Bug#42898: marked as forwarded (libc6: db_dump185 links to libdb not libdb1)
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has caused the Debian bug report #42898,
regarding libc6: db_dump185 links to libdb not libdb1
to be marked as having been forwarded to the upstream software
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From: Paul Martin <pm@nowster.zetnet.co.uk>
Subject: libc6: db_dump185 links to libdb not libdb1
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Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 17:34:42 +0100
Package: libc6
Version: 2.1.2-0pre7
Severity: grave
db_dump185 cannot handle db1.85 databases as it links thus:
# ldd /usr/bin/db_dump185
libdb.so.3 => /lib/libdb.so.3 (0x40006000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40041000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x2aaaa000)
This looks like -ldb was used in the makefile rather than -ldb1
This is a grave bug as it prevents users migrating their databases as
recommended by the output of the postinst script of perl-5.005, and could
cause data loss -- Perl doesn't notify as an error that it's clobbering a
database of the wrong type by default.
-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux nowster 2.3.12 #1 Mon Aug 2 12:09:07 BST 1999 i686 unknown
Versions of the packages libc6 depends on:
ii ldso 1.9.11-2 The Linux dynamic linker, library and utilit
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