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Re: glibc 2.3.1-12 ...



On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 12:59:17AM +0900, GOTO Masanori wrote:
> At Tue, 18 Feb 2003 15:43:37 +0100,
> Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 10:47:50PM +0900, GOTO Masanori wrote:
> > > At Tue, 18 Feb 2003 12:03:01 +0100,
> > > Sven Luther wrote:
> > > > Could you perhaps add a :
> > > > 
> > > > Conflict: ocaml (<<3.06-7)
> > > > 
> > > > This is not a problem with unstable, since i rebuilt the ocaml packages,
> > > > but the version in testing was built with the older glibc, and will
> > > > break with the newer glibc, if the new glibc enters testing before the
> > > > ocaml packages do.
> > > >
> > > > It is not all that important though, so i don't know if it is worth it,
> > > > especially since that means that ocaml stuff will hold up glibc if it is
> > > > not yet ready to enter testing, but i guess other packages will present
> > > > the same problem.
> > > 
> > > Hmm, on my testing, ocaml 3.04-12 with libc6 2.3.1-12 runs well.
> > > What is the problem?
> > 
> > Well the symptoms are actually :
> > 
> > $ ocamlopt str.cmxa stuff.ml
> > /usr/lib/ocaml/libasmrun.a(str.o)(.text+0x1de): In function `is_printable':
> > : undefined reference to `__ctype_b'
> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > Error during linking
> 
> __ctype_b issue was already fixed and patched with
> glibc-2.3.1/debian/patches/glibc23-ctype-compat.dpatch.

Hah, i have missed that, if this is so, then there is absolutely no
problem, forget my mail, and please excuse me for beind uninformed.

> 	air:/tmp# dpkg -s ocaml | grep Version
> 	Version: 3.04-12
> 	air:/tmp# dpkg -s libc6 | grep Version
> 	Version: 2.3.1-12
> 	air:/tmp# cat tmp/stuff.ml
> 	air:/tmp# ocamlopt str.cmxa stuff.ml

Yes, this is where the bug appeared, sorry about the confusion.

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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