Bug#174040: libc6: 2.3.1-6 breaks errno

[Phil Edwards <pme@devphil.com>]

Package: libc6
Version: 2.3.1-5
Severity: grave
Tags: sid
Justification: causes non-serious data loss

http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/debian-devel-200212/msg01347.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/debian-devel-200212/msg01387.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/debian-devel-200212/msg01390.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/debian-devel-200212/msg01394.html

The last one is a message of mine.  Programs examining errno are seeing
the wrong values.  Recompiling those programs in an attempt to avoid old
hardcoded numbers fail to link with a missing errno symbol.

Downgrading from -6 to -5 restores normal behavior.

(Apologies if I've dorked something filing this; I usually do something
stupid when working with the BTS.)


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux fenric 2.4.19 #1 SMP Fri Aug 30 12:06:15 EDT 2002 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages libc6 depends on:
ii  libdb1-compat                 2.1.3-7    The Berkeley database routines [gl

-- no debconf information