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NetBSD 5 open problem report summary
Problem reports that we would like fixed before the release:
Critical | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| PR # | Category | Synopsis | Responsible |
| 36183 | kern | problem with ptrace and multithreaded processes | ad |
| 37915 | kern | vt100 + wscons + tty vmlocking changes = panic | ad |
| 38669 | kern | NFS deadlock? | kern-bug-people |
| 38965 | kern | tracing locking issue | ad |
| 39371 | kern | wapbl should allow mounting "/" even if journal is hosed | joerg |
| 39662 | lib | shortcomings in LC_{MONETARY,NUMERIC,TIME,MESSAGES} db format | lib-bug-people |
High priority | |||
| PR # | Category | Synopsis | Responsible |
| 12404 | kern | panic: ffs_alloccg: map corrupted | kern-bug-people |
| 12769 | install | clarify the upgrade notes for when the sets are on /usr | install-manager |
| 30525 | kern | remounting ffs read-only (mount -ur) does not sync metadata | kern-bug-people |
| 30756 | bin | gdb not usable for live debugging of threaded programs | bin-bug-people |
| 32318 | kern | NFS client or server hang | yamt |
| 32938 | kern | PCMCIA cards with fixed IO addresses are not working. | kern-bug-people |
| 34100 | kern | keyboard not working on my Compaq Presario V2658US notebook | kern-bug-people |
| 34735 | kern | diagnostic assertion failed genfs_vnops.c 1123 | kern-bug-people |
| 36097 | kern | http fetch stall in networking code | kern-bug-people |
| 36184 | port-amd64 | most programs emulated with LINUX_COMPAT crash on amd64 | njoly |
| 38078 | bin | IPFilter lacks documentation almost completely | bin-bug-people |
| 38456 | kern | ipf mostly ignores locking in NetBSD | darrenr |
| 38457 | kern | ipf doesn't handle IPv6 fragments | kern-bug-people |
| 38540 | kern | recent i386 GENERIC kernel cannot boot with VIA chipset | joerg |
| 38643 | kern | [dM] st tape drive loses data | kern-bug-people |
| 38670 | kern | ^Z does not seems to suspend programs that vfork'ed and wait. | kern-bug-people |
| 38668 | kern | fast_ipsec, ipv6 ans socket locking doesn't play well together | kern-bug-people |
| 38760 | kern | umount -f /usr panics the system | kern-bug-people |
| 38968 | kern | assertion "solocked2(so, so2)" failed at uipc_usrreq.c line 542 | ad |
| 39016 | kern | processes stuck in "tstile" | joerg |
| 39066 | kern | Tty settings mangled. | kern-bug-people |
| 39275 | kern | HEAD amd64 kernel hang at uhub5 at usb5 vendor 0x1002 EHCI ... | joerg |
| 39305 | kern | loops through gre(4) cause a hang or crash | dyoung |
| 39385 | kern | unmounting ptyfs with busy ptys causes deadlock in vrele | kern-bug-people |
| 39564 | kern | wapbl performance issues with disk cache flushing | joerg |
Worthwhile | |||
| PR # | Category | Synopsis | Responsible |
| 1880 | bin | mail has a too-limited implementation of string quoting | bin-bug-people |
| 5034 | port-i386 | the num lock light doesn't change when switching to X | port-i386-maintainer |
| 5865 | bin | Makefile in /var/yp depends on /usr/share/mk/*.mk | bin-bug-people |
| 5870 | bin | Skey sequence# obtained by skeyinit is burned | bin-bug-people |
| 6536 | bin | wscons has no equivalent to PCVT_META_ESC | kern-bug-people |
| 6832 | bin | savecore could be better | bin-bug-people |
| 6841 | kern | using SIOCSIFNETMASK before SIOCSIFADDR corrupts in_ifaddr tailqueue | kern-bug-people |
| 8156 | port-arm | step/next in gdb do not work | skrll |
| 9127 | xsrc | CapsLock not properly handled between virtual consoles with X | xsrc-manager |
| 9582 | install | sysinst doesn't allow source or pkgsrc installation | install-manager |
| 9654 | install | i386 upgrade instructions imply a floppy necessary | install-manager |
| 9725 | port-m68k | GNU autoconf mmap() test causes panic in hp300-based m68k pmap code | port-m68k-maintainer |
| 9900 | install | sysinst only uses 1 drive | install-manager |
| 9904 | install | sysinst sometimes doesn't store network config | install-manager |
| 10277 | install | i386 floppies have slip but not ppp support | install-manager |
| 10411 | port-alpha | Incufficient cd devices in /dev, and no MAKEDEV | port-alpha-maintainer |
| 10582 | port-alpha | namespace pollution in profiled libc (symbol "mcount") | port-alpha-maintainer |
| 11219 | standards | less(1) is not compatible with POSIX.2 "more" | standards-manager |
| 11222 | standards | POSIX.2: ps -p etc don't take lists | simonb |
| 11223 | standards | POSIX.2: ps -G | simonb | |
| 12020 | install | Sysinst refuses upgrade unnecessarily (overzealous fscking) | install-manager |
| 12189 | kern | vnd deadlock | kern-bug-people |
| 13119 | kern | umapfs serverly broken | kern-bug-people |
| 13532 | install | the HTML generated for INSTALL.html is atrocious | install-manager |
| 13533 | install | there should be a PDF version of the INSTALL notes | install-manager |
| 13861 | kern | nullfs can't be remounted ro/rw | kern-bug-people |
| 13863 | pkg | writing to an shlight-mounted filesystem hangs and kills NFS | pkg-manager |
| 14578 | bin | sh(1) doesn't explain emacs editing mode | reed |
| 17593 | install | suggestions to improve sysinst wrt disk handling | install-manager |
| 17801 | install | sysinst doesn't correctly handle changing mount points or conflicting mount points | install-manager |
| 18257 | standards | POSIX.2-1992: ps(1)'s TIME column has the wrong format | standards-manager |
| 25810 | kern | ipf4 ftp proxy has problems with long 221- lines | ipf-bug-people |
| 32344 | kern | atu(4) makes kernel crash | kern-bug-people |
| 33642 | kern | Sometimes, creating new users and then chowning directories for them, leads to a panic. | kern-bug-people |
| 34452 | kern | Freecom USB HDD which worked with 2.x doesn't work with 3.1_RC1, 4.0_BETA or 4.99.1 | kern-bug-people |
| 37414 | bin | fdisk suggests input formats it doesn't accept | bin-bug-people |
| 37415 | bin | sysinst should be available after installation | bin-bug-people |
| 38629 | kern | tty returns garbage in a chroot environment with PTYFS | joerg |
| 38762 | kern | panic: vwakeup: neg numoutput | kern-bug-people |
| 39352 | install | sysinst enhancement suggestion: file browser | install-manager |
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