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Re: Libc6 2.1.3-18 broken ?



On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 04:12:16PM -0700, Philippe Troin wrote:
> 
> Uh ? Setresuid has been here for ages...

Check the /usr/include/bits/syscall.h, it's not there.

> Plus, glibc contains the prototype for setresuid, it's just a missing
> symbol in the library...

The prototype is always there, the syscall is not always there. Check
/usr/include/linux/ and /usr/include/asm-sparc/, it's not defined
there, so glibc doesn't define it.

> > > I'm currently rebuilding libc6 to see if it's yet an other compilation
> > > "chroot" issue.
> > 
> > '"chroot" issue'? The buildd does not suffer from a chroot issue, that
> > was a security team issue. 2.1.3-18 was compiled by me on a machine
> > running stable.
> 
> I was not sure about that... There are so many broken packages in
> debian-sparc (gnupg uninstallable, wdm uninstallable) that I thought
> it might have been another compilation-on-unstable uploaded to stable
> or the like...
> 
> How do I deal with a package that requires setresuid ?

Which package?

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