[Pkg-ia32-libs-maintainers] Bug#618538: Bug#618538: ia32-libs-gtk: Attempts to load x86_64 modules when i686 is needed

[Goswin von Brederlow]

Julian Andres Klode <jak at debian.org> writes:

> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:15:25PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>> George Chriss <gschriss at gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>> > Package: ia32-libs-gtk
>> > Version: 20110117
>> > Severity: important
>> >
>> >
>> > When starting Firefox 4 RC1 on this system, I receive the following error messages:
>> >
>> > ===
>> > Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module": /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libcanberra-gtk-module.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
>> > Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "gail": /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libgail.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
>> >
>> > (firefox-bin:32053): Gtk-WARNING **: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libclearlooks.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS6
>> > [Repeats for a bunch of additional modules and shared libraries.]
>> > ===
>> >
>> > Firefox runs but with a stripped-down UI and possibly other missing functionality.
>> > Same behavior on Skype's 32-bit client.
>> >
>> > Is this a simple directory linking problem?  Possibly related to Bug #582809?
>> 
>> No idea.
>> 
>> im-modules are listed in /usr/lib32/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodule-files.d/,
>> loaders in /usr/lib32/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loader-files.d/. I don't see
>> anything like that for engines or modules.
>
> You need the following symlinks:
> /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/i486-pc-linux-gnu -> /usr/lib32/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/
> /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/i486-pc-linux-gnu -> /usr/lib32/gtk-2.0/
>
> This allows gtk to find the modules correctly. Found via
>      http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/369498

Just for my peace of mind: What is the multiarch status of the gtk libs,
engines and modules?

Any shwostoppers that would prevent multiarch to be used for gtk apps in
the next stable release?