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new year, new RC bugs – most of the fixes below are for newly reported bugs in versions that don't affect squeeze. the rest are mainly uploads of packages or patches prepared by others.

• #566072 – util-linux: "fsck now failing hard for unavailable filesystems"
  prepare a patch based on adsb's analysis. later fixed in maintainer upload
• #605912 – runit: "runit: Upgrade failure lenny -> squeeze"
  sponsor NMU prepared by jonathan nieder
• #606370 – libcgi-pm-perl: "CVE-2010-2761 CVE-2010-4410 CVE-2010-4411"
  upload package prepared by ntyni to unstable, testing-proposed-updates, and stable (pkg-perl)
• #607556 – src:libconfig-model-itself-perl: "libconfig-model-itself-perl: failed tests"
  manual close, new version works again (pkg-perl)
• #609398 – src:libfile-userconfig-perl: "libfile-userconfig-perl: Failing tests if home of building user is not available"
  set HOME to a writable directory in debian/rules (pkg-perl)
• #609402 – src:libapache2-reload-perl: "libapache2-reload-perl: mkdir in home of building user"
  upload package prepared by periapt (pkg-perl)
• #609464 – src:libfile-homedir-perl: "libfile-homedir-perl: Failing tests in t/02_main.t tests"
  set HOME to a writable directory in debian/rules (pkg-perl)
• #609467 – src:libpath-dispatcher-declarative-perl: "libpath-dispatcher-declarative-perl: tests fail"
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #609468 – src:libtk-pod-perl: "libtk-pod-perl: cannot remove path when cwd is /tmp/tkpod_8LQuQjJc for /tmp/tkpod_8LQuQjJc: at /usr/share/perl/5.10/File/Temp.pm line 902"
  set HOME to a writable directory in debian/rules (pkg-perl)
• #609469 – src:dh-make-perl: "dh-make-perl: Tries to mkdir directory in home of building user"
  set HOME to a writable directory in debian/rules. in svn, not yet uploaded (pkg-perl)
• #609472 – src:libgraphics-gnuplotif-perl: "libgraphics-gnuplotif-perl: Build hangs"
  set HOME to a writable directory in debian/rules (pkg-perl)

see you there?!

the release team has started to usertag [0] the remaining RC bugs – yeah, another step towards the release!

here are my small contributions around RC bugs:

• #544310 – xsidplay: "xsidplay: FTBFS on GNU/kFreeBSD (alsa is linux-specific)"
  add [linux-any] to libasound2-dev, upload to DELAYED/2, later integrated into maintainer upload
• #551543 – muttprint: "cannot remove path when cwd is /tmp/muttprint*"
  add a patch for the second incarnation of the bug report
• #604234 – emacspeak-ss: "emacspeak-ss: dpkg hangs while preconfiguring packages"
  update bug info
• #605240 – tenshi: "tenshi: fails to upgrade from lenny"
  update bug info
• #605793 – src:libclass-dbi-asform-perl: "libclass-dbi-asform-perl: FTBFS: failed tests"
  add patch and tighten build dependency (pkg-perl)
• #606000 – libmail-spf-query-perl: "libmail-spf-query-perl: Incorrect query results with IPv6 addresses; should warn about missing IPv6 support and/or fail graciously"
  update bug info and clone to qpsmtpd (#607472), package removed later (#608335)
• #606777 – sendfile: "sendfile: package fails to upgrade properly from lenny"
  update bug info, later upload chris' patch to DELAYED/2
• #606779 – openswan: "openswan: package fails to upgrade properly from lenny"
  update bug info
• #606785 – common-lisp-controller: "stumpwm: package fails to upgrade properly from lenny"
  reassign and update bug info, later sponsor maintainer upload
• #606802 – bacula-director-pgsql: "bacula-director-pgsql: make_catalog_backup is broken"
  investigate further and make proposals, later upload to DELAYED/2
• #607472 – qpsmtpd: "qpsmtpd: Switch from Mail::SPF::Query to Mail::SPF"
  propose patch, later closed by maintainer

[0] if I got it right:

• squeeze-will-remove
• squeeze-is-blocker
• squeeze-can-defer

update: all tags combined: http://tinyurl.com/squeeze-sort (thanks to the RT for the URL & to zack for the pointer)

yesterday I played a bit with my desktop machine:

• changed /etc/fstab & /boot/grub/menu.lst (yes, I'm still using grub-legacy) to use LABEL=foo instead of device names after setting labels on all partitions.
• interestingly root=LABEL=root doesn't work with my self-baked kernels, not sure what I'm missing there.
• installed the latest Debian kernel (from experimental) & the current xserver-xorg-video-intel (from unstable): boots, gives me KMS & a working X (with my own kernels I had no KMS and just a black screen with newer versions of xserver-xorg-video-intel).
• with the Debian kernel I've also entered the libata era :)
• created my own linux-kbuild-2.6.37 package following the instructions (& changing the script a bit) in order to be able to use virtualbox-ose-dkms.
• contrary to my laptop, DPMS doesn't make my screen faint permanently.

