As far as i can tell this was a known problem in glibc that got fixed by the following changeset:
http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=1a77d37f9228d51d727f1caff2689137785232b9;hp=ee3142006a497a5216aef39ea8277a1c313b9747 The fix was committed on January 31st, 2007 and the first glibc release it appears to be included in was glibc-2.5.1 So this is still broken in Etch which comes with glibc-2.3.6 but Lenny (glibc-2.7.x) and later should no longer be affected ... -- Hartmut Holzgraefe, MySQL Regional Support Manager, EMEA Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, 85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten Amtsgericht Muenchen: HRB161028 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Thomas Schroeder, Wolfgang Engels, Dr. Roland Boemer Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Haering -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-glibc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org