Bug#586388: executables built with libc6-dev 2.11.1-3 segfault in string handling functions
Package: libc6-dev
Version: 2.11.1-3
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks unrelated software
After upgrading from libc6-dev 2.10.2-9 to 2.11.1-3, executables built
with libc6-dev segfault on startup. gdb says that the segfault happens
in string functions such as strrchr or strlen. The executables build
without error.
The version currently in unstable (2.11.2-1) seems to have identical
problems.
Unlike the other users who filed the currently open critical bugs against
libc6, I don't seem to have any difficulty executing programs that
were built against earlier versions of libc6-dev--i.e. all my existing
software still works, but when I build anything new from source, the
new binaries segfault.
Changing or unsetting LANG, LC_CTYPE, et al. did not seem to affect
this bug.
Downgrading libc6-dev (and libc6, libc-bin, libc-dev-bin, locales,
and some other related packages) to 2.10.2-9 fixes the problem for me.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.4
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (189, 'testing'), (179, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.31.13-zb64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages libc6-dev depends on:
ii libc-dev-bin 2.11.1-3 Embedded GNU C Library: Developmen
ii libc6 2.11.1-3 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii linux-libc-dev 2.6.26-22lenny1 Linux support headers for userspac
Versions of packages libc6-dev recommends:
ii gcc [c-compiler] 4:4.3.2-2 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-3.4 [c-compiler] 3.4.6-9 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-4.1 [c-compiler] 4.1.2-25 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-4.2 [c-compiler] 4.2.4-6 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-4.3 [c-compiler] 4.3.2-1.1 The GNU C compiler
Versions of packages libc6-dev suggests:
ii glibc-doc 2.7-18lenny4 GNU C Library: Documentation
ii manpages-dev 3.05-1 Manual pages about using GNU/Linux
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