seems I'm about to leave the time of building my own kernels ...

a few days ago I was quite happy with 2.6.37-rc5-686 because ath5k suddenly works.

but.

but then I found out that it turns off the screen so effectively (after the screensaver, so in DPMS standby/suspend/off) that it stays black.

not good.

ok, let's try (vanilla) 2.6.37-rc7. – no DKMS & no X.

not good.

let's apply a friendly patch from the Debian kernel. – DKMS & X are back. but DPMS still leaves the screen black. also when invoked manually with xset.

not good.

let's ask a search engine. – oh, a known bug: 22672. hm. at least the workaround (close lid / suspend to RAM) works. & turning off DPMS (in xscreensaver & laptopmode) obviously helps.

but then my poor noseguy can't stop wandering around the screen ...

don't we all love the blood^Wbleeding edge?

ath5k has never worked for me – until today. I installed linux-image-2.6.37-rc5-686 from experimental & lo&behold – it works!

that means I can say goodbye to good old (& non-free) madwifi. but before discovering that ath5k works I had already finished an upgrade of my private madwifi package & it seems I even managed to build a madwifi-dkms package finally.

I've uploaded it to my private repository for the poor sods who still can't use ath5k :)
& maybe the madwifi-dkms package helps people who forget (how) to run m-a after installing a new kernel ...

as pointed out by Tolimar the number of RC bugs is decreasing. here's the list of my small contributions (which includes also one bug I've caused *cough*).

• #603036 – lvm2: "lvm2: fails to install due to incorrect dependencies in init.d LSB header"
  update bug information, test solutions
• #603407 – gearman-server: "gearman-server: Server hangs when job is submitted"
  investigate, tag unreproducible, lower severity (pkg-perl)
• #603429 – hylafax-server: "hylafax-server: prompting due to modified conffiles which where not modified by the user"
  send new patches, later upload to DELAYED/2
• #604221 – hylafax-server: "hylafax-server: installation fails"
  send another patch, later upload to DELAYED/2
• #604225 – mailscanner: "mailscanner: installation fails"
  test for existence of /dev/tty in maintainer scripts, upload to DELAYED/2
• #604975 – fractxtra,xfractint: "xfractint and fractxtra: error when trying to install together"
  update bug information, later fixed by maintainer
• #605136 – python-apt-common: "python-apt-common: fails to install, trying to overwrite other packages files"
  add Replaces in debian/control. upload to DELAYED/2. later overridden by maintainer upload
• #605565 – gnustep-base-runtime: "gnustep-base-runtime: unremovable if the daemon is not running"
  sponsor maintainer upload
• #606000 – libmail-spf-query-perl: "libmail-spf-query-perl: Incorrect query results with IPv6 addresses; should warn about missing IPv6 support and/or fail graciously"
  investigate (pkg-perl)
• #606802 – bacula-director-pgsql: "bacula-director-pgsql: make_catalog_backup is broken"
  investigate and make a proposal

squeeze is getting closer :)

this time my report on my work on RC bugs contains the list of what I did during the bug squashing party in bern. – thanks to the nice guys from switzerland, france, & italy for the great time, & especially to gaudenz for organising the meeting!

• #551543 – muttprint: "cannot remove path when cwd is /tmp/muttprint*"
  grab patch from BTS and upload to DELAYED/2
• #561645 – gdesklets: "FYI, cannot run gdesklets with python2.6"
  upload to DELAYED/2 after a test from a fellow DD, reschedule to DELAYED/0 with maintainer's permission later
• #602222 – bacula: "bacula meta-package not installable with recommended packages"
  add patch inspired by proposal in BTS and upload to DELAYED/2
• #603145 – lprfax: "lprfax: fails to install and eats all cpu"
  add a comment to the BTS
• #603303 – ttf-oriya-fonts: "ttf-oriya-fonts: purge does not remove oriya fonts from defoma cache"
  downgrade + tag unreproducible
• #603407 – gearman-server: "gearman-server: Server hangs when job is submitted"
  request more information from submitter (pkg-perl)
• #603561 – latex209-bin: "latex209-bin: fails to upgrade from lenny, probably a dependency cycle with latex209-base"
  sponsor NMU (DELAYED/2)
• #603737 – libwww-myspace-perl: "libwww-myspace-perl: b0rked after MySpace changes in November 2010"
  ask release team for removal (pkg-perl)
• #604018 – pure-ftpd-postgresql: "pure-ftpd-postgresql: fails to authenticate, errors in configuration file (SQL)"
  add a patch/comment to the BTS
• #604042 – opendnssec: "Purging opendnssec-common causes dpkg (or at least aptitude) to break"
  grab patch from BTS and upload to DELAYED/2, later cancelled on maintainer's request
• #604212 – hylafax-server: "capi4hylafax: installation fails"
  merge with #604221
• #604215 – libpam-rsa: "libpam-rsa: installation fails"
  investigate
• #604221 – hylafax-server: "hylafax-server: installation fails"
  add a patch to the BTS
• #604224 – pike7.8-dev: "pike7.8-dev: installation fails"
  add a comment, tag unreproducible

