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this week I focussed mostly on bugs where conffiles are modified in maintainer scripts. thanks to the recipe in debconf-devel(7) many cases are not so hard to solve.

• #632604 – src:libatomic-ops: "libatomic-ops: FTBFS on i386"
  prepare a patch for testing-proposed-updates, upload after ack from maintainer and release team
• #687858 – tasksel-data: "tasksel-data: copyright file missing after upgrade (policy 12.5)"
  add info and tag in BTS
• #687944 – mason: "mason: modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/masonrc"
  fix configuration file handling, upload to DELAYED/2
• #688196 – mimedefang: "mimedefang: modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/default/mimedefang"
  fix configuration file handling, upload to DELAYED/2, then included in maintainer upload
• #688200 – fprobe: "fprobe: modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/default/fprobe"
  fix configuration file handling, upload to DELAYED/2
• #688205 – mono-xsp2: "mono-xsp2: modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/default/mono-xsp2"
  fix configuration file handling, upload to DELAYED/2, rescheduled to 0-day with maintainer's permission
• #688375 – ntlmaps: "ntlmaps: modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/ntlmaps/server.cfg"
  fix configuration file handling, upload to DELAYED/2
• #688378 – gom: "gom: modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/default/gom"
  fix configuration file handling, upload to DELAYED/2
• #688499 – netmrg: "netmrg: modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/netmrg/netmrg.xml"
  install only template configuration file, upload to DELAYED/2
• #688565 – mono-apache-server2,mono-apache-server4: "mono-apache-server2, mono-apache-server4: modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/default/mono-apache-server[24]"
  fix configuration file handling, upload to DELAYED/2, rescheduled to 0-day with maintainer's permission
• #688736 – w3c-linkchecker: "w3c-linkchecker: modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/w3c/checklink.conf"
  remove configuration file on purge (pkg-perl)

good to see that there are again Bug Squashing Parties going on, & that quite a few people send patches to the Bug Tracking System &/or make Non-Maintainer Uploads. here are my contributions for this week:

• #636158 – maradns: "maradns: Debian default config is not robust to user change + upgrade"
  send a patch to the BTS
• #687604 – libkdtree++-dev: "libkdtree++-dev: kdtree headers are unusable on gcc 4.7.1"
  sponsor NMU from Sebastian Ramacher, upload to DELAYED/2
• #687825 – src:icinga: "FTBFS on kfreebsd-* due to missing build dependency"
  add info to bug report, fixed by maintainer the day after
• #687879 – readpst: "readpst: copyright file missing after upgrade (policy 12.5)"
  replace directory with symlink in postinst, upload to DELAYED/2
• #688112 – gummi: "gummi leaks file descriptors leading to a crash if the fd limit is reached"
  add patch from Justus Winter, upload to DELAYED/2
• #688194 – prewikka: "prewikka: modifies conffiles (policy 10.7.3): /etc/prewikka/prewikka.conf"
  don't ship configuration file in /etc, upload to DELAYED/2
• #688249 – nuauth: "nuauth: postinst deletes files from /usr/share/nuauth/"
  copy template configuration file instead of moving it, upload to DELAYED/2
• #688615 – nufw: "nufw: postinst deletes /usr/share/nufw/nufw.conf breaking package reconfiguration"
  copy template configuration files instead of moving them, upload to DELAYED/2

during the last week, I've worked on the following RC bugs:

• #620866 – inform: "broken update-alternatives"
  some investigation
• #639565 – liboauth-dev: "liboauth-dev: please make loose libcurl dependency"
  update Depends, upload to DELAYED/2
• #650138 – liboauth0: "liboauth0: doesn't work with NSS libcurl flavour"
  fix Build-Depends, upload to DELAYED/2
• #684433 – gdal-bin: "gdal-bin: FTBFS when ruby1.9.1 installed"
  force building using Ruby 1.8, upload to DELAYED/2
• #685814 – phpgacl: "phpgacl: prompting due to modified conffiles which were not modified by the user"
  some investigation
• #687403 – src:libio-async-loop-epoll-perl: "libio-async-loop-epoll-perl: FTBFS: test failed"
  propose patches
• #687406 – src:jscribble: "jscribble: FTBFS: junit fails"
  sponsor NMU from Andrew Starr-Bochicchio, upload to DELAYED/2

I didn't get very far this week with my RCBW efforts, but luckily we have BSPs going on :) – Here's my short list:

• #639565 – liboauth-dev: "liboauth-dev: please make loose libcurl dependency"
  further investigation
• #642903 – nodm: "nodm: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10"
  fix .config, upload to DELAYED/5
• #652084 – gosmore: "gosmore use 100% CPU and does nothing"
  sponsor NMU from Kai Lüke, upload to DELAYED/2
• #657465 – conserver-client: "conserver-client: prompting due to modified conffiles which where not modified by the user"
  private mail from maintainer
• #682412 – dynamips: "dynamips: FTBFS with multiarch paths: cc: error: /usr/lib/libelf.a: No such file or directory"
  uploaded to DELAYED/3 with my patch by a fellow DD during the Berlin BSP
• #683925 – src:ocp: "FTBFS with gcc-4.7 on i386"
  add patch from Kumar Appaiah, upload to DELAYED/2
• #684144 – sauerbraten: "sauerbraten: security issues with transmitted map cfgs"
  unsuccessfully apply upstream patch

highlight of the week: I "wrote" (i.e. copypasted) my first patch in haskell some days ago :) – apart from that, nothing exciting:

