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Package: libc6
Version: 2.5-2
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks unrelated software
1. Upgrade -- balks at symlinks in /usr/lib, asks user to remove them. BAD
BAD BAD!
2. Once these removed, installs. Bash is now unusable--problem is in calls
from bashrc, bash.bashrc, et al. bash -norc, sh (not login) work.
3. The libc.so.6 synlink it kicked at is replaced. Reinstall will again
balk.
4. The other symlinks are needed by ld when building dependent programs!
5. Once replaced, builds procede but all built programs segfault.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (650, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.20-davidb (SMP w/1 CPU core; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
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David Baron a écrit :
> On Tuesday 24 April 2007, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
>> David Baron a écrit :
>>> Package: libc6
>>> Version: 2.5-2
>>> Severity: critical
>>> Justification: breaks unrelated software
>>>
>>> 1. Upgrade -- balks at symlinks in /usr/lib, asks user to remove them.
>>> BAD BAD BAD!
>> What do you mean exactly? Could you please give us the output messages?
>>
> I have downgraded because more things became broken and a lot of dependencies
> are shot. The message was to the effect:
> Duplicate library found .... unsafe to upgrade .... remove, then try again.
> The libraries sited were symlinks on /usr/ib
> frist libc.so.0.6, then libdl.so.2, ehtn librt.so.1 (if I remember correctly)
You should never have such libraries in /usr/lib. No Debian package
install the glibc libraries in /usr/lib, their place is in /lib,
otherwise expect the problem you encountered.
This is therefore not a bug of the glibc package, but a problem of your
system. Closing the bug.
>>> 2. Once these removed, installs. Bash is now unusable--problem is in
>>> calls from bashrc, bash.bashrc, et al. bash -norc, sh (not login) work.
>> Well I don't really understand what did you removed. Anyway bash should
>> work correctly, even with /usr/lib removed.
> I removed the symlinks requested for removal above.
> Bash using its rc files no longer worked.
> Without the rcfiles,as I stated, worked as non-login mode.
> bash -norc or sh.
>>> 3. The libc.so.6 synlink it kicked at is replaced. Reinstall will again
>>> balk.
>> Which file exactly? Could you give us the full path.
> Those cited above.
>
>>> 4. The other symlinks are needed by ld when building dependent programs!
>>> 5. Once replaced, builds procede but all built programs segfault.
>
> Note that I did not simply remove anyting but moved it. First I took off
> from /lib which of course was catastrohpic. I restored those ans was able to
> reboot. That is why I say that the script should not ask users to remove
> anything like that. What must be removed/replaced should be done by the
> script and this should be thoroughly tested before posting, obviously. This
> is unstable, ok, but not experimental.
Wrong. No package put glibc libraries in /usr/lib. If a user does that,
it is his/her responsability to take care of those files.
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