if I'm not mistaken, more & more people are trying to hunt down RC bugs – nice! here are my contributions during the last weeks:

• #591133 – src:linux86: "linux86: FTBFS: ncc: illegal label"
  grab patch from BTS and upload to DELAYED/2
• #592546 – kernel-package: "kernel-package: does not create bootable image"
  lower severity
• #595397 – libsys-sigaction-perl: "libsys-sigaction-perl: FTBFS on armel, unsupported"
  close after verification (pkg-perl)
• #598956 – libwebkit-1.0-2: "On kfreebsd going into web pane segfaults Liferea."
  grab patch from BTS and uploaed to DELAYED/5
• #599693 – nama: "nama: Startup fails because socket creation fails"
  upload fixed package prepared by bolangi (pkg-perl)
• #600585 – vzctl: "vzctl: package fails to purge due to missing line continuation"
  apply patch from BTS (plus two other patches for two other bugs) and upload to DELAYED/7. later uploaded by maintainer
• #601116 – liburi-perl: "liburi-perl: FTBFS in squeeze: test failed"
  upload to t-p-u and unstable (pkg-perl)
• #601978 – gbonds: "gbonds: file conflict during upgrade from lenny"
  grab patch from BTS and upload to DELAYED/2
• #601979 – libcherokee-server0-dev: "libcherokee-server0-dev: file conflict during upgrade from lenny"
  add Replaces and upload to DELAYED/2, later integrated into maintainer upload
• #601988 – xfsprogs: "xfsprogs: file conflict when upgrading from lenny"
  add Replaces and upload to DELAYED/2, later fixed by maintainer upload
• #601990 – libqdbm3++c2: "libqdbm3++c2: file conflict when upgrading from lenny"
  sponsor maintainer upload
• #601996 – uim-applet-gnome: "uim-applet-gnome: file conflict when upgrading from lenny"
  grab patch from BTS and upload to DELAYED/2
• #602171 – gdesklets: "gdesklets: won't start"
  propose a debdiff
• #602832 – libsocket-getaddrinfo-perl: "libsocket-getaddrinfo-perl: 0.16-1 segfaults on lenny and squeeze"
  raise severity and provide some debug info (pkg-perl)
• #602872 – wine: "wine: ftbfs on amd64, needs to build-depend on new ia32-libs-dev"
  upload NMU from mentors.d.n to DELAYED/7
• #602877 – dvd+rw-tools: "dvd+rw-tools: apt dpendency problem"
  add a comment to the BTS, closed by maintainer afterwards

some remarks:

• although I was at the bug squashing party during the Paris Debian MiniConf I was more productive at home; I guess there was just to much other stuff to do (like going to talks and meet people) in Paris :)
• still no single complaint for my NMUs; but a few "thank you"s & some friendly requests to delay/cancel an NMU from active maintainers
• enrico sent some "should we remove this package from testing?" mails to several bugs today. IMO that's a great next step that will bring us closer to the release – grazie!

it seems I was a bit busy & lazy in the last two weeks. luckily diocles & evgeni were more active than me – kudos!

here are my small contributions:

• #594860 – src:hmmer: "hmmer: FTBFS (powerpc): altivec and cast errors"
  sent debdiff to the BTS, later uploaded by maintainer
• #598958 – src:doodle: "doodle: FTBFS: configure: error: Doodle requires libextractor."
  add a patch to the bug (no upload, only experimental affected), later fixed by maintainer
• #600015 – gextractwinicons: "gextractwinicons: Fails to extract resources"
  manually close a bug (syntax error in changelog)
• #600806 – libxml-rsslite-perl: "libxml-rsslite-perl: Test data does not have license"
  help in the coordination/decision about removal from testing, upload new package to unstable (pkg-perl)
• #601116 – liburi-perl: "liburi-perl: FTBFS in squeeze: test failed"
  draft a preliminary patch (pkg-perl)