#505853 libnss-db use private gibc (2.8) functions

Package:
libnss-db
Source:
libnss-db
Description:
NSS module for using Berkeley Databases as a naming service
Submitter:
Matthias Klose
Date:
2026-10-28 18:29:05 UTC
Severity:
normal
#505853#5
Date:
2008-11-16 08:37:24 UTC
From:
To:
libnss-db gets a depedency on glibc-private when built with 2.8:

  00000000      DF *UND*  00000000  GLIBC_PRIVATE _nss_files_parse_protoent
  00000000      DF *UND*  00000000  GLIBC_PRIVATE _nss_files_parse_rpcent
  00000000      DF *UND*  00000000  GLIBC_PRIVATE _nss_files_parse_servent
  00000000      DF *UND*  00000000  GLIBC_PRIVATE _nss_files_parse_grent
  00000000      DF *UND*  00000000  GLIBC_PRIVATE _nss_files_parse_etherent
  00000000      DF *UND*  00000000  GLIBC_PRIVATE _nss_files_parse_pwent
  00000000      DF *UND*  00000000  GLIBC_PRIVATE _nss_files_parse_spent
  00000000      DF *UND*  00000000  GLIBC_PRIVATE _nss_netgroup_parseline
#505853#10
Date:
2026-10-28 18:27:40 UTC
From:
To:
Dear submitter,

as the package libnss-db has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports.  We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.

For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1151561

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