Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: libc6
I know from the start I'm asking for something that doesn't fit in a
simple place.
The problem goes like this:
The way libc6 has been integrated, any libc5 binaries that are run will give a
way wrong error message.
For example, clueless users running old programs out of remotely mounted
filesystems:
WDC-ATHENA-2% which ez
/mit/andrew/arch/i386_linux24/bin/ez
WDC-ATHENA-2% ez
ez: Command not found.
The problem is NOT that the ez binary is not found. The problem is that there
is no ld-linux.so.1 to help link
in libc5. The reason for this is, sensibly, there IS no libc5 installed.
What needs to happen is that the person running the program needs to be told
that the binary is so old
that it's linking against libc5 when it needs to be recompiled against libc6.
Instead the user is told that the file that can be accessed from myriad
file utilities does not exist.
I suggest a work-around:
a Recommends /lib/ld-linux.so.1 that gets installed if none is present that
will at least
print an error message that makes sense.
Since Ubuntu is all about the usability experience, I hope I'm not off
base here asking for this amendment.
** Affects: glibc (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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libc6 integration gives way wrong error message to libc5 binaries.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/335666
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