Re: critical bugs of libc6 - a problem for sid?

[Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es>]

On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 14:47:34 -0800, John Magolske wrote:
> When trying to `aptitude install xserver-xorg-video-vesa` I see:
> 
>     The following packages will be upgraded:
>       ... libc6 ...
>       ...
>     critical bugs of libc6 (2.9-6 -> 2.10.2-6) <unfixed>
>       #555205 - libc6: segfault when upgrading from 2.9-25 -> 2.10.1-5
>       on squeeze renders system unusable
> 
> So I canceled the install. If libc6 gets upgraded to this version,
> will that critical bug bork my system? I'm currently running sid.

I am running Sid, too, (i386) and I do not have any problems with libc6.

$ apt-cache policy libc6
libc6:
  Installed: 2.10.2-6
  Candidate: 2.10.2-6

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