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Re: Bug#136707: Proposal: Debian should use symbol versions for libdb2, libdb3, libbdb4



On Tue, 05 Mar 2002, Sam Hartman wrote:
> >>>>> "Henrique" == Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> writes:
>     Henrique> On Mon, 04 Mar 2002, Steve Langasek wrote:
>     >> On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 11:21:35PM -0500, Sam Hartman wrote: >
>     >> that at least libsasl, libnss-db, and libpam be rebuilt.  I'm
> 
>     Henrique> libsasl actually needs the versioned symbols itself, if
>     Henrique> db2/db3 needs them.
> 
> You expect the same application to link against libsasl7 and
> libsasl2?M Do you expect this for woody?  Do you believe this is RC for woody?

Woody is safe but sarge is not. SASL2 is out of the bag now, and ldap uses
old sasl.  It is easy to see an app that uses sasl and ldap getting into
trouble...

> *ponders nss-ldap* Are nss modules opened RTLD_LOCAL?  If so, can an
> application (global) symbol override a symbol in an RTD_LOCAL nss
> module?  Guess I should go run that test too.

Please do. nss-ldap could cause extreme headaches if the problem hits
there...

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh



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