[php-maint] Bug#528053: php</dev/null Segmentation fault in libXdmcp

[jidanni at jidanni.org]

>>>>> "OS" == Ondřej Surý <ondrej at debian.org> writes:
OS> Could you please install libmysqlclient15off from s-p-u?

OS> There are random segfaults caused by regression in upstream mysql
OS> library which was fixed in 5.0.51a-24+lenny2+spu1

I don't know what "s-p-u" is.

All I know is I have this obsolete package installed.
# aptitude search ~o
i A libmysqlclient15off                             - MySQL database client library
# cat sources.list
deb http://ftp.tw.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.tw.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.tw.debian.org/debian-multimedia unstable main

You can't blame me for making a mess of the package system.

# aptitude purge libmysqlclient15off
The following packages are BROKEN:
  php5-mysql
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libmysqlclient15off{p}
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 4,112kB will be freed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  php5-mysql: Depends: libmysqlclient15off (>= 5.0.51a) but it is not going to be installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Keep the following packages at their current version:
libmysqlclient15off [5.0.84-1 (now)]

Tier: Cancel all user actions (20000)

Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Remove the following packages:
php5-mysql
phpmyadmin

Tier: Remove packages (30000)

Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Remove the following packages:
libapache2-mod-php5

Downgrade the following packages:
php5-cgi [5.3.0-2 (experimental, now) -> 5.2.12.dfsg.1-2 (unstable)]
php5-cli [5.3.0-2 (experimental, now) -> 5.2.12.dfsg.1-2 (unstable)]
php5-common [5.3.0-2 (experimental, now) -> 5.2.12.dfsg.1-2 (unstable)]
php5-dbg [5.3.0-2 (experimental, now) -> 5.2.12.dfsg.1-2 (unstable)]
php5-gd [5.3.0-2 (experimental, now) -> 5.2.12.dfsg.1-2 (unstable)]
php5-mcrypt [5.3.0-2 (experimental, now) -> 5.2.12.dfsg.1-2 (unstable)]
php5-mysql [5.3.0-2 (experimental, now) -> 5.2.12.dfsg.1-2 (unstable)]

OK. Never mind. I looked and looked, and finally found

http://ftp.tw.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/mysql-dfsg-5.0/libmysqlclient15off_5.0.51a-24+lenny2+spu1_i386.deb

# dpkg -i libmysqlclient15off_5.0.51a-24+lenny2+spu1_i386.deb 
dpkg: warning: downgrading libmysqlclient15off from 5.0.84-1 to 5.0.51a-24+lenny2+spu1.

And that fixes the bug. But your whole package system is a m-e-s-s.