libc6-dev installs dangling symlink /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnss_db.so
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/
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) |
This doesn't affect 2.16/2.17 in raring, only 2.15 in precise/quantal.