Bug#364635: Debian bug #364635: possible workaround

[Darren Tucker <dtucker@zip.com.au>]

Hi.

I came across the Debian bug that you reported and have a suggestion: 
does creating a "lib" directory under the sshd chroot (ie "mkdir 
/var/empty/lib") resolve the problem?  If it does then it's a bug in 
glibc which causes segfaults during name lookups in chroots, see 
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=111045930530623 for 
the gory details.

You can also try this seeing if this minimal test case crashes when run 
as root:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <netdb.h>

int
main(void)
{
         chroot("/tmp");
         chdir("/");
         gethostbyname("foo");
}

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