Bug#708504: src:eglibc: drop always satisfied build-dependency sed

Package: src:eglibc Version: 2.17-2 Severity: wishlist Could you drop sed from Build-Depends? Rationale: * Currently it is sed (= 4.0.5-4). The version required is satisfied in old old stable and the package itself is essential. * sed lacks Multi-Arch foreign (#693872), so this makes cross

Bug#667023: 2.15 brings x32 support

block 667023 by 672934 thanks x32 support has been merged into the 2.15 version of glibc. Since carrying x32 patches ourselves seems like a useless waste of time, I mark the x32 bug as being blocked by the new upstream version. Helmut -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#667023: src:eglibc: please provide a binary package for the x32 sub architecture on amd64

Package: src:eglibc Version: 2.13-27 Severity: normal Tags: upstream Blocks: 667005 gcc-4.7 and binutils (2.22) already provide support for the x32 abi. The missing piece to producing x32 binaries is a c library. Patches are available at git://github.com/hjl-tools/glibc.git. An aspect that makes

Bug#286825: fixed in experimental

tags 286825 = fixed-in-experimental thanks This bug seems to be fixed in experimental. Helmut Grohne signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#310445: More information needed

tag 310445 moreinfo severity 310445 normal thanks There are new versions of glibc available. Could you perhaps recheck whether this bug is reproducible? Furthermore the source for that binary would be helpful if available. Helmut Grohne signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#336843: adduser: removes user from group if /etc/group file ends with :

does here is within the specs. The function could also segfault at that point. This could maybe reported to the upstream but they'll probably think the same way. Helmut Grohne signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#331405: Accidential activation of nscd is too simple

their behaviour since there are only 5 packages in apt-cache rdepends nscd of which at least one is a conflict. So maybe libpam-ldap could suggest nscd instead of recommending it. Otherwise this bug should be tagged wontfix. Helmut Grohne signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#352139: getopt optional arg does not work as documented

be adapted. Thanks to Aurelien Jarno for pointing this out. Helmut Grohne signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#352139: getopt optional arg does not work as documented

tag 352139 wontfix thanks However, this does not seem to be the case. Actually it works quite similar. When run: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ a.out -a a arg is: (null) Correct behaviour. $ ./a.out -afoo a arg is: foo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ a.out -a hello a arg is: (null) Now.

Bug#160683: date: long timezone offset sighlently changed

tag 160683 moreinfo thanks On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 12:10:48PM -0700, Blars Blarson wrote: Gnu date apperently siglently limits the timezone offset to 23, so the above command will SOMETIMES show todays date instead with no error message. (The SOMETIMES makes this even harder to debug.) This

Bug#373779: libc6: assertion failure in gconv_db.c with smbclient

Package: libc6 Version: 2.3.999.2-4 Severity: normal # smbclient smbclient: gconv_db.c:232: __gconv_release_step: Assertion `step-__end_fct == ((void *)0)' failed. Aborted # This does not happen with 2.3.6-9. The bug seems to occur while loading shared libraries as different options to

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