I finally tracked it down, I think. The pthread code tries to load
libgcc_s on pthread_exit(), and this dos not work when the effective
user was changed -- many daemons switch from root to a restricted user,
and that's one way to end up in this problem. If the library is loaded
globally for the pro
Public bug reported:
After a few minutes, ntpd crashes with the infamous "libgcc_s.so.1 must
be installed for pthread_cancel to work" message.
System Info:
jnperlin@hydra:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description:Ubuntu 13.10
Release:13.10
jnperlin@hydra:~$ apt-cache policy ntp
ntp:
Installe
I was probably wrong -- it seems this is not related to running as
restricted user per se.
Using ldd shows no reference to libgcc_s in the binary, even if I build
from source and explicitly add '-lgcc_s' to the linker command line.
strace shows no signs of using libgcc_s unless put into the preloa
I have/had trouble with ntpd on saucy, it simly stopped working after a
while with he mentioned error message. Running directly as root works
fine; running with a reduced user account does not. Setting LD_PRELOAD
works.
It seems that the user separation / priviledge dropping interferes with
the de
