severity 338500 wishlist thanks On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 09:34:31AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Package: libpcre3 > Version: 6.4-1 > Severity: critical > Justification: breaks the whole system
> libpcre3 install its libraries in /usr/lib: > /usr/lib/libpcre.so.3.12.0 > /usr/lib/libpcrecpp.so.0.0.0 > /usr/lib/libpcreposix.so.3.12.0 > However, crucial system binaries needed at boot time depend on it, programs > such as grep which must be working before /usr is mounted: Only grep. This is a recent change in the grep package, which has already been reverted in a -4 upload that will be available from the mirrors after dinstall today. > $ ldd /bin/grep > libpcre.so.3 => /usr/lib/libpcre.so.3 (0x0ffb4000) > libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (0x0fe53000) > /lib/ld.so.1 (0x30000000) > The result is a complete inability of the system to successfully boot > multi-user. > These binaries did not used to be linked against libpcre3, and I don't > know why they are now. An ill-considered change by the grep maintainer. Since it's been reverted, there's no reason to move libpcre to /lib; indeed, I don't think this is something that should be done without wider discussion. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/
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