Bug#623280: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: undefined symbol: _ZNSt8messagesIcE2idE, version GLIBCXX_3.4

[Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>]

On 04/19/2011 01:49 AM, Joey Hess wrote:
> Package: libstdc++6
> Version: 4.6.0-2
> Severity: normal
>
> update-menus: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: undefined symbol: _ZNSt8messagesIcE2idE, version GLIBCXX_3.4
> dpkg: error processing menu (--unpack):
>   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>   /var/cache/apt/archives/qt4-qtconfig_4%3a4.7.2-3_i386.deb
>   menu
>
> apt-get: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: undefined symbol: _ZNSt8messagesIcE2idE, version GLIBCXX_3.4
>
> This system tracks unstable but had been off, and trying to install
> something pulled in a new libstdc++6 w/o first upgrading libc6,
> which was at version 2.10.2-9.
>
> This bug seems similar to #584572, except with newer versions. I fixed
> the problem here my manually upgrading libc6 with dpkg.
>
> So, there must be a badly versioned dependency.

$ fgrep _ZNSt8messagesIcE2idE debian/*sym*
debian/libstdc++6.symbols.common: _ZNSt8messagesIcE2idE@GLIBCXX_3.4 4.1.1

the version doesn't seem to be the issue here.