Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 106747
apps linked against v2 and v3 of libcom_err.so
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:32 EST
Description of problem: Several applications -- such as cupsd, httpd, and sendmail -- are linked against both version 2 /and/ version 3 of libcom_err.so. Only libcom_err.so.2 comes in Fedora test2 (0.94), in the e2fsprogs package. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): e2fsprogs-1.34-1 httpd-2.0.47-6 cups-1.1.19-12 sendmail-8.12.10-1.1 How reproducible: Always (as far as I can tell) Steps to Reproduce: 1. I upgraded from stock RH9 to Fedora Core test 2 (0.94) 2. Reboot into fedora system 3. Actual results: httpd, cupsd, and sendmail did not start (missing shared library). Expected results: They should have started. Additional info: Doing an `ldd <APP>`, where <APP> is either cupsd, httpd, or sendmail shows that all three daemons are linked against both libcom_err.so.2 and libcom_err.so.3.
I only see one version of libcom_err being pulled in on my box with that version of sendmail and cups. It appears your upgrade didn't upgrade something correctly? What library is bringing in the wrong libcomm_err dep?
Which version of libcom_err is on your box? Also, keep in mind that I upgraded directly from RH9 to Fedora test2. Most of the binaries in /usr/sbin are linked against both v2 and v3 of libcom_err. I'm not seeing any packages that depend on libcom_err v3, but several that depend on v2. I'd be more specific, but I don't have the laptop in front of me right now. I'm at work and I left it at home this morning.
I only have .2 on my install here.
openssl-0.9.7a-20 depends on libcom_err.so.3, but anaconda/rpm/whatever didn't install any package that provides libcom_err.so.3. Now that I'm actually learning to read directions, I check my /root/upgrade.log and found lines like these there: Upgrade Dependency: Needs (('openssl', '0.9.7a', '20'), ('libcom_err.so.3', None), 0, None, 0), automatically added. There's another line like that for pine 4.44-19.90.0
This problem occurs when upgrading a RH9.0 system that has an updated version of openssl present. openssl from the RH9.0 errate is 0.9.7a-20 (and depends on libcom_err.so.3) is not upgraded with the version from Fedora core 0.9.7a-17 (linked against the correct version of the library). You can fix a broken system by upgrading with --oldpackage using the version of OpenSSH supplied with Fedora. THIS WILL EFFECTIVELY REMOVE A SECURITY PATCH. Take care! The pine issue is a bit of a red herring - pine has been removed from Fedora so its breakage is not supprising.
I did the update with --oldpackage and it worked.
Current openssl for Cambridge is 0.9.7a-23.
*** Bug 106842 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***