--- wikisrc/hackathon.mdwn 2012/02/02 21:29:36 1.12
+++ wikisrc/hackathon.mdwn 2012/02/11 13:05:20 1.27
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# Hackathon 16
-The 16th NetBSD hackathon will be run from February 10th to February 12th.
-Our goal is fixing all the bugs that needs fixing to get
+The 16th NetBSD hackathon *is running until February 12th*.
+Our goal is fixing all the bugs that need fixing to get
[[NetBSD-current|http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/current/]] ready for the
creation of the NetBSD 6.0 release branch.
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ be done.
We want NetBSD 6.0 to be the best NetBSD release ever. There are already
a lot of great features in it:
-* Improved kernel performance and scalibity
+* Improved kernel performance and scalability
* New kernel module framework with automatic module loading
-* Logic Volume Manager
+* Logical Volume Manager
* NetBSD Packet Filter
* Xen SMP support
* Flash file-system CHFS
@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@ a lot of great features in it:
* New and enhanced drivers
* ... and many other features
-To make sure that NetBSD users get the best possible experience of
-the new release we would like to fix as many as possible of the
-following bugs:
+To make sure that NetBSD users get the best possible experience of the
+new release we would like to fix as many as possible of the following
+bugs. If you are able to help us to fix these bugs by supplying
+patches or testing fixes please consider to participate. We are also
+in need of people to supply documentation fixes, preferably in the
+form of patches. Release notes and/or manual pages!
Critical bugs:
@@ -57,14 +60,13 @@ Important bugs:
* [[PR 41013|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/41013]]: netbsd5-rc2 crash (kernel diagnostic assertion "vp->v_usecount == 1" failed)
* [[PR 39371|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/39371]]: wapbl should allow mounting "/" even if journal is hosed
* [[PR 39609|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/39609]]: wapbl "replaying log to disk" message is potentially misleading
-* [[PR 32318|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/32318]]: NFS client or server hang
+* fixed [[PR 32318|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/32318]]: NFS client or server hang
* [[PR 39385|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/39385]]: unmounting ptyfs with busy ptys causes deadlock in vrele
* [[PR 40388|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/40388]]: IPv6 incompatibility with pre-5.99.6 binary
* [[PR 38078|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/38078]]: IPFilter lacks documentation almost completely
* [[PR 38457|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/38457]]: ipf doesn't handle IPv6 fragments
* [[PR 39066|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/39066]]: Tty settings mangled.
* [[PR 4029|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/4029]]: Register usage doesn't comply with SPARC ABI
-* [[PR 44705|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/44705]]: libc violates sparc ABI by using %g7
* [[PR 38540|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/38540]]: recent i386 GENERIC kernel cannot boot with VIA chipset
* [[PR 38643|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/38643]]: (dM) st tape drive loses data
* [[PR 39305|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/39305]]: loops through gre(4) cause a hang or crash
@@ -75,18 +77,143 @@ Important bugs:
* [[PR 41936|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/41936]]: gdb does not work for threaded programs on sparc64
* [[PR 41208|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/41208]]: objcopy -S -O binary aborts w/ BFD internal error
* [[PR 41127|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/41127]]: Update/improve newfs docs regarding raw devices
-* [[PR 45762|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45762]]: ntpd default config violates pool.ntp.org policy
* [[PR 40346|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/40346]]: libexpat should be in base.tgz
* [[PR 9582|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/9582]]: sysinst doesn't allow source or pkgsrc installation
* [[PR 38571|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/38571]]: sysinst runs "postinstall fix"
* [[PR 12769|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/12769]]: clarify the upgrade notes for when the sets are on /usr
* [[PR 43314|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/43314]]: pc relative relocations are "off by 1*size" on vax
* [[PR 44159|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/44159]]: startx (xinit) fails
-* [[PR 45153|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45153]]: there should be a build.sh target for building live images
-* [[PR 45155|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45155]]: there are no usb-stick installer images
+* fixed [[PR 45155|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45155]]: there are no usb-stick installer images
* [[PR 45439|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45439]]: gcc generates out-of-range branch insn for m68k
* [[PR 45573|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45573]]: internal compiler error when building f2c on sparc64
* [[PR 45620|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45620]]: MAKEDEV failures remains unoticed in miniroot build
* [[PR 45628|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45628]]: acpicpu(4) changes between 5.99.55 and 5.99.56 break amd64
* [[PR 45816|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45816]]: Screen corruption in German sysinst install
* [[PR 45854|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45854]]: vnode clean list corruption?
