Bug#762705: kpartx: relocation error: kpartx: symbol dm_task_get_info_with_deferred_remove, version Base not defined in file libdevmapper.so.1.02.1 with link time reference

[Guido Günther]

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 06:00:07PM +0200, Christoph Berg wrote:
> Package: kpartx
> Version: 0.5.0-5
> Severity: grave
> 
> kpartx doesn't do anything:
> 
> $ kpartx
> kpartx: relocation error: kpartx: symbol
> dm_task_get_info_with_deferred_remove, version Base not defined in
> file libdevmapper.so.1.02.1 with link time reference

I've seen the same in libvirt recently but didn't have time to follow
up yet. I think libdevmapper introduced new symbols without changing 
shlibs so kpartx/libvirtd didn't generate a tight enough dependency.

Does updating libdevmapper from sid fix your problem?
Cheers,
 -- Guido