Public bug reported: There is an issue where old package versions are getting released for newer Ubuntu releases without properly updating the shared-library references. This causes regressions where a package that worked in previous versions starts to fail with an error like:
photoprint: error while loading shared libraries: libgutenprint.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory The underlying issue seems to cause reappearing bugs like bug #260849, where the photoprint package refers to libgutenprint.so.2 (the file in current Ubuntu releases is libgutenprint.so.3). This was discussed in Ask Ubuntu chat: http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/conversation/bug-1120870 What we guess is happening is that when a new Ubuntu release appears, binary packages with no source changes are copied unmodified into the newer Ubuntu repository. It apparently does not check that the package still works, or specifically that needed shared libraries still exist. What should happen is that the package gets rebuilt when needed (simply rebuilding the package gets it to work again: http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8047931#8047931). ** Affects: launchpad Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: metabug packaging regression-release ** Description changed: There is an issue where old package versions are getting released for newer Ubuntu releases without properly updating the shared-library references. This causes regressions where a package that worked in previous versions starts to fail with an error like: photoprint: error while loading shared libraries: libgutenprint.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory The underlying issue seems to cause reappearing bugs like bug #260849, where the photoprint package refers to libgutenprint.so.2 (the file in current Ubuntu releases is libgutenprint.so.3). - This was discussed in Ask Ubuntu chat, starting at: - http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8047662#8047662 + This was discussed in Ask Ubuntu chat: + http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/conversation/bug-1120870 - What we think is happening is that when a new Ubuntu release appears, + What we guess is happening is that when a new Ubuntu release appears, binary packages with no source changes are copied unmodified into the newer Ubuntu repository. It apparently does not check that the package still works, or specifically that needed shared libraries still exist. What should happen is that the package gets rebuilt when needed (simply rebuilding the package gets it to work again: http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8047931#8047931). ** Also affects: launchpad Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1120870 Title: Bit rot breaking shared library references in packages not rebuilt in new Ubuntu releases To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/1120870/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
