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

[Michael Biebl]

On 09.01.2013 02:38, Ken Heard wrote:
> 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.

Such partial upgrades are not really tested. I would suggest you upgrade
gnucash to the squeeze version too.
With the spare information in this bug report it is not possible to say,
if that is really a glib issue. That said, my suggestion would be to
talk to the gnucash maintainers.

Michael


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