• #618569 – avelsieve: "Failure of authentication on TLS connections"
  apply upstream patch, upload to DELAYED/2
• #657046 – alpine: "alpine: Alpine uses DES-56 in violation of RFC 5751"
  point to upstream commit, NMUed by a fellow DD during the Dublin BSP
• #657465 – conserver-client: "conserver-client: prompting due to modified conffiles which where not modified by the user"
  send patch to the BTS
• #679069 – viewvc: "CVE-2012-3356 / CVE-2012-3357"
  send patch to the BTS
• #680818 – src:yate: "yate: FTBFS: build-dependency not installable: libopenh323-dev"
  review patch and add pointer to packaging svn
• #682351 – git-annex: "git-annex: build fails because of failing tests"
  confirm problems in p/cowbuilder and add proposed patches, quickly applied by maintainer
• #682412 – dynamips: "dynamips: FTBFS with multiarch paths: cc: error: /usr/lib/libelf.a: No such file or directory"
  send alternative patch to the BTS
• #684758 – libphone-utils0-dbg: "libphone-utils0-dbg: /usr/share/doc/libphone-utils0-dbg empty after squeeze->wheezy upgrade"
  remove doc dir in preinst, it's a symlink now, upload to DELAYED/2
• #684843 – src:krusader: "krusader: FTBFS: tstring.h:137:5: error: 'make_pair' was not declared in this scope, and no declarations were found by argument-dependent lookup at the point of instantiation [-fpermissive]"
  tag unreproducible
• #685376 – makedev: "postinst fails on non-default Debian kernels and is useless on =<3.4"
  drop check for kernel version >= 2.4, QA upload
• #685542 – d-push: "d-push: Error when using https://myserver/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync"
  update directory variable in debian patch as suggested by "nb", upload to DELAYED/2

not my Best RCBW Week Ever. – anyway, here's what I've done:

• #669625 – gummi: "gummi: Gummi should depend on enchant"
  add missing dependency, upload to DELAYED/2
• #684433 – gdal-bin: "gdal-bin: FTBFS when ruby1.9.1 installed"
  add info to the bug report
• #684778 – pythontracer: "pythontracer: missing dependency on python-gtk2"
  add missing dependency, upload to DELAYED/2
• #684808 – src:mapserver: "mapserver: FTBFS: ld: cannot find -lstdc++"
  add missing build dependency (hint from Arto Jantunen), upload to DELAYED/2
• #684833 – src:argyll: "argyll: FTBFS: ld: cannot find -lconv"
  verify bug unreproducibility
• #684837 – src:gst-buzztard: "gst-buzztard: FTBFS: plugin.c:403:3: error: too many arguments to function 'bml_setup'"
  reproduce bug and add info to the BTS
• #684855 – src:fusioninventory-agent: "fusioninventory-agent: FTBFS: tests failed"
  some unsuccessful debugging
• #684860 – src:ruby-mocha: "ruby-mocha: FTBFS: tests failed"
  verify bug unreproducibility

good news: I'm seeing more & more people contributing to RC bugs in the BTS. – here are my own contributions for the past week:

• #656552 – zope2.12-sandbox: "zope2.12-sandbox: fails to install, remove and install again"
  add info to bug report
• #670405 – ekiga: "ekiga: Ekiga crashes on startup"
  add info to bug report
• #673370 – centerim: "centerim: Crash at startup (suspect login msn)"
  add info to bug report, then close on submitter's behalf
• #683061 – ntp: "ntp: missing init script dependency on $named"
  sponsor NMU from Ivo De Decker (fix init script), upload to DELAYED/2, then cancelled by maintainer after severity change
• #684019 – python-liblcms: "python-liblcms: static library in /usr/share"
  re-enable dropping of .a and .la files from python package, upload to DELAYED/2
• #684024 – src:python-adodb: "python-adodb: broken binary-indep target"
  apply patches from Evgeni Golov (d/rules targets) and Jakub Wilk (python-support handling), upload to DELAYED/2
• #684078 – wv2: "calligra: Buffer overflow"
  apply modified patch from KDE, upload to DELAYED/2
• #684150 – python-wxgtk2.8: "python-wxgtk2.8 breaks upgrade from squeeze to wheezy"
  add info to bug report
• #684180 – angband: "angband: removes files that were installed by another package: /usr/share/angband/*"
  don't remove directory belonging to other package in postrm, upload to DELAYED/2
• #684488 – puppet-lint: "puppet-lint not working with ruby1.9.1"
  send a patch to the BTS

it's sunday evening again, & again, here comes my report about activities around RC bugs:

