Re: libc5 applications (Netscape, StarOffice, WordPerfect) segfault

[Tor Slettnes <tor@netcom.com>]

>>>>> "Christian" == Christian Zander <czander@okay.net> writes:

    >> It seems that if I have /usr/X11R6/lib in my $LD_LIBRARY_PATH,
    >> libc5 applications such as Netscape, StarOffice 4.0 and
    >> WordPerfect causes segmentation fault right away.
    >> 
    >> I then tried the glibc2 (libc6) version of Netscape 4.05, and
    >> this did not happen.
    >> 
    >> Also, if I 'unsetenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH' (or remove /usr/X11R6/lib
    >> from it) before starting these applications, they work fine.
    >> 
    >> I put on an strace, and it seems that the segfault happens
    >> after a call to "getpid()".  This call does not happen if I do
    >> not include /usr/X11R6/lib in LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

    Christian> you upgraded your system to libc6, right? I used to
    Christian> have the same problem. You can solve it by installing
    Christian> the libc5 packages from the oldlibs section.

Sure, my libc5 is from 'oldlibs', version 5.4.38-1 to be exact.
That is not the problem.

Again, the problem goes away without /usr/X11R6/lib in
LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

-tor


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