Bug#165358: libc6 breaks static linked glftpd

[Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>]

On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 06:05:16PM +0200, Justus Schwartz wrote:
> hi!
> 
> my xmms stopped working (sigseg) after the libc6 update, but i think thats the
> known glib problem.
> 
> glpftd (as binary installed from www.glftpd.org) doesn't work anymore too. it's a
> static linked binary, so i am really surprised. (its definitely the libc6
> because it immediatly starts working again, if i downgrade to 2.2.5)
> 
> i don't know how to provide more usefull information as it is statically linked
> and started from xinetd (which i restarted and i even rebooted my machine)

Static binaries tend to break when you update glibc.  That's a sad fact
of life... they don't provide compatibility for NSS modules.

Not sure we can do anything about this.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer