Hi, I don't pretend to understand the ramifications of patching the "missing __ctype_b" problem. But when you are considering the pros and cons, please remember that in addition to whatever Debian packages break, all the self-compiled static libs that people will have on their systems will also be broken.
I've just had to rebuild all of my /usr/local/lib to continue working. I'm stuck again because libf2c.a is broken... Another possibly-relevant point: the first hit on a google search for "__ctype_b" is an entry in the Linux Standard Base Specification 1.2. If this symbol really is necessary for LSB compliance, it would be nice to retain it. Regards, -Steve
