Package: libc6 Version: 2.3.2.ds1-16 Severity: normal Hello,
I'm running a Debian 3.0 r1 system and wanted to upgrade libc6 from 2.2.5-11.2 to the version in "testing" (2.3.2.ds1-16). This seemed to work fine, but then a statically-linked program which is part of my backup pipeline dumped core. (Source code, binary, and core file are available on request.) Gdb shows the following stack trace: #0 0x00000000 in ?? () #1 0x40167345 in ?? () #2 0x40130788 in ?? () #3 0x4010f298 in ?? () #4 0x4000d38c in ?? () #5 0x4000ef09 in ?? () #6 0x08058239 in getpwuid_r () #7 0x08057f5f in getpwuid () #8 0x08048699 in schreibe_tar_Praefix (aus=3, Blockgroesse=10240, Daten=0xbffffa40) at blocke.c:265 #9 0x08049a2c in main (argc=4, argv=0xbffffac4) at blocke.c:793 I recovered /lib from a previous backup into a separate directory and called the program with LD_LIBRARY_PATH set to this new directory: it worked as expected. Linking dynamically also produced a working program. I have since downgraded to the older libc6 version and the problem is gone. (Incidentally, downgrading did not happen without problems: a broken pipe in a command called by apt-get prevented execution. Deleting the entries for /lib/libdb* from libdb1-compat.list led to success.) Before downgrading, I saved the /lib hierarchy. After the downgrade I ran my program with LD_LIBRARY_PATH set to this directory: the core happens. Although I no longer personally have a problem, I thought I'ld better report this in case other people run into it, too. Also, I'ld *really* like to understand how installing a new libc6 package can affect a program without dynamic dependencies :-). Yours sincerely, Martin Lottermoser -- Martin Lottermoser [EMAIL PROTECTED] Greifswaldstrasse 28 38124 Braunschweig Telephone: +49 (531) 6802747 Germany -- System Information Debian Release: 3.0 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux wanza 2.4.23 #30 Mon Jul 5 18:58:11 CEST 2004 i686 Locale: LANG=de_DE, LC_CTYPE=de_DE -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
