Re: libc6_2.0.7r-3 considered harmful

[Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>]

On Fri, 3 Jul 1998, Ruud de Rooij wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> If people have libnfslock installed, or have created an /etc/ld.so.preload
> file themselves, upgrading to libc6_2.0.7r-3 (which is currently in hamm)
> will leave their system in an unbootable and unusable state because every 
> executable on the system (except things like sash) will segfault.
> 
> I think we should downgrade libc6 on the master archive to -2 to avoid those
> situations.

I suggest we replace it with -4 which is being built as we speak.

Returning to the older versions breaks other parts of the system in a
fashion, while not as disasterous as your experiece, are, none the less,
important as well.

The "fixed" version will be tested against both full and empty string
argurments before uploading.

> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Ruud.
> 
> (see also bug #24216)

See also bug 23893 and 24201 as well ;-)

Dwarf
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