+* [[PR 45974|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45974]]: kernfs mount point directory listing is empty
+
+Should be fixed:
+
+* [[PR 37726|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/37726]]: request documentation of 2147 second limit on adjtime(2)
+* [[PR 19774|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/19774]]: ddb can be entered twice and then you can't get out
+* [[PR 36526|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/36526]]: ddb(4) doesn't document ddb.commandonenter fully, nor correctly
+* [[PR 36227|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/36227]]: TRYEMULROOT-related doc issues about absolute symlinks
+* [[PR 38141|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/38141]]: lookup/vfs_busy acquire rwlock recursively (now, transient unmount failures)
+* [[PR 38889|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/38889]]: Crash on open/mmap/close of block device
+* [[PR 45694|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45694]]: update by ./build.sh doesn't complete because of unwriteable /dev
+* [[PR 38265|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/38265]]: sometimes /kern directory can not be read
+* [[PR 33642|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/33642]]: Sometimes, creating new users and then chowning directories for them, leads to a panic.
+* [[PR 32844|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/32844]]: unix domain sockets documentation is incomplete (and see 38993)
+* [[PR 22522|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/22522]]: connect(2) may fail with EINVAL
+* [[PR 38668|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/38668]]: fast_ipsec, ipv6 ans socket locking doesn't play well together
+* [[PR 6536|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/6536]]: wsconsctl metaesc setting is undocumented
+* [[PR 9725|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/9725]]: GNU autoconf mmap() test causes panic in hp300-based m68k pmap code
+* [[PR 34100|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/34100]]: keyboard not working on my Compaq Presario V2658US notebook
+* [[PR 39275|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/39275]]: HEAD amd64 kernel hang at uhub5 at usb5 vendor 0x1002 EHCI ...
+* [[PR 32830|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/32830]]: sd(4) contains incorrect & incomplete information
+* [[PR 42596|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/42596]]: getopt_long(3) manual does not mention + and - leading character in optstring parameter
+* [[PR 41891|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/41891]]: our pthread doesn't like wine 1.1.27
+* [[PR 20272|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/20272]]: No daily checks for disk quotas
+* [[PR 8282|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/8282]]: PSD for make not in sync with program and manpage
+* [[PR 41652|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/41652]]: newfs neither respects nor updates the block and frag sizes in disklabel
+* [[PR 26835|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/26835]]: cgd.conf handled incorrectly in case cgd on cgd
+* [[PR 28624|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/28624]]: cgdconfig with no keygen entry fails silently
+* [[PR 36243|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/36243]]: cgdconfig manual page correction: document -n flag; add -V to -g case; omit -n in -g case
+* [[PR 14578|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/14578]]: sh(1) doesn't explain emacs editing mode
+* [[PR 35227|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/35227]]: /bin/sh does not clean up zombies under certain circumstances
+* [[PR 36532|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/36532]]: fix for a core dump in /bin/sh dotrap()
+* [[PR 40554|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/40554]]: >& -operator incorrectly documented in sh(1) man page
+* [[PR 32591|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/32591]]: cap_mkdb(1) does not update properly db files?
