Hello,

This is a followup to bug #324526.

I think that the warnings about __ctype_* symbols which can be found
in /usr/share/doc/libc6/README.Debian.gz (and not in the FAQ as
wrongly indicated in the changelog.Debian) should be in a NEWS.Debian
file as this change can severely break non-related applications. This
should warn users of this problem before glibc is installed and allow
them to cancel the installation if unsure.

BTW thanks for providing the workaround and the needed information!


Fred

Hello,

If you disagree with adding information about this problem in the
NEWS.Debian file, maybe the line for glibc23-ctype-compat could be at
the right place in the file 00list. At its current place, recompiling
glibc will fail because patches after this patch are not applied (don't
know why). When the patch is placed at the final line of 00list, the
recompilation works. Here is a possible patch for this:
--- glibc-2.3.5/debian/patches/00list
+++ glibc-2.3.5/debian/patches/00list
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 powerpc-sysconf
 arm-no-hwcap
 librt-mips
-#glibc23-ctype-compat  # g: untilsarge
 glibc23-hppa-Rminkernel
 #glibc23-function-compat       # g: untilsarge
 #glibc23-errno # g: untilsarge
@@ -87,0 +87 @@
+#glibc23-ctype-compat   # g: untilsarge


Fred