IBM JDK1.6 library conflict on Hardy

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Java provided in the ibm-j2sdk1.6 package cannot run due to symbol conflict. This is on an up-to-date Ubuntu Hardy.

Installed libstdc++.so.5 provides the following symbols with newer versions:

gene@dirac:~$ strings /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 | grep CXX
GLIBCXX_3.4
GLIBCXX_3.4.1
GLIBCXX_3.4.2
GLIBCXX_3.4.3
GLIBCXX_3.4.4
GLIBCXX_3.4.5
GLIBCXX_3.4.6
GLIBCXX_3.4.7
GLIBCXX_3.4.8
GLIBCXX_3.4.9
CXXABI_1.3
CXXABI_1.3.1
GLIBCXX_LDBL_3.4
GLIBCXX_LDBL_3.4.7
CXXABI_LDBL_1.3
GLIBCXX_FORCE_NEW

Here is the Java error message, looking for a 3.2 instead of 3.4 and 1.2 instead of 1.3 versions:

gene@dirac:~$ /usr/lib/j2sdk1.6-ibm/jre/bin/java -version
JVMJ9VM011W Unable to load j9dmp24: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5: version `GLIBCPP_3.2' not found (required by /usr/lib/j2sdk1.6-ibm/jre/bin/../lib/ppc/libj9dmp24.so)
JVMJ9VM011W Unable to load j9jit24: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5: version `CXXABI_1.2' not found (required by /usr/lib/j2sdk1.6-ibm/jre/bin/../lib/ppc/libj9jit24.so)
JVMJ9VM011W Unable to load j9gc24: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5: version `GLIBCPP_3.2' not found (required by /usr/lib/j2sdk1.6-ibm/jre/bin/../lib/ppc/libj9gc24.so)
JVMJ9VM011W Unable to load j9vrb24: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5: version `GLIBCPP_3.2' not found (required by /usr/lib/j2sdk1.6-ibm/jre/bin/../lib/ppc/libj9vrb24.so)
Unhandled exception
Type=Segmentation error vmState=0xffffffff
J9Generic_Signal_Number=00000004 Signal_Number=0000000b Error_Value=00000000 Signal_Code=00000001
Handler1=0FA81080 Handler2=0F9BA980
R0=0FABBB64 R1=48852820 R2=4885B950 R3=10029DA8
R4=00000000 R5=10033FBC R6=0049424D R7=FEFEFEFF
R8=7F7F7F7F R9=80808080 R10=0049424D R11=00000019
R12=80808080 R13=10023710 R14=00000000 R15=10028C10
R16=1001EBF8 R17=0000653D R18=6563744D R19=656D6F72
R20=FFFFFFF8 R21=0000001C R22=00000018 R23=0FDE12B0
R24=00000000 R25=0F9F1820 R26=10029DA8 R27=0FDE12B0
R28=10029DA8 R29=10029DA8 R30=0FAF8400 R31=0FB21B1C
NIP=0FABBB74 MSR=0000D032 ORIG_GPR3=00000003 CTR=0FFCFF24
LINK=0FABBB64 XER=00000000 CCR=22002442 MQ=00000000
TRAP=00000300 DAR=000000E4 dsisr=40000000 RESULT=00000000
Module=/usr/lib/j2sdk1.6-ibm/jre/lib/ppc/libj9vm24.so
Module_base_address=0FA63000
Target=2_40_20071121_015015_bHdSMR (Linux 2.6.24-22-powerpc)
CPU=ppc (1 logical CPUs) (0x1f697000 RAM)

[Ruben Romero (huayra)]

This affects also Intrepid (on PPC) and even the IBM JDK1.5 package as they both depende on the libstdc++5 symbols.

Making a symlink of version 6 to 5 does not help as the dependency seems to be the symbols.

[Ruben Romero (huayra)]

A workaround for PowerPC:

1. Make a symlink to the library from version 6 to 5
1. Install the debian package (you MUST ujse the -force-all flag for dpkg): http://packages.debian.org/etch/powerpc/libstdc++5/download
2. Run IBM java and see it working
3. use aptitude to solve the dependency problem created by the forced install
4. voila: IT WORKS!

It is just a workaround. It may screw up your system, so please don't do it if you do not understand what it does!

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

Dropped from the repository in jaunty (our ibm-java packages were made in an ugly way anyway).

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

Not cleanly fixable on our side, so I removed all ibm java packages from hardy and intrepid (anyway, I think that openjdk in hardy passed some sort of Sun certification, so it should be fine).