Bug#172995: libc6: all Gnome1 / Gtk1.2 apps die with SIGSEG since upgrade to libc6 2.3.1
On Sun, 15 Dec 2002, GOTO Masanori wrote:
> At Sat, 14 Dec 2002 08:23:21 +0200,
> Martin-Â?Éric Racine wrote:
> > Package: libc6
> > Version: 2.3.1-5
> > Severity: critical
> > Justification: breaks unrelated software
> >
> > Since upgrading libc6 to 2.3.1 (because certain new packages in sid depend upon 2.3.1), none of the GTK
> > 1.2 applications work anymore; they all SIGSEG, according to gdb. Downgrading to the previous version
> > of libc6 (2.5.x - what's currently in testing) fixes the problem.
>
> At least, on my machine some applications uses GTK 1.2 (libgtk1.2
> 1.2.10-12) with libc6 2.3.1-5. It works fine.
>
> > Apps affected include: sylpheed, xmms, gqview, gaim, dia, gnome-pim... among those I can remember.
> >
> > See an example of what gdb tells, in my sylpheed bug report (Bug#110091).
> >
> > -- System Information
> > Debian Release: testing/unstable
> > Architecture: i386
> > Kernel: Linux share 2.4.19 #1 ke marras 27 16:25:34 EET 2002 i686
> > Locale: LANG=fi_FI@euro, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI@euro
> >
> > Versions of packages libc6 depends on:
> > ii libdb1-compat 2.1.3-7 The Berkeley database routines [gl
>
> Please send us more information, at least gtk+/sigseg apps/gdb version. I
> suspect your environment, it may be broken? Please recheck your machine
> before sending bug report.
I doubt that very much. All my i386 and my hppa boxes experienced the same
problem, as soon as libc6 2.3.1 forced itself as some package's dependency.
> I think if your bug is common problem for all users, then we libc6 team may
> be buried in many bug reports already :-)
Actually, you already are.
I just noticed several other messages reporting similar SIGSEG problems for
various other apps (not just Gnome/GTK), since upgrading to libc6 2.3.1, and it
appears that everybody fixed the problem by downgrading libc6 version to what's
in testing.
Some people responded that it might be caused by nss not being restarted, others
that it might be related to locales. I have tried both of that and not found it
to be improving anything.
--
Martin-Éric Racine
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