Package: libc6-dev Version: 2.11.1-3 Severity: critical Justification: breaks unrelated software
After upgrading from libc6-dev 2.10.2-9 to 2.11.1-3, executables built with libc6-dev segfault on startup. gdb says that the segfault happens in string functions such as strrchr or strlen. The executables build without error. The version currently in unstable (2.11.2-1) seems to have identical problems. Unlike the other users who filed the currently open critical bugs against libc6, I don't seem to have any difficulty executing programs that were built against earlier versions of libc6-dev--i.e. all my existing software still works, but when I build anything new from source, the new binaries segfault. Changing or unsetting LANG, LC_CTYPE, et al. did not seem to affect this bug. Downgrading libc6-dev (and libc6, libc-bin, libc-dev-bin, locales, and some other related packages) to 2.10.2-9 fixes the problem for me. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.4 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (189, 'testing'), (179, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.31.13-zb64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages libc6-dev depends on: ii libc-dev-bin 2.11.1-3 Embedded GNU C Library: Developmen ii libc6 2.11.1-3 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii linux-libc-dev 2.6.26-22lenny1 Linux support headers for userspac Versions of packages libc6-dev recommends: ii gcc [c-compiler] 4:4.3.2-2 The GNU C compiler ii gcc-3.4 [c-compiler] 3.4.6-9 The GNU C compiler ii gcc-4.1 [c-compiler] 4.1.2-25 The GNU C compiler ii gcc-4.2 [c-compiler] 4.2.4-6 The GNU C compiler ii gcc-4.3 [c-compiler] 4.3.2-1.1 The GNU C compiler Versions of packages libc6-dev suggests: ii glibc-doc 2.7-18lenny4 GNU C Library: Documentation ii manpages-dev 3.05-1 Manual pages about using GNU/Linux -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