+* [[PR 34890|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/34890]]: ldd(1) receives SIGSEGV when called for certain files
+* [[PR 29719|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/29719]]: confusing passwd(1) warning w/ short password and PAM
+* [[PR 11223|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/11223]]: POSIX.2: ps -G not supported (committable patch)
+* [[PR 37288|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/37288]]: su fails if home on nfs without root privileges
+* [[PR 18936|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/18936]]: syslogd should call initgroups()
+* [[PR 19722|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/19722]]: fix for 3 uncompress(1) bugs that delete/truncate the wrong file
+* [[PR 39428|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/39428]]: wpa_supplicant.conf(5) describes `ap_scan' option vaguely
+* [[PR 32519|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/32519]]: ypbind spams syslog if it loses connectivity
+* [[PR 41266|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/41266]]: build.sh invoked mkisofs has wrong path for iso image
+* [[PR 43272|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/43272]]: no nbsed after first release build
+* [[PR 9904|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/9904]]: sysinst sometimes doesn't store network config
+* [[PR 37415|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/37415]]: sysinst should be available after installation
+* [[PR 10277|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/10277]]: i386 floppies have slip but not ppp support
+* [[PR 39697|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/39697]]: no raidframe support in sysinst
+* [[PR 43357|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/43357]]: initial security run output is too large
+* [[PR 43361|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/43361]]: no IPv6 network installation on some boot media
+* [[PR 13533|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/13533]]: there should be a PDF version of the INSTALL notes
+* [[PR 42495|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/42495]]: Corrupt db files created by cross-built pwd_mkdb and cap_mkdb
+* [[PR 43322|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/43322]]: netbsd-5 tools compat build does not respect TOOLDIR
+* [[PR 44578|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/44578]]: cross-building netbsd5 on current-amd64 is missing /var/db/libc.tags
+* [[PR 45473|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45473]]: Please fix "build tools" on OpenIndiana 151a
+* [[PR 45560|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45560]]: Unable to cross build HEAD kernel on MacOS X 10.7
+* [[PR 45673|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45673]]: gcc 4.6 on i386 current generates bad code for assembler code in lock.h
+* [[PR 45697|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45697]]: build.sh fails to build tools with gcc (the one coming with FreeBSD)
+* [[PR 45846|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45846]]: pf(4) re-directs broken
+
+It would also be nice to fix the following bugs:
+
+* (no PR): dump, restore, tar, cpio, scp, sftp, rcp do not copy extended attributes
+* [[PR 2512|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/2512]]: fuword() definition problem
+* [[PR 28448|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/28448]]: stackable filesystems locking breakage when looking up DOTDOT
+* [[PR 32367|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/32367]]: umount -f deadlock
+* [[PR 37706|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/37706]]: Forced unmount of file systems is unsafe
+* [[PR 40681|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/40681]]: possible data loss path in the buffer cache code
+* [[PR 12189|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/12189]]: vnd-caused deadlock in buffer cache
+* [[PR 12404|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/12404]]: panic: ffs_alloccg: map corrupted
+* [[PR 19110|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/19110]]: nullfs mounts over NFS cause lock manager problems
+* [[PR 22725|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/22725]]: kernel panic while attempting mkfifo on (localhost, userlevel) NFS volume
+* [[PR 41874|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/41874]]: in-kernel NFS server hates network interface aliases
+* [[PR 13861|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/13861]]: nullfs can't be remounted ro/rw
+* [[PR 25810|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/25810]]: ipf4 ftp proxy has problems with long 221- lines
+* [[PR 34452|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/34452]]: Freecom USB HDD which worked with 2.x doesn't work with 3.1_RC1, 4.0_BETA or 4.99.1
+* [[PR 32344|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/32344]]: atu(4) makes kernel crash
+* [[PR 32938|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/32938]]: PCMCIA cards with fixed IO addresses are not working.
+* [[PR 19085|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/19085]]: Belkin switchboxes bust PS/2 mouse probe (see 24063?)
+* [[PR 24363|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/24363]]: PS/2 mouse code could be a bit smarter (see 19085?)
