libc6-dev installs dangling symlink /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnss_db.so
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
| eglibc (Ubuntu) |
Undecided
|
Adam Conrad | ||
| Precise |
Undecided
|
Adam Conrad | ||
| Quantal |
Undecided
|
Adam Conrad |
Bug Description
[Impact / Justification]
While probably mostly cosmetic (how often do people link directly to NSS modules anyway?), shipping a -dev symlink to a non-existent library is poor form, at best, and could potentially break or confuse some esoteric build system at worst.
[Test Case]
debdiff the old and new libc6-dev to note that the offending symlink is no longer shipped.
[Regression Potential]
Very low. Just removing a single symlink to nowhere.
[Original Report]
The package libc6-dev in precise installs a dangling symlink.
$ ll /usr/lib/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Okt 5 22:40 /usr/lib/
$ ll /lib/i386-
ls: cannot access /lib/i386-
$ dpkg -S /usr/lib/
libc6-dev: /usr/lib/
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in eglibc (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Adam Conrad (adconrad) |
Changed in eglibc (Ubuntu Precise): | |
assignee: | nobody → Adam Conrad (adconrad) |
Changed in eglibc (Ubuntu Quantal): | |
assignee: | nobody → Adam Conrad (adconrad) |
Hello Rolf, or anyone else affected,
Accepted eglibc into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://
Please help us by testing this new package. See https:/
If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-
Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https:/
Changed in eglibc (Ubuntu Precise): | |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
tags: | added: verification-needed |
Changed in eglibc (Ubuntu Quantal): | |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote : | #3 |
Hello Rolf, or anyone else affected,
Accepted eglibc into quantal-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://
Please help us by testing this new package. See https:/
If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-
Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https:/
Adam Conrad (adconrad) wrote : | #4 |
Verified that the offending symlink is no longer shipped in precise-proposed and quantal-proposed.
tags: |
added: verification-done removed: verification-needed |
Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote : Update Released | #5 |
The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote : | #6 |
This bug was fixed in the package eglibc - 2.15-0ubuntu10.4
---------------
eglibc (2.15-0ubuntu10.4) precise; urgency=low
* Add patch ubuntu/
disable netgroup caching in the default config (LP: #1068889)
* Backport any/cvs-
glibc deadlocking in mallock arena retry paths (LP: #1081734)
* Fix futex issue (BZ #13844), backport from 2.16 (LP: #1091186)
* Drop patch any/local-
bug was apparently resolved upstream a while ago (LP: #613662)
* Add patch any/cvs-
to load itself, a behaviour accidentally removed (LP: #1088677)
* Drop dangling libnss_db.so symlink in libc6-dev (LP: #1088773)
-- Adam Conrad <email address hidden> Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:46:30 -0700
Changed in eglibc (Ubuntu Precise): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote : | #7 |
This bug was fixed in the package eglibc - 2.15-0ubuntu20.1
---------------
eglibc (2.15-0ubuntu20.1) quantal; urgency=low
* Add patch ubuntu/
disable netgroup caching in the default config (LP: #1068889)
* Backport any/cvs-
glibc deadlocking in mallock arena retry paths (LP: #1081734)
* Fix futex issue (BZ #13844), backport from 2.16 (LP: #1091186)
* Drop patch any/local-
bug was apparently resolved upstream a while ago (LP: #613662)
* Add patch any/cvs-
to load itself, a behaviour accidentally removed (LP: #1088677)
* Drop dangling libnss_db.so symlink in libc6-dev (LP: #1088773)
-- Adam Conrad <email address hidden> Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:46:30 -0700
Changed in eglibc (Ubuntu Quantal): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
This doesn't affect 2.16/2.17 in raring, only 2.15 in precise/quantal.