> Package: libc6 > version: 2.2.5-11.1 > > References > ---------- > Bug 121391 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=121391 > This bug has been closed eliminating the lines of code > using pread() and pwrite() (and using the alternative code > provided for systems not providing pread() and pwrite()) > but it seems that the problem is in the fact that pread() > and pwrite() are broken in glibc for non-i386 architectures: > http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2002-30/0486.html > http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2002-30/0493.html > http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2002-30/0411.html > http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2002-30/0439.html > http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2002-30/0469.html > And finally: > http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2002-30/0559.html > where it is written that it is a glibc bug, fixed in the CVS. > (other reference: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=15983) > > IMHO, the fix applied in the CVS should be backported to the > libc6 package shipped with Debian Woody, to allow PHP (and maybe > also other packages) to correctly work also on non-i386 platforms > also using pread() and pwrite().
Now sarge and sid provides glibc 2.3.1-16, so this bug can be closed. Could I close this bug? Regards, -- gotom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
