Bug#697737: libglib2.0-0 version 2.24.2-1 breaks several other packages

[Ken Heard]

Package: libglib2.0-0
Version: 2.24.2-1
Severity: important

After I upgraded from Lenny to Squeeze on 2012-11-30 the Squeeze main
repository kept the version of gnucash which I had previously installed from
lenny-backports, 2.2.9-10.   That gnucash version calls for libglib2.0-0
version 2.24.0 or higher, which I assume was the version originally in the
Squeeze main repository, and probably in lenny-backports as well.   In any
event I was able to use that version of gnucash until 2013-01-01.

Later that same day I installed a number of new packages, and also some
security fixes.  The following day I was unable to open gnucash.  Instead I
received the following error message when I tried to open it in a terminal
emulator:

Gnu.bin – Message: main: binreloc relocation support was disabled at
configure time.
Segmentation fault.

I then checked the packages installed or upgraded on 2013-01-01; there was only
one which gnucash uses -- libglib2.0-0 version 2.24.2-1  This version is now
the one in the Squeeze main repository.  I consequently can only assume that
gnucash will not load with this version of that package, although the gnucash
dependency list says the it will work with versions 2.24.0 and higher.  I also
tried to use the version of gnucash from squeeze-backports, 2.4.10-2, but it
does not work  either and returns the same segmentation fault message.

I recall that in 2010, when I was upgrading from Etch to Lenny and at the same
time upgrading gnucash 2.2.9 from an earlier version.  On that occasion I had
to recompile gnucash.

I have in addition since 2013-01-01 found problems with other packages which
use libglib2.0-0.  Package hardinfo now returns a segmentation fault.
Iceweasel now 17.0 crashes when I attempt to download a file from it.

Since I started using it in 2008 I have come to depend on gnucash for all my
accounts.  It is consequently critical that this bug be fixed as soon as
possible.





-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.6
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages libglib2.0-0 depends on:
ii  libc6                   2.11.3-4         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libpcre3                8.02-1.1         Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expressi
ii  libselinux1             2.0.96-1         SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages libglib2.0-0 recommends:
ii  libglib2.0-data               2.24.2-1   Common files for GLib library
ii  shared-mime-info              0.71-4     FreeDesktop.org shared MIME databa

libglib2.0-0 suggests no packages.

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