Bug#845552: libxml2: Error when resolving relative URLs in XML catalogs, resulting in "file:/..." URLs

Package: libxml2 Version: 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u3 Severity: important The 0034-xmlSaveUri-incorrectly-recomposes-URIs-with-rootless.patch patch was added back in 2.9.1+dfsg1-4, probably following the bug report at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=731063. This patch, however, caused additio

Bug#838159: dbconfig-common: Fix missing backticks in MySQL "DROP DATABASE" statement

Package: dbconfig-common Version: 2.0.4~bpo8+1 Severity: normal Tags: patch Dear Maintainer, when using special characters like a "-" in the database name, uninstallation fails because the "DROP DATABASE" statement generated does not use backticks to escape the name. The patch adds backticks to

Bug#709833: Patches for oversized DNS replies (likely to occur for DNSSEC enabled sites)

This is getting more and more annoying as sites switching to DNSSEC are likely to produce DNS replies >512 byte. A blog post describing the issue and workarounds is available at https://www.webfactory.de/blog/patch-qmail-in-ubuntu-to-avoid-cname-lookup- failed-temporarily-errors. Two patches (to

Bug#318011: mysql-server-4.1: connections remaining in "sleep" state longer than wait_timeout

Package: mysql-server-4.1 Version: 4.1.11a-4 Severity: important I am connecting to the server with Apache + PHP, using "persistent connections". Using this feature, PHP does not disconnect from the server after every request served, but keeps the connections for future requests. When not used,