libc6-dev installs dangling symlink /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnss_db.so

Bug #1088773 reported by Rolf Leggewie
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
eglibc (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Adam Conrad
Precise
Fix Released
Undecided
Adam Conrad
Quantal
Fix Released
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/i386-linux-gnu/libnss_db.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Okt 5 22:40 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnss_db.so -> /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnss_db.so.2
$ ll /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnss_db.so.2
ls: cannot access /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnss_db.so.2: No such file or directory
$ dpkg -S /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnss_db.so
libc6-dev: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnss_db.so

Revision history for this message
Adam Conrad (adconrad) wrote :

This doesn't affect 2.16/2.17 in raring, only 2.15 in precise/quantal.

Changed in eglibc (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
Adam Conrad (adconrad)
description: updated
Adam Conrad (adconrad)
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)
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello Rolf, or anyone else affected,

Accepted eglibc into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/2.15-0ubuntu10.4 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

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-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Changed in eglibc (Ubuntu Precise):
status: New → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed
Changed in eglibc (Ubuntu Quantal):
status: New → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Hello Rolf, or anyone else affected,

Accepted eglibc into quantal-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/2.15-0ubuntu20.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

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-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Revision history for this message
Adam Conrad (adconrad) wrote :

Verified that the offending symlink is no longer shipped in precise-proposed and quantal-proposed.

tags: added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed
Revision history for this message
Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote : Update Released

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.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package eglibc - 2.15-0ubuntu10.4

---------------
eglibc (2.15-0ubuntu10.4) precise; urgency=low

  * Add patch ubuntu/local-disable-nscd-netgroup-caching.diff to
    disable netgroup caching in the default config (LP: #1068889)
  * Backport any/cvs-malloc-deadlock.diff from upstream to prevent
    glibc deadlocking in mallock arena retry paths (LP: #1081734)
  * Fix futex issue (BZ #13844), backport from 2.16 (LP: #1091186)
  * Drop patch any/local-disable-nscd-host-caching.diff, as this
    bug was apparently resolved upstream a while ago (LP: #613662)
  * Add patch any/cvs-ld-self-load.diff to restore ld.so's ability
    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
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package eglibc - 2.15-0ubuntu20.1

---------------
eglibc (2.15-0ubuntu20.1) quantal; urgency=low

  * Add patch ubuntu/local-disable-nscd-netgroup-caching.diff to
    disable netgroup caching in the default config (LP: #1068889)
  * Backport any/cvs-malloc-deadlock.diff from upstream to prevent
    glibc deadlocking in mallock arena retry paths (LP: #1081734)
  * Fix futex issue (BZ #13844), backport from 2.16 (LP: #1091186)
  * Drop patch any/local-disable-nscd-host-caching.diff, as this
    bug was apparently resolved upstream a while ago (LP: #613662)
  * Add patch any/cvs-ld-self-load.diff to restore ld.so's ability
    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
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