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Subject: [Bug libc/2597] New: gconv_db.c:232: __gconv_release_step: Assertion ... failed for some LC_CTYPE values
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After upgrading to glibc-2.4 (from vanilla sources) I have encountered a problem
that affects various programs (in my case at least xine and samba): When
launching the program I get the following error:

smbclient: gconv_db.c:232: __gconv_release_step: Assertion `step->__end_fct ==
((void *)0)' failed.

I discovered that setting LC_CTYPE to en_US/AU or any utf8-based locale allows
the program to continue normally. Unfortunately I live in Greece (el_GR) and I
am not currently able to migrate to utf8. As an interesting sidenote, "C" and
"en" are broken with regard to this error. I could not find any other references
to this, but I suppose that most distributions ship with utf8 as a default now.

My system used to be a Mandrake-10.0, but has now been upgraded with various
packages either from Mandriva or self-compiled. As part of the glibc setup I
have installed all available locales, so it definitely not a missing localedata
problem.

Package versions:

linux-2.6.16.7
linux-libc-headers-2.6.12.0
glibc-2.4
gcc-3.4.4

Regards,

Theodoros Kalamatianos

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           Summary: gconv_db.c:232: __gconv_release_step: Assertion ...
                    failed for some LC_CTYPE values
           Product: glibc
           Version: 2.4
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: libc
        AssignedTo: drepper at redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: thkala at softlab dot ece dot ntua dot gr
                CC: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
 GCC build triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu
  GCC host triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu
GCC target triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2597

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