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Bug 1095444 - Odd multilib differences gpm-libs i686 vs x86_64
Summary: Odd multilib differences gpm-libs i686 vs x86_64
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: gpm
Version: 7.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
low
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Jiri Kucera
QA Contact: Vaclav Danek
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 1465906
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-05-07 17:58 UTC by Pat Riehecky
Modified: 2019-08-06 13:12 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version: gpm-1.20.7-6.el7
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Last Closed: 2019-08-06 13:12:30 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2019:2278 0 None None None 2019-08-06 13:12:34 UTC

Description Pat Riehecky 2014-05-07 17:58:33 UTC 
Description of problem: The i686 gpm-libs requires the ncurses libraries, however the x86_64 gpm-libs does not.

Was this deliberate?


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):gpm-1.20.7-5.el7


How reproducible:100%


Steps to Reproduce:
1.rpm -qp --requires gpm-libs-1.20.7-5.el7.i686.rpm
2.rpm -qp --requires gpm-libs-1.20.7-5.el7.x86_64.rpm
3.

Actual results:
i686 needs ncurses libraries whereas x86_64 does not

Expected results:
i686 and x86_64 would have similar required libraries.

Additional info:
Comment 3 Jaromír Cápík 2015-07-31 18:36:41 UTC 
Hello Pat.

There are more differences for some reason ...

i686
-----
/sbin/ldconfig
/sbin/ldconfig
libc.so.6
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.15)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4)
libncurses.so.5
libtinfo.so.5
rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
rpmlib(FileDigests) <= 4.6.0-1
rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
rtld(GNU_HASH)
rpmlib(PayloadIsXz) <= 5.2-1


x86_64
-------
/sbin/ldconfig
/sbin/ldconfig
libc.so.6()(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.14)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.15)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4)(64bit)
rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
rpmlib(FileDigests) <= 4.6.0-1
rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
rtld(GNU_HASH)
rpmlib(PayloadIsXz) <= 5.2-1
Comment 4 Jaromír Cápík 2015-07-31 18:49:03 UTC 
Hmmm ... something definitely smells here. The following is taken from my local backup of gpm-libs-1.20.7-3.el7.x86_64.rpm:

/sbin/ldconfig
/sbin/ldconfig
libc.so.6()(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.14)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.15)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4)(64bit)
libncurses.so.5()(64bit)
libtinfo.so.5()(64bit)
rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
rpmlib(FileDigests) <= 4.6.0-1
rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
rtld(GNU_HASH)
rpmlib(PayloadIsXz) <= 5.2-1

As you see, the ncurses and tinfo are present. And since that only mass rebuilds were done by Dan Mach.
Maybe the RPM require generator is broken for some reason.
Comment 5 Jaromír Cápík 2015-07-31 18:53:32 UTC 
The 5th release of the gpm lib really isn't linked against libncurses and libtinfo for some reason.
Comment 6 Jaromír Cápík 2015-07-31 19:11:38 UTC 
It's really really really really strange. There's something rotten in the configuration logic. From now I need to explicitly enable ncurses with the --with-curses switch in order to get the libncurses and libtinfo linked in. I'm pretty sure it never required that and there was no change in the gpm sources since 1.20.7-3.el7.
Comment 8 Thomas E. Dickey 2018-10-20 16:10:31 UTC 
Linking ncurses into gpm libraries has always been a nuisance, and has
been an FAQ for a long time - see

https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.faq.html#using_gpm_lib

(perhaps someone read the FAQ).
Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2019-08-06 13:12:30 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2278
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