Bug#801350: libglib2.0-0: Segmentation fault because libgobject-2.0.so is not found

[Luca Ghio]

Package: libglib2.0-0
Version: 2.46.0-2
Severity: critical
Tags: patch
Justification: breaks unrelated software

Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?
I upgraded package libglib2.0-0 from version 2.44.1-1.1 to version 2.46.0-2.

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
I run the following command:
$ python -c "import gi.repository"

   * What was the outcome of this action?
The process received a SIGSEGV. By trying the following command:
$ strace python -c "import gi.repository"
I saw that libgobject-2.0.so is not found (see attached log).

   * What outcome did you expect instead?
No segmentation fault should occur.



As far as I know, this bug affects two packages: meld and reportbug (gtk2 interface).

I solved by creating a symbolic link to libgobject-2.0.so.0:
# ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so
so I'm proposing to include a symbolic link to libgobject-2.0.so.0 in package libglib2.0-0.

Moreover, after creating the symbolic link, the gtk2 interface of reportbug shows the window, but still receives a SIGSEGV signal as soon as the mouse pointer enters the window; however strace is not useful in this case, so I don't know if the bug is the same as this one.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.2.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)