+* [[PR 34822|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/34822]]: libossaudio ignores mixer class
+* [[PR 8156|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/8156]]: step/next in gdb do not work on arm32
+* [[PR 44829|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/44829]]: gdb -q prints bogus messages
+* [[PR 20993|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/20993]]: .USE rules don't mix with .SUFFIXES
+* [[PR 45027|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45027]]: make: yacc/mkdep build race
+* [[PR 35547|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/35547]]: add timeout to cgdconfig
+* [[PR 30771|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/30771]]: patch to add -m option to calendar(1)
+* [[PR 20663|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/20663]]: temporary system errors can cause cron jobs to hang forever
+* [[PR 30295|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/30295]]: getty accepts too few letters after username prompt
+* [[PR 4617|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/4617]]: inetd -l option is too broad a brush
+* [[PR 20264|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/20264]]: lint(1) has problems with named member initialization
+* [[PR 22119|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/22119]]: lint segv on malformed function pointer cast
+* [[PR 22500|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/22500]]: lint breakage for named initializers
+* [[PR 38542|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/38542]]: lint does not grok complex designated initializers
+* [[PR 42654|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/42654]]: Coverity Scan Issues on ls.c
+* [[PR 35460|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/35460]]: man(1) and catman(1) don't honour '\" first line comment
+* [[PR 11219|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/11219]]: less(1) is not compatible with POSIX.2 "more"
+* [[PR 30420|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/30420]]: chrooted named does not work out of the box.
+* [[PR 44889|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/44889]]: netstat -d option is broken
+* [[PR 19468|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/19468]]: pr(1) does not support -f or -p options
+* [[PR 12266|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/12266]]: ps on a dump prints command line from live system
+* [[PR 18257|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/18257]]: POSIX.2-1992: ps(1)'s TIME column has the wrong format
+* [[PR 40813|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/40813]]: bad ps/ptyfs interaction
+* [[PR 23847|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/23847]]: route add 10.10.10/21 dest results in 10/21 to dest
+* [[PR 37876|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/37876]]: rpcbind(8) and related services should be able to bind(2) to a specific interface
+* [[PR 6832|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/6832]]: savecore could be better
+* [[PR 30324|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/30324]]: BSD sed wraps the regexp when it's too long.
+* [[PR 34560|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/34560]]: Basic regexes go wrong when combining bound and backref
+* [[PR 11904|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/11904]]: tail segfaults and core dumps on I/O error
+* [[PR 38066|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/38066]]: tar doesn't dearchive correctly long symlinks
+* [[PR 41049|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/41049]]: usermod -g =uid testuser does not create group as indicated by man page
+* [[PR 41526|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/41526]]: re-support /usr/bin/vi's -F option
+* [[PR 43839|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/43839]]: vi can't resize in -current
+* [[PR 45006|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45006]]: nvi gives nonsense error when TERM environment variable unset
+* [[PR 5034|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/5034]]: the num lock light doesn't change when switching to X (also, 9127)
+* [[PR 9127|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/9127]]: CapsLock not properly handled between virtual consoles with X (also, 5034)
+* [[PR 42569|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/42569]]: Please import xf86-input-usbtablet driver from OpenBSD xenocara
+* [[PR 43320|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/43320]]: build.sh fails on Cygwin 1.7.2
+* [[PR 9900|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/9900]]: sysinst only uses 1 drive
+* [[PR 12020|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/12020]]: Sysinst refuses upgrade unnecessarily (overzealous fscking)
+* [[PR 17593|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/17593]]: suggestions to improve sysinst wrt disk handling
+* [[PR 17801|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/17801]]: sysinst doesn't correctly handle changing mount points or conflicting mount points
+* [[PR 35066|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/35066]]: sysinst should save media options in an ifconfig.if(5) file
+* [[PR 35538|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/35538]]: sysinst duplicates hostname on upgrade
+* [[PR 39352|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/39352]]: sysinst enhancement suggestion: file browser
+* [[PR 13532|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/13532]]: the HTML generated for INSTALL.html is atrocious
+