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Bug#223547: Libc6 2.3.2.ds1-10 breaks system functionality on mipsel



Hi debian-mips,

Any idea what's going on?  I know some people are using this without
trouble (since the build daemons didn't die a flaming death).

On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 12:19:35PM +0100, Massimo Cetra wrote:
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.3.2.ds1-10
> Section: base
> Priority: required
> Architecture: mipsel
> Depends: libdb1-compat
> Suggests: locales, glibc-doc
> Conflicts: strace (<< 4.0-0), libnss-db (<= 2.2-6.1.1), timezone,
> timezones, gconv-mo
> Replaces: ldso (<= 1.9.11-9), timezone, timezones, gconv-modules,
> libtricks, netkit-r
> Provides: glibc-2.3.2.ds1-10
> Installed-Size: 15388
> Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
> Source: glibc
> 
> 
> #**************************
> #*** SYSTEM INFO
> #**************************
> 
> Cobalt Raq2
> 
> sh-2.05b# uname -a
> Linux 10.10.10.99 2.4.18 #9 Sat Jun 15 13:00:18 BST 2002 mips unknown
> 
> # cat /proc/cpuinfo
> system type             : MIPS Cobalt
> processor               : 0
> cpu model               : Nevada V10.0  FPU V10.0
> BogoMIPS                : 249.03
> wait instruction        : yes
> microsecond timers      : yes
> tlb_entries             : 48
> extra interrupt vector  : yes
> hardware watchpoint     : no
> VCED exceptions         : not available
> VCEI exceptions         : not available
> #
> 
> #*****************************
> #*** Problems
> #*****************************
> 
> Package libc6_2.3.2.ds1-10_mipsel.deb refused to install.
> After several trials in order to fix the problem (and restore  the apt
> funcionality) I forced an dpkg-deb -x  to /.
> 
> Nothing worked anymore.
> Tar refuses to work, commands like ls showed strange behaviour:
> 
> Look at permissions on files:
> 
> cobalt:~# ls -la /bin/ls
> -x    1 root     root        80152 Mar 18  2002 /bin/ls
> cobalt:~# ls -la /bin/ls
> ÄöÖ?X.z.-x    1 root     root        80152 Mar 18  2002 /bin/ls
> cobalt:~# ls -la /bin/ls
> ÅöÖ?.Bx-x    1 root     root        80152 Mar 18  2002 /bin/ls
> cobalt:~# ls -la /bin/ls
> ÆöÖ?g-x    1 root     root        80152 Mar 18  2002 /bin/ls
> cobalt:~#
> 
> 
> sh-2.05a# ls -la /etc/localtime
> ãJm88µx    1 root     root           31 Oct 25  2003 /etc/localtime ->
> usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Rome
> sh-2.05a# ls -la /etc/localtime
> äJm¨Íwx    1 root     root           31 Oct 25  2003 /etc/localtime ->
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Rome
> sh-2.05a# ls -la /etc/localtime
> åJmì*wx    1 root     root           31 Oct 25  2003 /etc/localtime ->
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Rome
> sh-2.05a#
> 
> 
> cobalt:~# tar
> Segmentation fault
> cobalt:~#
> 
> Booting with rescue image and overwriting with old
> libc6_2.2.5-11.5_mipsel.deb solved the problem.
> 
> All testing distribution of Debian on mipsel is corrupted and unusable.
> 
> Regards,
> 
>  Massimo Cetra
> 
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-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer



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