Subject: pkg/9011: packages compat12 and compat13 ruin links in /usr/lib
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Lennart Augustsson <augustss@augustsson.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 12/17/1999 02:51:35
>Number: 9011
>Category: pkg
>Synopsis: packages compat12 and compat13 ruin links in /usr/lib
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: low
>Responsible: pkg-manager (NetBSD software packages system bug manager)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Fri Dec 17 02:50:59 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Lennart Augustsson
>Organization:
Department of Computing Science, Chalmers University
>Release: NetBSD-current 1999-12-16
>Environment:
System: NetBSD opus 1.4P NetBSD 1.4P (OPUS) #132: Mon Nov 29 22:14:03 CET 1999 augustss@opus:/extra/NetBSD/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/OPUS i386
>Description:
When either of the packages emul/compar12 or emul/compat13 are
installed they will change some symbolic links in /usr/lib.
E.g. libedit.so will no longer be linked to the latest version,
but to an old version.
This causes great confusion when building further software, e.g.,
anything that uses libstdc++ (which many packages use).
>How-To-Repeat:
cd pkgsrc/emul/compat12; make install
>Fix:
Change installation procedure
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: