[Bug libc/10668] New: regression: since glibc 2.9 one app can not execute another one

[Bug libc/10668] New: regression: since glibc 2.9 one app can not execute another one

[zbiggy at o2 dot pl]

After updating glibc 2.7/2.8 to 2.9 or 2.10.1 some apps which execute another
app stopped working on this functionality without any sign of error.

examples:
midnight commander: keys: F3 (launches mcview app) and F4 (launches mcedit app)
stopped working. Pressing these keys does nothing.

kde 3 or 4:
kdesu anyapp: execution returns nothing. The app launched via kdesu does not start.

Downgrading to glibc 2.8 resolves problem. Recompiling mc or kde after glibc
does not make difference. I encounter problem in glibc 2.9 and 2.10.1 built from
official sources. This is the only bug I found in these releases.

Can you please tell me if this is because old kernel headers? I use kernel
headers 2.6.23 and use linux-2.6.31

This regression happened between glibc 2.8 and 2.9 and continues to 2.10.1

parameters I use for configure:
               --prefix=/usr                           \
               --infodir=/usr/share/info               \
               --mandir=/usr/share/man                 \
               --with-elf                              \
               --without-gd                            \
               --without-cvs                           \
               --enable-shared                         \
               --enable-kernel=2.6.23                  \
               --enable-omitfp                         \
--with-headers=/usr/include \
--enable-add-ons=nptl,libidn \
--with-__thread \
--with-tls

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           Summary: regression: since glibc 2.9 one app can not execute
                    another one
           Product: glibc
           Version: 2.10
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: libc
        AssignedTo: drepper at redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: zbiggy at o2 dot pl
                CC: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com


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[Bug libc/10668] regression: since glibc 2.9 one app can not execute another one

[pasky at suse dot cz]

------- Additional Comments From pasky at suse dot cz  2009-09-19 21:07 -------
Linux headers version doesn't matter as long as you pass proper configure
parameters and they aren't newer than your kernel.

Unfortunately, we cannot support problems in your applications, which might e.g.
call glibc incorrectly and got away with it in older versions, or whatever else.
Also, many people use these glibc versions without any problems, so it seems
likely to be a problem in your local setup.

Please provide a self-contained test-case C code if you believe this is a
problem in glibc, or at the very least ltrace/latrace and corresponding strace
output for the failed execution.

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[Bug libc/10668] regression: since glibc 2.9 one app can not execute another one

[drepper at redhat dot com]

------- Additional Comments From drepper at redhat dot com  2009-10-29 23:25 -------
No answer in more than a month.  Given the severity such a problem would have
and that nobody else reported anything like this it is a safe assumption that it
was a local problem.

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[Bug libc/10668] regression: since glibc 2.9 one app can not execute another one

[fweimer at redhat dot com]

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Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com> changed:

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