[xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#430610: Bug#430610: xscreensaver-demo fails to start with libxml2 symbol lookup error

[Mike Hommey]

On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 01:24:15AM +0200, Francesco Poli <frx at firenze.linux.it> wrote:
> Package: libxml2
> Version: 2.6.29.dfsg-1
> Severity: important
> 
> After upgrading to libxml2 version 2.6.29.dfsg-1 on a box running lenny,
> xscreensaver-demo stopped working.
> 
> Now, when I try to start it, it immediately exits with the following
> error:
> 
>   $ xscreensaver-demo 
>   xscreensaver-demo: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2: undefined symbol: �$D��"R�(��
> 
> 
> What's wrong?

Good question, but surely this symbol never existed... What does
objdump -T /usr/bin/xscreensaver-demo has to say ?

Mike