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Bug#1060233: libc6: Missing libdl.so



Hi,

On 2024-01-08 10:39, Paul Szabo wrote:
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.36-9+deb12u3
> Severity: normal
> 
> At bookworm, libdl.so is missing. The file
>   /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2
> is provided, but there is no symlink
>   .../libdl.so -> .../libdl.so.2
> 
> Easily corrected with command:
>   ln -s libdl.so.2 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so
> 
> At bullseye, libdl.so.2 was in package libc6, while the symlink libdl.so
> was in libc6-dev

Starting with glibc 2.34, libdl is an empty library. Therefore only a
libdl.a is provided to support linking with -ldl.

> (which seems somewhat wrong already).

No, the .so symlink has to be in the -dev package, according to Debian
Policy 8.4.

Regards
Aurelien

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Aurelien Jarno                          GPG: 4096R/1DDD8C9B
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