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Bug#364635: Debian bug #364635: possible workaround



Hi Darren,

thank you for your message.

On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 05:48:24PM +1000, Darren Tucker wrote:
> I came across the Debian bug that you reported and have a suggestion:
> [...]
Did you see the patch I appended to the bug report log at
http://bugs.debian.org/364635 ?  It seems that the problem is caused
by some weird compatility hacks (something with thread libraries) in
the package.  Removing these fixes the problem for me.

> 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");
> }
This seems not to crash on my machine.

All the best,
Jochen
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