin/sh is dash
rbconfig.rb: get exception of "SystemStackError" on arm & powerpc
Dependency package depends only on itself
Painfully slow when zoom < 100%
postinst replaces correct /dev/pilot symlink with incorrect one
Recompilation with g++ v3
Can't save addresses for dynamic-ip hosts
Mailing of agent scripts to dynamic hosts is broken
missing depends on xclass0
Uninstallable in sid
mutt-1.5.3i: charset= ignored when Content-Type != text/plain w/ base64
Searching broke with latest grep package
Shouldn't insist on xvncviewer if xtightvncviewer is installed
Unlisted conflict with older versions of mol
Package name doesn't follow convention, includes too many files
Include files in wrong place, no .so symlink, bashism
Initial install fails if not managed by debconf
postinst attempts to compile for python2.2
Missing build-dep on netbase causes tests to fail
Should depend on pbbuttonsd
restart option of init script is broken
bashism prevents display of splash screen when /bin/sh is ash
dietlibc_0.16-2(powerpc/unstable):
sound broken on powerpc
Using run-parts for hooks breaks functionality
Misquoting in manpage
Packages generated with kernel-package should recommend the associated kernel
Linked against libxml and libxml2
postinst,postrm scripts don't call newaliases
undeclared conflict with host package
Should default to host architecture
cronosii broken on powerpc
Segfault on startup
microwindows doesn't build from source on powerpc (at least)
Current version built against older libxosd segfaults, complains about font which is not what was specified anyway
segfaults on powerpc
I actaully sent the patch to the upstream maintainer. This bug report was just requesting that the fixed version be packaged.
Configuration from /etc/network/interfaces
colcrt is b0rked
dhcp-client segfaults on powerpc
I supplied the patch to fix this bug, which was one of the last things blocking the freeze of the base system for the woody release.
Install fails without perl-modules
update-grub doesn't detect /boot filesystem
w3m segfaults on PPC
Segmentation fault on powerpc on startup
Can suspend in an Xterm