Bug#630411: #630411: libc6 should define /lib/ld-lsb-x86-64.so.3 on AMD64

tags 630411 +wontfix
tags 630411 +help
thanks

> François Petitjean wrote:
> 
>> After downloading a lsb binary for Linux on architecture amd64 (aka x_-_64) the
>> program runs out of the box on a SLES11 machine, but fails on Debian wuth a cryp
>> tic message :
> [...]
>> fp2x@drhpcm03:/tmp$ ./lmutil
>> -bash: ./lmutil: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
> [...]
>> Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> 
>>> LSB compliance is provided through the lsb-core package. Installing this
>>> package will create, among other things, the /lib64/ld-lsb-x86-64.so.3 
>>> symlink.
>>
>> The problem lies in the "among other things" :
>> fp2x@drhpcm03:/etc$ sudo aptitude install  lsb-core
>> Les NOUVEAUX paquets suivants vont être installés :
>> [...]
>> Il est nécessaire de télécharger 16,5 Mo d'archives. Après dépaquetage, 
>> 37,8 Mo seront utilisés.
>> Voulez-vous continuer ? [Y/n/?] n
> 
> In other words, on small (embedded?) systems it would be useful to be
> able to run some LSB binaries without pulling in the entire LSB core.
> Does that sound like something worth supporting to you?  Perhaps we
> just need some documentation somewhere like the Debian Reference or
> glibc's README.Debian to explain how people can create the symlink
> themselves.

Hi François, and thanks for your bugreport,

(Thanks to Jonathan for the triaging and summarizing, keep up the good job!)

The purpose of LSB is to make a set of interfaces available, amongst
which the /lib/ld-lsb.so.* linker symlinks, which don't carry much sense
if seen alone.

I don't think it's the role of any of the `lsb-` package else than
lsb-core to provide those symlinks as they are only a tiny part of what
the "LSB interface" is. Furthermore, given admin rights, creating those
symlinks is straightforward.

So I'm hereby tagging this bug as "wontfix" on the lsb-core package,
because I don't think it's glibc's role to document that either. I'm
also tagging it "help" as I wouldn't be hostile to review a patch to the
packaging that would implement a lsb-core-ld that would take over the
symlinks currently handled by lsb-core.

Cheers,

OdyX

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