• #602668 – libdevel-bt-perl: "libdevel-bt-perl: FTBFS on armel"
  debugging (pkg-perl)
• #636805 – viewvc: "viewvc runs extremely slowly (~15s per page)"
  add backported upstream patch, upload to DELAYED/2
• #646540 – phpgacl: "phpgacl: uninstallable in sid, needs to transition to smarty3"
  fix smarty path variable, upload to DELAYED/2
• #680790 – libio-async-perl: "libio-async-loop-epoll-perl: FTBFS: tests failed"
  add backported upstream patch (pkg-perl)
• #680806 – src:libio-async-loop-glib-perl: "libio-async-loop-glib-perl: FTBFS: tests failed"
  add patch provided by upstream (pkg-perl)
• #681903 – melange-client: "melange-client: missing dependency on python-pkg-resources"
  add missing dependency and a patch provided by Jakub Wilk, upload to DELAYED/2
• #682517 – ocfs2console: "ocfs2console: DeprecationWarning at start prevent usage"
  review patch in BTS, then upload fix prepared by Sébastien Villemot to DELAYED/2, then fixed in quick maintainer upload
• #682631 – python-distutils-extra: "linaro-image-tools: FTBFS: AttributeError: 'tuple' object has no attribute 'major'"
  send debdiff to BTS, then fixed in a maintainer upload
• #682636 – src:racket: "racket: FTBFS: raco setup: error: during making for scribblings/tools"
  bug manipulation, bug closed by maintainer afterwards
• #682825 – phpgacl: "phpgacl: creates world writable directory /usr/share/phpgacl/admin/templates_c"
  fix permissions in postinst, upload to DELAYED/2
• #683284 – graphicsmagick: "CVE-2012-3438"
  apply upstream patch, upload to DELAYED/2
• #683925 – src:ocp: "FTBFS with gcc-4.7 on i386"
  add information to bug report
• #683927 – libcloud: "CVE-2012-3446: MITM vulnerability in TLS/SSL certificates verification"
  add backported patch from upstream, upload to DELAYED/2

this was a weird RCBW week for me. although we are not that far into the freeze yet, the amount of easy-enough-for-me-to-fix RC bugs on UDD is already rather low. – besides the not very impressive list below, I at least tried to do some housekeeping on some bugreports (tagging, reassigning, forwarding, …).

• #636805 – viewvc: "viewvc runs extremely slowly (~15s per page)"
  send debdiff to BTS
• #660671 – src:libdispatch: "libdispatch: Fails to build (link dispatch_starfish) on armel"
  apply patch from Ubuntu / Colin Watson, send debdiff to BTS (build fails differently on armel)
• #671673 – dvipsk-ja: "dvipsk-ja: unowned file /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R after purge (policy 6.8, 9.1.2)"
  upload NMU prepared by Taku YASUI (use dh_installtex), upload to DELAYED/2
• #677361 – rubrica: "rubrica: FTBFS on kfreebsd-any & hurd-i386 due to rpath"
  autoreconf, upload to DELAYED/2
• #681756 – canna: "canna: removes files that were installed by another package: /etc/canna/default.canna"
  add info to bug report
• #682882 – inguma: "inguma: Recommends non-existent python-qt3 package"
  add info to bug report

this was my first week at work after my vacations, & also the first week of "normal" RC bug work. – here's my short report:

• #655968 – smokeping: "smokeping: prompting due to modified conffiles which where not modified by the user"
  rm ufc files also on install, upload to DELAYED/2
• #669381 – jbibtex-base,ptex-base: "jbibtex-base: unowned file /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R after purge (policy 6.8, 9.1.2)"
  use dh_installtex, upload to DELAYED/2
• #669382 – latex209-base,latex209-bin: "latex209-base: unowned file /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R after purge (policy 6.8, 9.1.2)"
  send a patch to the BTS
• #670578 – gnunet: "gcc-4.6: [sparc] compiler fails to align stack-allocated struct,with array of uint32-values to 32-bit boundary"
  prepare a debdiff
• #671255 – libconfig-inifiles-perl: "CVE-2012-2451: CWE-377 Insecure Temporary File"
  upload a fix for squeeze (pkg-perl)
• #676048 – src:tess: "tess: FTBFS: tessrun fails"
  manually close the bug
• #676123 – src:jed: "jed: FTBFS: UTF-8 mode not enabled-- test_search_char not run."
  manually close the bug
• #680423 – trac-wikiprint: "trac-wikiprint: depends on nonexisting python-pil if rebuilt"
  add a debian/pydist-overrides file, upload to DELAYED/2
• #681758 – nginx-extras: "nginx-extras: removes files that were installed by another package"
  fix postrm script, upload to DELAYED/2, then rescheduled to 0-day on maintainer's request
• #683904 – src:libgeo-ip-perl: "FTBFS: test requires internet connectivity"
  skip test that needs internet connectivity (pkg-perl)
• #683909 – src:libical-parser-sax-perl: "FTBFS: test requires internet connectivity"
  disable network test (pkg-perl)