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Re: libc5 segfault; rindex()



On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 03:33:13PM -0700, Scott Scriven wrote:
> Hello..
> 
> I'm using Debian 2.0 i386 (hamm), and can't get libc5 programs to run.
> 
> The libc5 package is installed, and I've tried upgrading to the most
> recent frozen version.  It hasn't helped.
> 
> Every libc5 program gets a segfault at startup, and gdb tells me it
> crashes in the rindex() function, probably in the startup code before
> the program gets control.

Check what additonal compat libraries you need for your package. For
example, often you need xlib6, too. You may run "ldd" on the binary to look
which libraries are needed. In the output must not be both, libc5 and libc6.
If you see both, you need a further library from section oldlibs.

Marcus

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