Bug#995323: libc6: 2.33-0experimental2 breaks maxima

[Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>]

control: reassign -1 gcl
control: affects -1 libc6
control: retitle -1 gcl: fails to start with glibc 2.33
control: forwarded -1 https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?60161
control: patch -1 + upstream
control: patch -1 + patch

Hi,

On 2021-09-29 10:51, Andreas Kloeckner wrote:
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.33-0experimental2
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> Upgrading libc6 to 2.33-0experimental2  causes maxima to fail at startup
> with the message:
> 
> The assertion realpath(s,o) on line 475 of main.c in function mbin failed: Invalid argument[1]    468085 abort (core dumped)  maxima
> 
> To reproduce, simply 'apt install maxima' (version 5.44.0-3) and run
> 'maxima'.
> 

Thanks for testing glibc 2.33. This is actually a bug in gcl, triggered
by a change in glibc 2.33. It has already been reported upstream with a
patch:

https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?60161

Regards,
Aurelien

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