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Bug 17201

Summary: glibc 2.0.7-29.2 bug
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: George Chung <kcchung>
Component: glibcAssignee: Jakub Jelinek <jakub>
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Version: 5.2CC: strobert
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Description George Chung 2000-09-03 08:45:08 UTC 
after upgrading glibc in RedHat 5.2, some programs became seg-fault.

kcchung@webnix|16:02:16|~$rpm -qa|grep glibc
glibc-devel-2.0.7-29.2
glibc-2.0.7-29.2
kcchung@webnix|16:02:25|~$echo $SHELL
/bin/bash
kcchung@webnix|16:02:28|~$rpm -qa|grep tcsh
tcsh-6.09-4
kcchung@webnix|16:02:37|~$tcsh
Segmentation fault
kcchung@webnix|16:02:38|~$rpm -qa|grep elm
elm-2.5.3-6
kcchung@webnix|16:02:43|~$elm
Segmentation fault
kcchung@webnix|16:02:45|~$newmail
Segmentation fault

kcchung@webnix|16:43:48|~$uname -a
Linux ns1.webnix.com 2.2.17pre19 #1 Sun Sep 3 16:32:32 CST 2000 i686 
unknown
kcchung@webnix|16:45:54|~$cat /etc/redhat-release 
Red Hat Linux release 5.2 (Apollo)
Comment 1 Steven Roberts 2000-09-03 10:55:15 UTC 
It looks like it also blows up cpio, which renders rpm inoperable. thus killing the ability to undo the update... time to dig up that rescue floppy.  I would 
strongly recommend pulling this glibc update ASAP.
Comment 2 Jakub Jelinek 2000-09-03 13:47:17 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 17187 ***