Bug#896019: libglib2.0-0: undefined symbol g_date_copy breaking many programs

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2018-04-18 14:43:47 -0400, rektide de la faye wrote:
> Package: libglib2.0-0
> Version: 2.56.1-2
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> I recently updated a number of packages on my Debian/testing laptop,
> via aptitude and included in that upgrade to satisfy dependencies
> was libglib-2.0-0.
> 
> Since installing, many many programs on my system refuse to start. Trying
> to run nmcli, for example, returns:
> 
> nmcli: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_date_copy
> 
> I also see like errors trying to run lightdm, urxvt, vi.

I have upgraded one of my machines to 2.56.1-2 (in particular) and
rebooted, and I have no such problems with lightdm, urxvt and vi.

> This file appears to be a symlink, pointing at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0.5600.1.
> 
> There is a .4200.0 in that directory.

I don't have .4200.0 files for glib2.0 libraries.

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