RC bugs 2018/49-50

Sun, 16 Dec 2018 19:32:35 +0100

as mentioned in my last blog post, I attended the Bug Squashing Party in bern two weeks ago. I think alltogether we were quite productive, as seen on the list of usertagged bugs. – here's my personal list of release-critical bugs that I touched at the BSP or afterwards:

#860523 – python-dogtail: "python-dogtail: /bin/sniff fails to start on a merged-/usr system"
apply patch found in the BTS, QA upload

#873997 – src:openjpeg2: "FTBFS with Java 9 due to -source/-target only"
apply patch from the BTS, upload to DELAYED/5

#879624 – xorg: "xorg: After upgrade to buster: system doesnt start x-server anymore but stop reacting"
lower severity

#884658 – dkms: "dkms: Should really depends on dpkg-dev for dpkg-architecture"
add a comment to the bug log

#886120 – ctpp2: "makes ctpp2 randomly FTBFS, syntax errors, hides problems"
apply patch from the BTS, upload to DELAYED/5

#886836 – libgtkmm-2.4-dev,libgtkmm-2.4-doc: "libgtkmm-2.4-dev,libgtkmm-2.4-doc: both ship usr/share/doc/libgtkmm-2.4-dev/examples/*"
propose a patch

#887602 – dia: "dia: Detect freetype via pkg-config"
add patch from upstream merge request, upload to DELAYED/5

#890595 – phpmyadmin: "phpmyadmin: warnings when running under php 7.2, apparently fixed by new upstream series 4.7.x"
prepare a debdiff

#892121 – src:libxml-saxon-xslt2-perl: "libxml-saxon-xslt2-perl FTBFS with libsaxonhe-java 9.8.0.8+dfsg+1-1"
upload with patch from racke (pkg-perl)

#892444 – src:ttfautohint: "ttfautohint: Please use 'pkg-config' to find FreeType 2"
add patch from Hilko Bengen in BTS, upload to DELAYED/5, then fixed in a maintainer upload

#898752 – src:node-webpack: "node-webpack: FTBFS and autopkgtest failure on 32-bit"
apply proposal from BTS, upload to DELAYED/5

#900395 – xserver-xorg-input-all: "xserver-xorg-input-all: keyboard no longer working after dist-upgrade"
downgrade and tag moreinfo

#906187 – facter-dev: "facter-dev: missing Depends: libfacter3.11.0 (= ${binary:Version})"
add missing Depends, upload to DELAYED/5

#906977 – src:parley: "parley: FTBFS in buster/sid ('QItemSelection' does not name a type)"
add patch from upstream git, upload to DELAYED/5

#907975 – libf2fs-format-dev: "libf2fs-format-dev: missing Breaks+Replaces: libf2fs-dev (<< 1.11)"
add missing Breaks+Replaces, upload to DELAYED/5

#908147 – cups-browsed: "restarting cups-browsed deleted print jobs"
try to reproduce

#911324 – carton: "carton: Carton fails due to missing Menlo::CLI::Compat dependency"
package missing new dependencies and depend on them (pkg-perl)

#912046 – ebtables: "ebtables provides the same executables as iptables packages without using alternatives"
add a comment to the bug log

#912380 – man-db: "endless looping, breaks dpkg"
add a comment to the bug log

#912685 – src:net-snmp: "debian/rules is not binNMU safe"
add a comment to the bug log

#913179 – libprelude: "libprelude: FTBFS with glibc 2.28; cherrypicked patches attached"
take patch from BTS, upload to DELAYED/10

#915297 – src:libtest-bdd-cucumber-perl: "libtest-bdd-cucumber-perl: FTBFS: README.pod: No such file or directory"
remove override from debian/rules (pkg-perl)

#915806 – src:jabref: "jabref FTBFS"
add build-dep and jar to classpath (pkg-java)